In the second section Mr. Fujihara deduces from mediaeval and modern examples that there exists a spirit of devotion to Japan among its workers that transcends all desire for materia! gain and is willing to work for small remuneration and for lon hours to assist in industry's advance ment. This, he says, is what the materialistic and calculating Western-and Chinese cannot understand. Japanese capitalists are criticized regularly in the International Labour Office Conference for sweated labour, says, because of the low cost of Production. Frankness makes him state they are erilicized at the Conference also by the representative of Japanese Labour. Perhaps emboldened in the Geneva atmosphere, Japanese workers speak the truth: they are probably nol so content to be rewarded only in an emotion of intense patriotism. Besides, Mr. Fujihara is not so certain himself that these qualities of devotion which he finds in the Japanese worker are roof against desire for better conditions. "In his peroration he urges his countrymen (o take advantage of the present and (o'ride forward on a flood tide. "Conditions may. take an unfavourable turn....labourers may demand higher wages." He quotes the complete satisfaction of Mr. Mauretle, Assistant Director of the TL.0, with the explanation of the reasons for low production costs. He does not say that Mr. Maurelte spent three weeks only in the country, and fs careful in his report to slate he saw only large-scale industry. Stein in his "Made in Japan" shows con-Glusively that paralleling large-scale industrial plants are the large-scale buying, distributing, collecting, and marketing enterprises, while manu facture of the goods involved is often fu. the hands. of sfnall enterprises working uncontrolled hours and in bad conditions. Mr. Maurette's statement that there is no - social dumping Is so qualified as to convey almost no confidence.
The author sees armament as a national investment ard is in no sense worried by the red ink bonds. He fe] has a chaplet ingenuously entitled "Leading China on the way to prosperity". "If China is left unaided in the present state of anarchy the Purchasing power of the Chinese people will not Increase." The inference is plain:
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