"N.C.D.N." Special Correspondent fa Japan Tokyo, June 1.
Early development of the sugar industry in southeast China under Japanese auspices is indicated in a statement made by Mr. Aiichiro Fujiyama, chairman of the Japan Sugar Manufacturers' Association and president of the Dai Nippon Sugar Manufacturing Ca. He has just returned from a month's visit to China and Manchoukuo.
Mr, Fujiyama's remarks are interesting in view of Netherlands complaints that Japan is not taking as much Java sugar as had been arranged. He is quoted by the Tokyo press as having said:
With the production of sugar in Taiwan (Formosa) approaching the limit, development of the sugar industry on the new continent is indispensable and urgent to bring about stabilization of the supply of this key product within the Japan-Manchoukuo-China economic bloc.
I made my tour of China and Manchoukuo as a result of realization of the necessity I have just mentioned. From what I discovered during my visit, the sugar cane industry in the Kwangtung delta, and the beet sugar industry in north Manchoukuo, both extend very promising prospects.
As a matter of fact, some sugar mills in the Kwangtung delta began operations during April, under super-ion of the Japanese army authorities and in charge of the Japan Sugar Manufacturers' Association. I have made arrangements for operations to start at the Tungwan mill in the near future, following up commencement of work at the Shunteh mill.
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