As regards the plans of the Forjeign Office to encourage emigration, your correspondent learns that the following are the main points:—(1) emigrants going to any land should have a working knowledge lof its language, should be of an enterprising nature and should be provided with a suitable amount of money: (2) suc emigrants should [try to become assimilated and become part of the land they are settled in; (3) simplification—of oficnt procedure as regards emigration.
The eyes of Japan to-day, in so far as emigration is concerned, are focussed on South America, and cspecially on the Republic of Brazil.
large tract of land has been purchased in that country by a syndijeate promoted by the Vice-President of tke Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, Reizo Yamashina, and other msciny tasses, ok eile object of planting a really flourish ing Japanese colony in Brazil. The Japanese Government has extended its sanction to the scheme in both material as well a moral way, while the Brazilian authorities jate said to be welcoming Japanese emigrants into those regions where the population is scant.
The public is immensely interested these new attempts to solve n's food and population pro-ind ese so-called "'new will form the main weapon the Ministerialists when they: zo to the polls,
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