Quiet has been restored in Harbin, the head office here of the Hias-Ica-Emigdirekt (Hicem) informs the J.T.A. on the basis of a letter it has received from its Harbin office, dated February 7th., which says that Harbin was completely isolated from the outside world for nine days, but no excesses occurred.
All postal, telegraphic and telephone connections were restored on February 7th., and life is now again normal. The Japanese Consulate in Harbin was reopened on February 6th., which is very important for Jewish emigrants who have to apply to the Japanese Consulate in order to obtain a transit visa to enable them to proceed to the countries of immigration. The formalities governing the issue of visas have been made more difficult, however, and the prices of fares have been increased by the Japanese shipping companies from 30 to 35 dollars, in view of the exchange rate of the American dollar.
The Hicem Management states that it believes that it is necessary that this reassuring news should be given all possible publicity, in view of the alarming rumours which have appeared in some papers recently with regard to the situation of the Jewish population of Warbin.
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