Dairen, Oct, 13.
The promulgation of a revised exchange control law in Manchoukuo, [which appeared innocent enough on Paper but which was later found ushering in an era of vast. dis comfort to foreigners in Manchuria Jor those who delight in foreign {c00ds, took place on October 8. This Taw followed the one recently an-Jnounced in Japan, and the Kwantung Leased Territory being Japanese {territory Dairen is now feeling its effect.
This revised exchange control law will mako a drastic difference 10 trade: throughout. Manchoukuo as It provides for a stringent tightening up Jon all export and import and remit-{ances abroad. In the past exchange transactions for settling Import accounts were unrestricted but the new measure stipulates that government permission is required for payment for goods imported—except: from apan "in excess of ¥..000 per month, The Iw goos further in that no Import licences will be Issued for luxuries such as high-priced motor= ears, jewellery, cameras, perfumes, [tobacco and fiquer. In addition per= mission to Import such articles Jour, "paper, tea, sugar, wntehes, locks, "confectionery, textiles and tinned provisions, which are produced in Japan, will not be permitted under Government licences are also required for persons wishing to remit to their families living abroad sums Jexceeding ¥Y.1000 per annum for living Jexpenses and for persons wishing te take out letters of credit or similar Jdocuments for any amount exceeding '¥.1,000 as travelling expenses. Where remittances or sums for travel are for Japan such stipulations do not Jeome into force, As soon as the knowledge of what this aw would mean dawned on the populace, what a rush there was to buy goods in Dairen at the equival-Jent of the compradore shops. And immediately the prices went.up for Ino one could tell when the next shipment of any given commodity would arrive, if ever.
People battled one another as at a remnant sale, all clamouring. to. be served frst and great were the re-Jeriminations "when they found that only a certain number of tins of cigarettes, whiskey, tinned soup, mille for fish could be obtained, There are now noticeable gaps in the shelves of the provision shops and people who re been accustomed to living mal on food from aprond will have 0 hard time ahead of them until they (om their palate to the taste of ese products, which even at that are not hard io take, once racial prejudice is cast aside, Subordinate's Arrival One fact apparently remains very clear, namely, Dalai Lama No. 14 has not yet made his appearance as far as is known here on the Tibetan frontier, Dalai Lama No. 13 died in December, 1983, and no one can say that the lamas have not worked hard and long to find his reincarnation, but up to the present time nothing whatever is known, except that the Young Party in no way anticipates
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