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The Ukrainian Weekly 1934 Supplement to the SVOBODA, Ukrainiae Daily :•%%*.. m Published by the Junior Department of tile Ukrainian National Association. 'щШ^^т No. 12. Jersey City, N. J., Friday, March 23, 1934. w* NEW ТОВК YOUTH OF A. GREAT MEDICAL JflWJ »»,< THE V. N. A. UKRAINIANS IN THE FAR EAST •л , А^иШАДОДОГ A New York Youtli'e Branch The world'* press for the past few year* lias been filled, with .Prof. Memyk fit the of the Ukrainian National Associa­ despatches and special articles concerning thai section ,of the .BacberiologkaT institute.of £har- tion has finally become a reality. .earth's globe popularly known as the Far East. Despite this fact, kivr-Ukraine., afCar. yeare -of'. еі^Й;, our general conception of the Far East has usually been limited h.»nntl^\rn°vni"-bJ^^-^i||^^'M^'. After two months of planning, < with many preliminary meetings, to that of some vague territory lying somewhere* ш Eastern Asia, an flnHrfoyftCi f Е"*)"Т ' spotted tyv і- a group convened last Friday at particularly along (he.Pacific coast. phiis...;,Bapiirimenfas have,,.shown, л,' a temporary local at 80 East 7th Occasionally, however, our complacent. conception of the that this anti-toxin«has positiv^l -Street, -drew op a resolution, peti­ Far East and- its significance to the reel of the .would receives a reeuRe, and that It can also «Sp* tioning the Supreme Assembly of most disquieting jolt, particularly so when our shell of indiffer­ used. successfully against- diph-U the U. N. A. to grant a charter, ence to anything outside the orbit of America and Europe becomes therla. branch number and seal, and for­ pierced, in some manner or other, by the astonishing knowledge This ted- hae beeo -hailed bjpt^' warded the resolution to Mr. Ha- that the Far East is an immense territory of .great .natural re­ many --scientists -as the' greatest),*. ' lychyn, Supreme Recording Sec­ sources, staggering populations, and of a size. sufficiently large medical discovery.of modern times.,-. * retary of the U. N. A. enough to lose within its limitless expanse many a European eoun- It is predicted that it will revoluj-'-j try without leaving hardly a trace of it. tioniie the battle against the£ Mr. .Nicholas Hawrylko, pro­ -Rather taken aback by our ignorance we make.haste.to dust dreaded typhus. minent young Ukrainian attorney off the long forgotten Atlas and tuin its. pages .to the map and r : of New York was chosen Presi­ statistics of Asia; We gaze in wonderment... and owlishly, nod *~ І • —'-'' ^х-Щ.їі^Ж& " dent by. a majority vote. Mr. Jo­ our heads that.indeed the Far East is a very large and. hnportant UKRA IN IAN PROGRAM AI В seph M. Uhorchak. and Miss Anna section of the-earth. -i*.;.CfflbUMBIA A. Troskey were unanimously If, by this time our natural curiosity has overcome our. equal­ The., - Ukrainian 'Дд^тт*1 Wdtt '*~ chosen secretary and treasurer, ly natural... er, ."conservatism" towards anything which might men's.uLeagoe concluded its Uk-. respectively. Mr. Halychyn offi­ . disturb our long-settled convictions, we hurry to the Public Lib­ rainian Exhibit - at the Teacher's ciated at the election. rary and there, to our unutterable, amazement^ we. find.shelves C*>llegei..lCtoJtumtna, .University,' last ••• The- third Friday of every upon shelves of hooks, periodicals and reports on the. "Far.East­ Sunday, evening with a special month will be devoted to a busi­ ern Question". Then, and only, theu, do we begin.to dimly per­ program,.designed. to acquaint the ness meeting, and the first Friday ceive that this,great land known as the Far.East,_fhc.land which American guests -1 with certain - of every month to an informal has been the cause of more international intrigues and wars-than phases' of Ukrainian life and art. social. Everyone, whether a mem­ is generally supposed,- and upon which the- intense attention of ; . The.program was held la one of ber of the U. N. A. or not is the world is focused at (he present time—bids fair to have a most the reception rooms of the Col­ cordially invited to toe next so­ - profound effect upon the future history of the world. ;. lege, and attended by members сї-^Й cial on. Friday, evening, March 30, the faculty, a large gathering of at 30 East 7th Street .W. Y. C. Our astonishment at all this, however, pales into_uisjgntficanc,e when some kindly old soul, taking pity on our blissful ignorance,, graduate teachers, students, and •informs us that there are Ukrainian .people living in the Far East; - -some American-Ukrainians, ралі & RETURNS FBOM STAY IN and imagine*—not a few -either, but great numbers of them! . ticularly of the younger genera­ ., UKRAINE, ASSAILS SOVIETS We learn with growing amazement that according to Д)іе offi­ tion. C* ; > , Members otr. .organization* In cial Soviet statistics (which certainly cannot be accused .of favor­ The program was opened by .-both the United States- and Ca- ing our people) that but of the one million and quarter total* ~Mrs.-BL D- LotutAy, President of- . nada. which favor. a soviet sys­ population of the Soviet Far Eastern Region -(whjcli is but a part the League who acted throughout tem of government for ..these of the Far*East) "780.000 are Ukrainians. The majority .pf. this '' the'entire evening as a'sort Of a countries should be shot, declared population is located in a more or less compact territory Tunning'': maater-of-ceremonies, - explaining . Konstantyn Kramarenko, 38 years on an imaginary line between _Blagoveschensk to. Vladivostok. Ukrainian * customs and coetumes,- Other Ukrainian settlements are to the north of the Amur River,.' and illustrating the' latter with 1 old, a oktive of .Ukraine, who re­ turned to Fort Brie, OnL, from some around Lake-Baikal in the interior*, and along the southern * Ukrainian girls acting as- models. Buffalo yesterday after four, years borders- of what constitutes Siberia: Tbe Ukrainian population - .A talk eat Ukraine was given by in-. -Soyiet .Russia. Is predominantly rural in character, and some of the Ukrainian r Mr. Fred Arnold, a -student of villages there even bear typical Ukrainian names such as Cherni- " Columbia. Mrs. Hrebynetska ac­ A native-of the Ukraine, he left hrV. companying herself on the- piano, Brantfordi OnL, in 1030 to trace We- further learn that there is an extensive Ukrainian colony ' sang several well chosen selections, hie family in Russia.after-living in 'in Harbin. Manehoukuo—the Japanese protectorate about which •" and Mr. Pi-Ordyneky sang--several Canada nineteen years. When he we have been-reading so much within recent tfmesin the Aroer- " stirring -pieces -to the piano ac­ went to his native village in'Uk­ iean press. There, in Harbin, the Ukrainians have their own ' companiment- of Mrs. M. • Shumey- raine he;learned all his relatives newspaper, "The Manchurian Herald," and a Ukrainian National' І^й-ГТНіЬв followed la seeieutation were dead except bis mother, 72 Home around which revolves the Ukrainian life. ' of finely -executed Ukrainian aan- years old* who had been exiled The річ-sent tense situation in the Far East, resulting from the - oea -by members of the' Awamen-'i. to--* bush- camp in Siberia. Pre­ strong -rivalry between Soviet Russia and Japan to establish their • ko's Бспооі of Ukrainian. Dances. tending, to be an ardent.supporter spheres of influence, has brought about a change for the better for - The American guests were visi­ of the Soviet, he was .finally given Ukrainians living therein. Both countries realize that in event of bly hnpresaed •by the- Ukrainian a pass to go to Siberia to see conflict between them the Ukrainian population therein-may prove • иічіадаїя and besides warmly ар-- his mother. - to be an -important fee tori plaudmg all-offerings-showed their He. found her emaciated and •*- The Ukrainians- of the Far Bast had to.a degree organiicrt • • interest' still farther jyiaetlim; suffering privation, but forced to tlfemselves .and- made- contacts- with their-mother country at the - numerous questions —regarding оці lumber in the bush camp. close of the Worid War. but with the coming -of the Bolsheviks ' Ukraine and its oostoms. Pespito his good standing in So­ into power, the gains were wiped out. Recent times, however, viet circle*, he Visa permitted to have seen the revival-of the Ukrainian movement there, and today see her on)y one hour and had to ( ДДІВАІМАЇф .TARE. PART this movement is^growing by leaps and bounds. And.the So­ be careful not .40 show any filial ^..ШШк *Ж. JUEUHAN , viets- fear to place any great obstructions in the wayof this move­ affection, for such- sentiments, he MONARCH ment >for fear of having Ukrainian revolts on' their hands' during said, are .frowned - upon by the 1 ,. Jfeys. fn^ft, Beigiam informs us the -probable"conflict-between the Soviets* and Japan. Soviets. He fled f rom.Ruseia after . that, .faking part. in the, funeral in.all fairness to Japan we -must emphasize that Japan has '' many, daring ..escapes from the * procession of the recently..deceas­ .treated the Ukrainians .within its territories quite well; and has •" powerful .Soviet secret police, the ed, Belgian monarch Albert. I was • placed no'hindrances.to the development of the Ukrainian move-'~ Ogpu. .Even yesterday he feared a "Ukrainian delegation .consisting men*, within the-realms of its influence. As a result,'Harbin has to identify, himself, saying his of Engineer D. Andrievsky, M. •become the center of the Ukrainian, movement- in the Far East. - mother.might suffer for his con­ Hraba,- and a- student W. Dush- According-to the despatches received by us from -Harbin,, great'' demnation, of the Bolshevik regime neky who-carried ft large Ukrain-.
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