Their attitude, however. is not Tike~ ly to hinder the Japanese in the lon run from developing, the conquered territories. as long as they are sure of unlimited supplies of cheap labour fand a suflieient number of persons for the more subordinate posts. That, anyhow, is what is taking place today in north China. The comparatively few Chinese of the educated classes who have thrown in their Tot with inese, the "puppets" as they rally called, have nothing whatever to sayin. the development.
their own' country. They "are figure-Weads, who sit idly Tookiny on: the Japanese provide the ideas and. the driving-power. Food for serious thought is provided by the istles giving the numbers of Japanese employed in adviserships.
always and other communications, telegraphs and telephones, and in administrative posts generally.
Whereas, from all accounts, economic situation in Japan itself is Steadily deteriorating, we have the strange paradox that the economic development of north China is being poshed ahead steadily but relentlessly tudor the management of the Japanese army of occupation. It is. there fore, scarcely an exaggeration to that' the "Dominion of North China being created and developed not only. at the expense of the Chinese people, but also at that of the people: in Japan. The situation is, therefore, very complicated. And Sooner Tater the interesting question will arise: To what extent will this new. und independent "Dominion" be able to stand on its own legs, in the event of either the success or failure of Japan to subjugate the whole of China
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