The Archive · 1939

By United States

Washington, June 26.

Japan is operating practically on a wartime economy, the Department of Commerce reported today in a survey of Japanese financial develop. ments since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war.

The report said the Japanese Government practically dominates Japanese production, importation. price and distribution.

"Although these controls are assisting in meeting the emergency, nevertheless they have thrown the country's economic structure off balance." the official report said.

The following conclusions were drawn from official information re-

Singapore. June 26, The departure from Singapore of Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station. has been postponed for at least until Tuesday to enable him to confer with Vice-Admiral Sir Ragnar Calvin, First Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board, who is expected to arrive here tomorrow Sir Ragnar Calvin is leaving for London on Friday. It is believed that he will report to the Admiralty naval defence in the Pacific—

Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account