Berlin, July 25.
A remarkable comment on the effect of the Chinese war on the Japanese public after one year's dura-lion was published in a front page article by the Japan correspondent of the "Frankfurter Zeitung,"
The campaign against China, the writer says, has not met with the same response among the population as the occupation. of Manchuria seven years ago, especially not after the anticipated punitive expedition bad developed into a real war, the end of which cannot be foreseen even now after one year.
The "Frankfurter Zeitung" correspondent points to the restriction of the standard of living caused by continuous price increases and by the forced inclusion of officials and employees in financial measures of the war. As the main reason for this, the article mentions the insufficient raw material basis of Japan and the passive trade balance, which in view of the small funds of foreign exchange, did not allow a large scale import of wanted goods and even affected the import of goods essential for warfare. These economic difficulties, in the opinion of the correspondent, must increase in the same proportion as the hitherto dilatory warfare will be developed into à large scale war.—Trans-Ocean Rents Soar to Ten Times Former Rate Hankow, July 25.
House rents in the ex-British Concession, now the Special Administrative District No. 3, have soared to ten times the normal rate following a report that British bluejackets might be landed to guard British property in the area.
Greatly aroused over such unserupulous action, the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters has announced its decision to punish such cases in accordance with laws applicable to robbers.
At the same time the Garrison Headquarters, in view of the recent appearance in public of many women in military uniforms, has issued a notice forbidding women to wear such uniforms.—Reuter,
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