APAN'S mandate islands in the Japanese islands by virtue population, says Admiral Ryozo Tokyo, Dec. 4. Pacific have now become actually of their preponderant Japanese Nakamura in a striking article Which he contributes to the December issue of the Japanese magazine called "King." Admiral 1 Nakamura is now on the retired ist but formerly was a member of the Supreme War Council, He recently returned from a six weeks' tour of the mandated islands, Celebes, and the Philippines. Some of the outstanding [points in his article follow, There are now more Japanese than archipelago, which is the closest 10 natives in the mandated islands, 30 Japan. In this group the natives are any question as to their actual owner-far lees in number than the Japanese ship will settle itself.—hardly 20 per cent. of the latter, in The Japanese language alone is fact. being taught in the schools there, Then there are 10,000 Japanese on ud the native language will entirely Palao, and a further 10,000 Japanese disappear in due course, on the various other islands. On all Japanese fishermen, based on these these mandate islands, there are only islands and operating in waters north about 50,000 natives," who thus are of Australia supply two-thirds of the outnumbered by our own people. pearl and pear-shell demand of the We hear much talk aprond about world. mandate power, and about who has 'The Japanese now pioneering in the the legal title to these islands. But islands of the Pacific are a powerful as the Japanese residents thus are source of future strength of the' now In the absolute majority, and [Japanese Empire. are sure to continue (o increase in Japan has not much of the metal future, an issue such as the rightful Jgold, but the Japanese people them-Jownership of the islands will settle, selves are a far richer gold mine. llself, Facts are more eloquent than Every s0 often speculation arises words os to the Japanese status of las to whether Germany, in her these territories, search for colonies, will ask Japan "io the Jenene fat een to return her former Pacific islands, Jor some of them, or whether the wht" ar aes alte ce amah League of Nations will try to get! them back. It is a certainty that [Japan will never give them up unless compelled by force of arms. nota sent lady That the islands are now, in fact, Fa" atid Patty Mine regarded as virtually an integral Por nate geal saan, part of the Japanese Empire evident from Admiral Nakamura's article.
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