1939-04-29 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 29,, 1939.

RULING CLASS IN JAPAN SAID FEARFUL OF INTERNAL UNREST

MOSCOW, April 22. Sharp friction within the Japan- ese ruling clique has been made apparent by the discussions at the recently concluded 74th session of the Diet the press hore declared to day.

The friction, the papers said, re- flects the ruling group's apprehen- gion of the growing discontent among Japan's workers and farmers, who bear the brunt of the military adventure in China..

"100 YEARS WAR”

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ly use. The Minister of Commerce and Industry is working on a card system for all kinds of goods of general consumption and the Minis- ter of: Finance has threatened at the session: "to make people limit consumption by force".

According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce and Indus- try, 26,660 petty and medium indus- trialists have become bankrupt and more than 50,000 of them are await- ing, similar fate within the next two or three months due to the. shortage of materials and the reduc- tion, of manufacture of goods not required for war.

If a short time ago, the propa- ganda was designed to convince the general masses that the war in

An interesting detail was reveal- China was a "walkover", to-day the Japanese militarists are urging pre-ed at the session, the press con- The Japanese state does parations for a "hundred years,tinued.

not assume the cost of the funerals war."

The preparation of new adven of the Japanese soldiers killed in Thus the population pays a tures is causing alarm among the war. deputies in the Diet. Addressing peculiar "death tax", overburden- the military men, Nakayama, a mem-ing the family which had lost its ber of the Minseito Party, stated supporter. that "it is better to keep in the bot tom of one's soul the declarations about preparing for a 100 years' | ed, cause the growth of discontent

COMMUNISM

All these, the Soviet press declar-

war, but not to write about this in in the country which was characte-

rized by deputy Imai. as the grow the newspapers and magazines.”

What the militarist policy gave to ing dislike of the people for off- the Japanese people is demonstrat-cials" (i.e., the state. apparatus). ed by the data on working hours Baron Hiranuma, the Prime Minis- and living wages

theter, was compelled to admit at the session that the present situation Japanese press.

The total index of wages of in the country contributes to the in January, 1939, went growth of communist sentiments.- workers down to 85.3% (as compared with Tass.

cited by

100 in 1936) continued to rise. The index of retail prices at the end of February, 1939, reached 142.7 (as compared with 100 in 1932).

As

to the length of working day, it was stated at the session that the in- troduction of the 12-hour, working. day is an "unattainable ideal."

BY FORCE THREAT A special 10% tax has been clamped on all commodities of dai-

FIVE LITHUANIAN PEASANTS KILLED IN MEMEL CLASH

WARSAW; April 22-The Polish press announced this morning that five Lithuanian peasants were kill- ed yesterday in the course incident on Memel territory,

of an

HITLER BOOK

AUTHOR GETS THREAT NOTE

LOS ANGELES, April 23. George Putnam, who just publish- ed his book entitled "The Man Who Killed Hitler," to-day received a copy of the book riddled with 'bul- lets accompanied by a note stating that "one bullet wound will prove fatal for you you do not stop the sale of this book.”

"Germany

fles the world! Heil! Angeles Nazi.” The The peasants were going to Signed: A Pageggen to demand the recall of note contained these words.

German Commissioners con- Mr. Putnam has already receiv the trolling their land holdings whened several threats in connection they were arrested by the local with the publication of the book. police.

George Putnam, it may be recall

All the peasants from: the neigh-ed, was the husband of the late bouring regions clamoured for their Amelia Earhart Putnam, world- release..

famous woman filer, who disappear- ed over the Pacific-Havas,

The police instructed the demon- strators to leave, and opened fire when they refused, killing five and wounding seversh others.

The arrested idasants were sent to a concentration camp -

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