IN JAPAN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 December 1932, Page 4

IN JAPAN

FOREIGN MANIPULATIOXi YEN CAUSES HATRED MANY UNEMPLOYED In a very interesting letter t:B M. Roland, of Rotorua Mr. J:l Major, whose illuminating ariichfl Fan- Eastern conditions were sofl ly read in the "Morning Post"® Httle time ago, gives some trag® tails of present-day conditicw Japan. £ Mr. Major is living under Ja« conditions in Kameoka and is ha a high position on the staff efl paper there, the 'Oomoto-Propaga Oficejo" and in addition is atifl to the professorial staff of theB versity. He is in a position tofl full knowledge of the conditie® "In Kameoka the position isl sad," writes Mr. Major, "andtk® of the peasantry is deplorahle.M is terrible unemployment duetn I lall of the yen." 1 Food Yex*y Bad p i He goes on to relate the fadR I Ihe food is very bad. There ifil real' bread and an imitation bi« I all that can be obtained. The fl tion of the whole country is !!■ | growing worse and the fall | yen, which is attributed to tlie# | pulations of foreigners, is crfl I widespread unrest. The Ameriw® i the object of intense hatred, an'H ! generally believed that thefB their ten million unemployed,™ by any means in such a bad cffiB as the Japanese, all Japan's tejH being put down to the fall "E value of th'e yen in exchange. T® attributed to foreign influence, ■ Bimetallism Supported H Dealing \vith currency que'rR Mr. Major 'expresses the opinio;® the position cannot be rectified® as Japan is concerned until sife® brought into operation in addfcg gold for the medium of currenc® poses. He believes in the bimetallism to right the chaosW which world affairs are ing. ■ Further War Possible B| It is! rather .significant that letter, Mr. Major writes of s'B made to him by his paper to Pjj to Manchuria in February to that organ as its war-eorresp J and it would seem from ttoK further hostilities in the Far regarded as likely. ^ Lectures on Wireless B Mr. Major warns Mr. to he surprised if he hears over the wireless coming h'OBi® Japanese station. He states has already hroadcast on ferent occasions and is due to 'flj further lectures in thq fut®'6, H Huge Correspondenca K He also mentions that he ';B tremely busy at the time tp ■ was written for he is carrf1* correspondence with seventesa Vj ent countries mostly in and is contributing to sevei'a ra besides his work on his Further articles from pen on Far Eastern questio appear in the "Morning P°s K time to time. w