'The bandit season Is now at its hhelght and though' monthly. reports have been published from military dlatriets, it is. too say how the total ures this year will compare with i935. Tt should be pointed aut that attacks on the main Hines of travel or near the principal cities are a thing of the past, but this should not cause one' to lose statement that the country was over-Fun with bandits.
Tt is admitted that government subsidies are required, and the sum of ¥.1,000 a family is stated as the proper amount. This would cover transportation and provide for education and. medical care. In addition loan' of about ¥.2000 at low interest' and repayable over a long period will be needed by each family.
The Manchuria Colonization Ca, already holds about 1,700,000 acres near Chiamussu and it Is. proposed that the first colonies should be set-led there. An announcement this month from the Kwantung Army headquarters stated that $00 Japanese soldiers will be settled im Manchoukuo next April as the nucleus of the new colonies. The sixth group of Immigrants, scheduled for the beginning of the fiscal year, March 1038, set at 10,000 families.' Farmers are to be put on 2,500,000 acres near Huiln, 2,500,000 near Kuoliuchen and 1250,600 round Aigun, all near the Soviet border. Those who raise livestock are to have 5,000,000 acres in four localities, all near the Soviet border, Gold miners are to be Teeated at Aopu likewise convenient to that border and forest workers fre to get 1,280,000 acres in Kirin Province.
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