The French traveller also was able to give first-hand information of conditions in Spain and Norway.
Spain, he said, has less food than any other occupied country. There is practically no bread and very li rice. The winter has been extremely severe. There is much actual starvation. Little rebuilding is being undertaken.
The food situation in Norway is very serious. No dairy products are obtainable because these formerly came from Denmark. Fishing in the North Sea has been prohibited because of the large number of fishing boats which never returned. Once out of Nazi-controlled waters, the fishing boats sailed straight to st the Nazis at present is impossible. in the opinion of the French traveller, because of lack of arms. Large-scale sabotage, however.
is feasible and much is already going Britain, U.S. Urged to Listen to Matsuoka Foreign Minister is Not "Flying" Says Journal Tokyo, Feb. 23.
Great Britain and the United States were urged to "lend an ear" to statements made by Mr, Yosuke Matsuoka in his interview with Japanese news papermen last Friday, by the influential daily "Miyako Shimbun."
The Foreign Minister was not "lying" when he said Japan was not taking any measures liable to cause concern to Great Britain and the United States in the Pacific or the South Seas, the "Miyako" declared.
"Should Britain and the United States honestly and without prejudice examine Japan's actions, they would find out that Foreign Minister Mat-snoke's words were not untrue," stated the newspaper.
The "Miyako" further counselled Britain and the United States to retrain from "taking dangerous steps based upon misunderstanding or misapprehension,"
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