By liquefying coal, Japan will be able to draw upon the fabulous deposits of the black rock in Manchoukuo and no longer depend on foreign supplies to keep the wheels industry oiled, In peace or in war. Known deposits' of coal in Mfanchoukuo are estimated at 4,804,000,000 mettle tons, of which 950,000,000 metric tons are to be found at Fushun, the greatest open cut colliery in the world where the proposed lquefac-Mien plant Is to be built, SimMlar plants may be built tater on at the other coal folds, especially at Hsin ehlu tu Jehol where it is estimated 41,100,000,000 metric tons of coal await exploitation, If from 70 to 80 per cent, of coal may be transformed into li, the S.M.R. will soon be able not only to supply all the 3,600,000 tons of ght all used each year in Japan but will be prepared to compete with advantage on the world market against American and Anglo-Dutch producers who for long have held the Uupperhand in Japan's industrial devel-lopment.
SMR, executives are confident that the coal hydrogenation plans will reyolutionize industrial Japan and place the nation at Jong last on a footing, tecond to no all consuming power.
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