Eight Koreans who participated in an anti-Japanese demonstration on May 1 before the Japanese Consulate, where they smashed numer-cus windows, appeared. before the local Chinese Court, on a charge of breaking the public peace. The number of demonstrators who were arrested at the time numbered over forty. The Chinese police who wade the arrests, refused after-words to hand them over to the Japanese authorities as none of the party were registered at the Consulate, and all but eight were afterwards let free. The Court sentenced: two of the accused to eight months imprisonment and the other six to six months apiece, The Harbin Munictpality has cently. been in correspondence with ithe Harbin Tramway Corporation requesting the latter to stop traffic along the principal street in Pristan until the laying of pipes for the new sewage system is completed in that street. The Tramway Company refuses to entertain this request, declaring that it cannot stop 8 trafic which is of such great benefit to the population. This is true, but a Chinese point of view to look at it, for a proper sewage system, in the end is of much more importance to local residents, end no doubt eventually the Munieipality will insist that the trams stop running for a time. The Tramway Corporation also owns an up-to-date cleetile light plant. The corporation is a purely Chinese concern, and is making wonderful monthly profits; all trams are filled to capacity all the time. They are now extending their lines in all directions, even to. hitherto ungetable suburbs, which are now fast being built over. It is a commendable fact that the Tramway management is so go-ahead, even to the ordering of a number of new. tramcars, the order going to Germany. There is in addition to the Electric Light Station a petition between the two, a good thing as it gives the population cheap light and electric power.
Policeman and Exchange Export The Chief of Police General Pao has returned, and has received instructions to improve the present vote of the veal Harbin dollar, which is over 20 per cent. lower than the Mukden dollar notes.
People are wondering how he can do this, as it is hardly. in his sco and with business at a standstill there is practically no. speculation in currency taking place whilst Banks dare not issue any new notes. As a matter of fact there is only one way to improve the Harbin notes, whose issue is now limited to some' 36 millions, and that is to bring up to Harbin say twenty mil-jons dollars worth of silver and lodge it in the vaults of the Bi who have. dollar notes on the market. This. amount is not a great one for Mukden to find, with the price of silver so' cheap to-day, and the effect would -be instantaneous and probably bring up the value of Harbin -notes: to those of Mukden. which is all that is possible at the present moment. There is no reason whatsoever why notes of North Manchuria: should: be lower than. Mukden-notes,. seeing that Mukden controls all this territory and all note issues, and that North' Manchuria is an integral. part of the Mukden Government, and perous, as the southern with an even more brilliant future: before it, A
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