Large Jewish emigration from Harbin to Southern China is reported by the Harbin Committee to the Management of the Hicem here, as a result of the political unrest.
Emigration has increased to such an extent that it is estimated that during the first ten months of the year 1932 over 600 persons arrived in Southern China, aided in their emigration by the “Daljewcib,” which represents the Hicem in Harbin, Of these 600 emigrants, 350 settled in Shanghai. The greater part was successful in finding employment of some sort. Only a few instances of re-emigration have been registered. These were mostly cases of people returning to Harbin for the purpose of winding up their business and taking their families away with them.
The influx of emigrants to Shanghai has been so great lately that it is difficult for newcomers to find positions. The assistance accorded them by the Jewish Community in general, or their relations and friends, however, enables them to establish themselves in the city, and their position appears in favorable contrast to others who have left Manchuria for Southern China.
According to information received from Harbin since the subsiding of the floods, life is now normal there again. Communication with the outside world, however, still remains almost impossible, owing to the political circumstances prevailing in the district.
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