Mr. McNuts expected visit to Shanghai will be made following his trip to Davao to-morrow to observe the Japanese situation there at close hand, officials said. Mr. MeNutt, in his visit to Davao, will investigate Japanese land holdings upon a request for information directly from Wash-ingtao.
Washington officials, it was understood, requested the High Commissioner to investigate conditions at Davao, leading port of Mindanao, second largest island in the Philippines group, after reports that the area was developing into.a miniature "Japanese Empire."
Estimates reaching here state that 15,000 Japanese now reside in Davao. This would mean that. Japanese practically control the important port Officials pointed out that the Japanese population of Davao comprised practically half the entire Japanese population of the Philippines.
Mr. McNutt yesterday conferred with Sr. Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth, regarding the prosperous Mindanao port,
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