Close Watch Kept Upon All Foreign Arrivals Band of 500 Communists Raid Pashui New Brewery Now Established in Mukden Front On Own Conmusrovoen From Oun Own Conesronoexe Frost Our Own Comssroxonr Harbin, Aug. 5, Foreigners arriving here are' now very closely watched, all the hotels having special detectives who observe the movements of all who visit this city, and report practically every step that they make to police headquarters. On one's arrival in Dairen, the Manchurian Foreign OMe authorities require an "information" sheet 0 be fMMled in before the visa is. issued and before reaching Harbin, all pass-paris are taken away from "for eigners of every nationality, who are Fequired to call at the police station and fill In another form containing string of questions as to the reasons Behind the visit In the evenings, detectives visit' restaurants and cafes, demanding foreigners' passports, so that there is no pleasure to be secured in going out' after 10 pan. At is also quite likely that any forvelgner may be stopped on the street at night and have' the production of his passport demanded, Even residents are often asked to show their passports at night, and ig they have none to show, they are "aken to the police station to explal who they are," This particularly refers to those of Russian nationality. Japanese, naturally, are not subjected to any of the above inconveniences. and never carry a passport; Russian detectives never dare to ask a Japanese any question as to his identity.
The Hailar district has become fortified military zone to which visae are not issued. Likewise, It is practi ally impossible to get a visa to the Port of Rashin, which is apparently thoing very strongly fortified; no forvelgners are permitted to see what is going on there, Originally, the ports of Seishin and'Rashin were intended to be the great commercial ports for exports from Manchuria, but the Jatter 1s now becoming more of military and naval base rather th commercial port, Manchuria is dally becoming more and more part of Japan, and Its independence, if any fever existed, is dis cargo were transported to Harbin from the beginning of the present navigation up to July 31, and 90,314 Paswengers and 41,004 tons of cargo from Harbin during the same period, way will considerably affect ments of goods by river steam 'Sankoshu Station, and according to the latest Agures, not more than 170, '900 tons will be' shipped by river to this point this year, considerably less than the figures of last matter of fact, the construction of many new railways throughout" the country Is_altracting good! various agricultural centres ough river freight is always' cheap-for. In most cases the desire to get agricultural products quickly to the 'Sea coast for shipment 1s. the reason why, many firms-are now using the railway' instead of steamship trans portation.
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