An entirely new business has. sprung up in Harbin, this being the transfer of money to Soviet Russia. Every little exchange shop on the main stroots has a placard announcing that "remittances to the USSR. can be arranged; stating that delivery of.each per-sorally is guaranteed. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the Soviet. thorities to stop this business, it ly growing in extent and the bank, which charges full gold value for such a remittance, finds that no person wants to-make use of its services. The reason of this is that smuggling between Soviet Ressia and Manchuria is going on present on a very-large scale, ud the smuggling organization which carry over flour and many other goods into the U.S.S.R. change a high price for their commodity and use the chervonetz roubles that ey receive to pay out to persons in Russia to whom remittances are being made by their friends in Manchuria, especially Harbin, Chervonetz rouble may be tought at any Harbin exchange shop at 12 ren and even cheaper, while the cold exchange of the Dalbank is ver one yen. At sach an enormous. difference in' price, no person wants to remit through the bank. and therefore the small houses are done a large business. It is estimat-4 that during the past- three months over one million dollars "ave been remitted. to Soviet Russia, manner, and as the holidays.
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