JAPAN’S PROBLEMS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 111, 18 November 1938, Page 3

JAPAN’S PROBLEMS

high cost OK GIVING DESOLATION IN SHANGHAI Striking changes Ha%'*.■ occurred in lho Japanese domestic scene since: the oin ln caK ol hostilities with C hum, according to Air. K. L. Levin, ol' Keildmg, who Inis returned from a visit to die hast- Air. Levin was in Japan about a year ago, and wlien lie revisited the country within the past lav months, he loimd that totally different conditions prevailed. “As the outcome ol the war with ( Inna, the cost <d living has advame,/I,y -‘’l; or ID per cent.,” Air. Levin 1 said. ‘‘For the approaching winter It is difficult to obtain coal and, with practically no imports entering the country, such items as cigarettes, till- * less they are ol Japanese maniiLiei me, are unobtainable. A scene of inconceivable desolation, Shanghai was found hy Air. Levin to he ;i <itv of shattered hrick.s and morSlit*ll lioles and Imllrt-splintcr-ed tin.hers testified to the fierceness of ihe engagements which had taken jdiiee in the area. The extent of the devastation, he stated, baffled descript urn. As a former player ol distinction and a past-president ol the New Zealand Polo Association, Air. Levin was actively interested in polo overseas, Wliik* in Australia lie inquired into the likelihood of an Australian team • visiting the Dominion next year in quest of the Australasian Gold Chip, which was worn by the Now Zealand representatives at Sydney last April, ’ and lie was informed that it, was possible that the. famous Ashton brothers might make the trip. However, there wore not yet any definite proposals.