Articles concerning Harbin which have appeared recently in these columns have emphasized the manner in which that city formerly of a Sino-Russian complexion is becoming creasingly Japonified. It is a process which is entirely inevitable, owing to the peculiar position which Japan now holds in Manchoukuo as a result of its 1931 adventure. 'The future development of Manchoukuo will follow lines congruous with the Japanese genius for such matters, Tt will necessitate the incursion of large numbers of Japanese, perhaps not as colonizers, "but in' various administrative, industrial and business reles and they will bring with them their own methods of living. That, has been ppinted out, is becoming increasingly manifest in Harbin, and in connection with their cities in Manchoukuo the same process will be found to obtain, Thus, while the substantial numbers of Japanese troops in Harbin would have the effect of transforming the city to some extent, the large increase in Japanese civilian residents is likely make a profounder change. The outlook for other foreign communi-tes, and more especially the Russians, is consequently gloomy in the. extreme, for either they must come down' to the comparatively lower wage standards of the Japanese, or
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