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military to assist in suppressing their activities.
It may be,
then, that the authorities are laying too great a burden on his
shoulders.
Time only can show.
It is not clear how much of the
56. As to the area @vailable for settlement, it io estimat-
ed that less than half the cultivable land in anchoukuo is
actually under cultivation.
balance is good soil. Considerable areas are swampy or alka-
line and have been left by Chinese settlers for that reason.
But there must remain districts that have been neglected mere-
ly because they have been inaccessible and insecure in the past.
There is probably therefore more than sufficient virgin soil
waiting occupation.
57. It was stated in introducing this section of the report
that immigration may cause friction in the future. From the
present modest beginning it is hoped to expand to a population
of five millions. Most Menchuria schemes of development are
couched in grandiose terms and need to be discounted. But even
if we halve the figure, it is doubtful if two and a half million
colonists can be settled without encroaching on the interests
of the existing population. Then the special protection and the
special privileges of the Japanese settlers will be likely to
arouse resentment.
58. In order to create homogenecus units, settlers from
particular districts in Japan are settled in the same colony in
Manchuria. In many cases large sections of Japanese villages
are being transplanted and their settlements are known by the
name of the villages from which they came. They are to be
model settlements for the enlightenment of the surrounding
population. It is to be feared that unless carefully managed
they will also be the object of envy and bad-feeling.
serious affray between Korean and hinese farmers at Wan Pao
Shan in 1931 arose out of a dispute over water-rights.
The
What
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