Licences to Be Granted in Very Few Circumstances Rangoon, Mar. 2.
Owing to the heavy increase in demand for iron and steel in these countries in which they are produced, and in order conseqùently to conserve existing stocks for use within Burma, licences for export will only be granted in very exceptional circumstances, says a press communique.
The communique adds: It will be remembered that India is a producer of iron and steel while Burma is not, and although the export to India is not at present prohibited, it is not in the interests of Burma that the stocks held in the country should be depleted by exports to India, Traders are therefore advised fo' restrict their sales to India to the quantities, if any, which they normally exported to India prior to the war.—Reuter.
Trade Cut By War "The chances are very small that Japan can hope to gain any considerable share of German trade, which has been curtailed by the war.
"A. development which has been unfavourable to Japan in Latin-'America is the immigration situation. In the 20's the Japanese were ho ful that, immigration to Latin Americ might provide a partial solution to their population problem.
"Today the only large colonies of Japanese are to be found in Brazil and Peru, Japanese began to emigrate to Brazil to be settled in compact agricultural colonies. Today there are an estimated 250,000 persons of Japanese descent in Brazil, But Japanese as well as other ation, is regulated by a strict Brazilian quota law. And this is true for most of the other Latin-American nations, There are some 20,000 Japanese in Peru and a few thousands in Methodist Missionaries to
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