__As to inter-marriage, he said there is quite a good deal by the Taiwanese young men in Tokyo. There are about 5,000 Taiwanese in Japan proper, of whom about 3,000 are students, mostly in Tokyo. The remainder, some 2,000, are what may be called rich people. There is a striking contrast between the Taiwanese, who come to Japan proper to spend money, and the Koreans who come here to earn money Among the 3,000 students, there are many who marry Japanese girls, about 200 such marriages taking place yearly. In Taiwan itself, there are some 50 such marriages a year. The Taiwanese coming to Tokyo and other cities here are generally from rich, well-known families, and so these young men are of good grade and noble-minded, the Admiral said.
The inter-marriages are nearly all between Taiwanese young men and Japanese girls. The former like Japanese wives because such mar-nages enable them to break away from irksome old Chinese customs and tend to strengthen their social position, besides making them good wives. The girls find that such husbands cherish them and are able to keep them in comfortable circumstances. In this way there is a gradual but constant fusion going on between the two races.
As to living conditions among the Taiwanese, the governor-general pointed out that it is, among the masses, extremely simple, and due to climatic and-other conditions is on quite a different level from that in Japan proper. On account of the warm weather, light clothing is suficient all the year round, dwellings are simple, and the island produces all the food the people need. Living is, therefore, inexpensive. The farmers, for example, can obtain from their land twice the quantity of
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