When Eroshenko reached Vladivostok, a further problem confronted him. He was not allowed to proceed any further towards his parents' home. Vladivostok at that time was controlled by the "White Russian" government, and Eroshenko's home was deep inside Soviet-controlled territory. But this dilemma, which may have seemed like something of a nightmare at the time, actually proved to be a blessing in disguise. Unable to go back home, forbidden to return to Japan, banned from those areas of India and SE Asia under British control, Eroshenko made a very fortuitous decision. He went to China. From Vladivostok this intrepid young Russian set off in a north westerly direction to Harbin, in the heart of Manchuria, and then he made the long journey South until he reached Shanghai in October 1921, six months after his arrest in Japan.
And there it was, while working in a Japanese owned massage parlour, that he was found by Hujucz (who was mentioned briefly in my article "Esperanto in China"
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To find out what happened next, please join me for the next article in this series which will appear on January 26th.
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