Tokyo, Dee. 31.
Great Britain has abundant essential material, particularly foodstutts, ud her ceonomie structure is still Standing on a firm foundation with virtually no sign of an early collapse, declared Marquis Muneaki Date, commissioner of the Japanese Finance Ministry in London, on his return here from England.
He answered vaguely in the fir. motive when asked" whether he thought the war would continue for a fong time.
Marquis Date said it was extremely aigeult and rather precarious make any definite statements on the economic situation in Britain as absolutely no. Information was given out, and all one could do was to make assumptions from general outward appearance.
On the other hand, he said, a tremendous amount of British capital was deposited in America, and as Tong as America supports Britain financially, Britain would not come to economic bankruptey in the near future, Proceeding, Marquis Date declared that although the British people were heavily taxed—the income tax Doing 8/6 to the £—Britain still had abundant essential material, partly cularly foodstuffs. The only' part of the war which was really harassing the British people was the heavy unceasing bombing by German planes.
Accompanying the Marquis was Mr. Dosuke Yoshida, a secretary t the Japanese financial commission to Tondon—Reuter.
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