APPEAL FOR AID.
THOUSANDS STARVE IN JAPAN.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS CLASH
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
TOKYO, June 5
Delegates from no fewer than one, hundred and twenty thousand farmers are now in conference, and are planning a direct appeal to the. Emperor, in accordance with the constitution, as they despair of obtaining from the Government any relief, for the distressed northern districts, where the poverty-stricken are alleged to be facing .starvation.
The situation already has been responsible for serious clashes between the landlords and the tenants, some of the conflicts involving bloodshed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1932, Page 5
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93APPEAL FOR AID. Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1932, Page 5
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