JAPAN'S EXPANSION SOUTH
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Suggestion to Lease Land in Dutch New Guinea POPULATION^ NEEDS
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(Received 24, 11-5 a.m.) TOKIO, March 23. The expansion of Japanese influence southward of the Equator, where her mandate terminates, was the subject of a speech in the House of Representatives by Mr H. Sakurai, former UnderSecretary for Overseas Affairs. Mr Sakurai advocated Japan's applying to Holland for a permanent lease of land . in Dutch New Guinea on which to settle. surplus Japanese population and produce raw materials. The Premier, Mr Hayashi, promised to remember Mr Sakurai' s suggestion. He emphasised that Japan's peaceful commercial penetration in the South Seas was no threat to Dutch territory. Mr Kuwashima, Japanese Minister to the Netherlands, is at present touring the Dutch East Indies preparatory to reporting on the subject, added Mr Hayashi. There were already large Japanese investments in Dutch New Guinea. the Muluccas and .Celebes, while Mindanao supported 20,000 Japanese settlers.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 58, 24 March 1937, Page 6
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