More Valuable at Present "Getting Worse Day by Day" States "Asahi"
Says Ernest Hemingway in Manila Interview Tokyo, Feb. 22. The Japanese are reported to be Manila, Feb. 22. seriously worried over the attitude of Mr. Ernest Hemingway, noted Brazil, which Japarese reports des writer, who arrived from the United cribo as "getting worse day by day. States yesterday by Clipper, con-casting a dark shadow over Japanese tinued by plane today to Hongkong, residents in that country." from where he expects to travel to Durirg the past month, it is al-Chungking. leged. the Brazilian Government has Mr. Hemingway said he might con-enforced many political and diplotinue from Chungking to Burma, matic measures, "all against the in Singapore and the Netherlands East terest of Japan and Japanese resid-Indies. ents in that country," i-cluding in The broad"shouldered author will troduction of an export licence system describe his experiences for the New and stoppage of issue of visas to for-York newspaper "PIN." His wife, the eigners desirous of entering Brazil famed war correspondent, Martha The purpose of the licensing system. Gelhorn, will cover the Far East for the Brazilian Government is said to Collier's" magazine. have announced, is to prevent the re-Mr. Hemingway, who spent many export to Japan of goods imported months in Spain during the war into Brazil from America. including there, said that at present Spain was machinery, scrap iron, manganese. more valuable to Chancellor Hitler crystals, industrial diamo: and as a neutral than as a belligerent. mica.
Spain, he said, is in a similar posi-"Save for machinery tion fo Italy—Premier Mussolini was iron." says a Japanese a valuable ally while aloof from the the "Asahi" from Rio de war, but a handicap after Italy enter-are special products of the cou-try ied the fighting.
So it can justly be claimed that the He said the Far East was one of Purpose of the enforcement of the the few areas with which he was export license system does not lie in without knowledge, but "I always get the prevention of the exportation of to know a place better when I see it goods imported into Brazil from than when I read about it."
America to Japan, but in the pre-It is possible, he stated, that Chanvention of the use of mineral recellor Hitler would need to take sources by Japan and the promotion Gibraltar, but "it would be a difficult of the monopolizing of mineral re-proposition." Gibraltar's defences are sources by the United States, in heavy rock. he said, and "nothing in it can be hurt by bombardment', "The stoppage of the issue of visas Mr. Hemingway said that if Spain to foreigners desirous of enter entered the war on the side of the Brazil is practically blocking the en-Axis it would extend the German twice of Japanese into that country. lines of communication hundreds of and the prohibition of travelling miles. ehroad by youths younger than 18 "Spai status is not permanent years old who are Brazilian citizens he said. in referring to the Loyalist is literally preventing most of the fukien Resources
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