The buyers for all these goods which are to be seen in the shops of Harbin and in the streete at the pr sent moment are principally Russians or foreigners of other nationally people their income from the Ues and as in almost all cases these
CER, the thought occurs as to what will happen if all the Soviet citizens Jon the railway leave Manchoukuo. If the Soviet sold the railway and their citizens left the trade of Harbin would suffer a very severe decline Jas in the first place the new owners fare sure to reduce all salaries and in the second the staff would be reduced.
All the large stores are complain. ing bitterly regarding the lack of business, but at the same time new houses are being erected in many places, these being in almost all cases taken up by Japanese tenants both] shops and flats. None of the buildings, however, are being erected in the streets which are entirely o¢- cupied by Russians and Chinese.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.