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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1987.

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TUESDAY, Arnii, 20, 1837,

The

Japanese

get a lot

arc

The Japanese cheerful, frugal, and hard- working. Those smiling girla

,' above are going;

for a little money

APAN to-day is one of

the strongest countries in the world.

Her Navy has 301 ships and a total tonnage of 1,138,260. Her Army at peace strength consists of 250,000 men, with a trained reserve, of about three times that number.

LABOUR'S MARCH

Mr. Mitchell Hepburn; On- tario's fiery Premier, was once known as, a champion of lost causes. For years, Liberals had fought to win power in the Ontario Legislature, and for years Mr. Hepburn had cam- paigned against the uninter- At present, the Air Force is rupted Conservative sway, composed of separate units at

tached to the Army and Navy, without success, And then, The Naval Air Force numbers reason Mr. Hepburn 10,000 and is believed to have could put his finger on, there about 800 'planes. The Army Air came a landslide and he found Force has approximately 1,000 himself

one of the youngest 'planes and a strength of 14,000 Premiers Canada's most popul- men. and progressive province

No military establishments had ever had.

It is not by any tive industrial structure behind can be strong without an effec- means certain that in his fight it. Japan has that structure. against the encroachment of All Japanese warships are now American labour "bosses" and built in Japanese yards, The their influence on Canadian same applies to equipment for workers, he is championing the Army!

for no

ous

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Chater Road.

be no surprise to the people of Ontario Minister for Labour and his

Home Production

if, having ousted his AS to raw materials, 95 per

cent. of these for warship

By

H. VERE REDMAN, "Daily Mail" Correspondent,

Tokio-

his wife. Three halfpence for the pair of them!

The evening meal of vegetable soup, fish-or sometimes meat- vegetables, rice, pickles, and tea will cost 7ad. His working clothes, cost him 11s. 8d. new.

cooking

The furniture in his house-a table, six cushions, three mat- tresses, three padded covers, six pillows, porcelain, utensils, and a charcoal brazier for winter-costs £2. Electric light will come to 18. 2d. a month, and fuel about the same.

Cinema Seats 3d.

SO much for necessities. Let 118 take a look at a few luxuries. Here are cigarettes, sold by the Government Mono- poly Bureau, a mixture of For- mosan and Virginian tobacco at 6d. for 60, a better quality at Bd. for 50 (very good, too; I always

A seat at the cinema to see American talkies with Japanese explanations on the side costs 3d. Entirely Japanese films can be seen for 21⁄2d, and less.

These prices surely go to show that Japan's low labour costs are due not alone to the fact that the worker "lives mean," they are also due to the fact that he him- self can get a lot of goods and services for a little money.

Together these facts are the foundation of Japan's well-known progress in the export market.

What about the finance of it all? Let us begin by admitting that this would not earn a good- conduct prize in the City of London. Japan's foreign debt is. small, a more £530,000,000, and the service on it is paid on the nail. No tricks there. Japan's domestic debt is £617,500,000, which is large in proportion to a national wealth of roughly £6,- 765,000,000. And the domestic borrowing is still going on,

Few Out of Work

THE pessimists say: "It will

not continue much longer,

of inflation

to start their 10- hours shift at a cotton mill in The life

Osaka.

and costumes of the past Inger, however, Nate the Geisha

Girl in the centre) and the street scene in Kyoto) on the left. The fine white build- ings. Tokyo.

ore

for the very good reason that she produces a large percentage of the food she con- sumes. Anyhow, dangerous in- flation is not with us yet.

The Japanese, willy-nilly, are investing in Japan. High bud- gets are spent on materials sup- plied by industry. Industry- pays wages out of those Budgets, and puts its profits back into the bonds that balance the high Budgets.

It is not very sound; there are not many reserves; but industry la producing and the people are working. Unemployment is at a minimum.

Frugal Living

JAPAN'S greatest strength is in her people. They are cheerful, frugal, and hardwork- ing; and they work together. The frugality of their living: appals the parlour Socialist who occasionally comes our way.

Such is Japan to-day. Japan to-morrow may well be the same story writ larger. It will be, if its-present-leaders have their

way.

Attorney-General because they building are produced at home. smoke them myself!), and the You cannot go on balancing your turned into a "democratic" de--

best at 1s. for 50.

can

Budget by issuing more bonds, be People will get scared of the a bonds, and the Government will only be able to get more money by printing its That mean28 another drop of the yen and all the evils of inflation,"

They may be right, although Japan cannot suffer all the evils

This brings us to another MACHENENDHEADHEAENEAENGAENGAEAÐVENIGIENOIDALIENEOGEOCDELCODEAGENCANADIENNE ONE did not agree with his labour

Sako (rice wino) the measure of national strength, policy, Mr. Hepburn won day. But a victory over the that of industry as a whole. To- bought at 8d. a quart, and

day Japan is in every kind of light lager at 41⁄2d, a pint. Canadian strikers presupposes production to a greater or lesser the defent of the increasingly degree. powerful Committee of Indus- She produces textiles to the trial Organisation, that mighty value of £176,000,000 a year, and cach, peaches in season ten international labour body which industry employing just under for 1d.

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has sprung from American 1,000,000 operatives. She pro- roots, tended by the burly John duces paper to the value of £11,750,000, cellaphone to the Lewis, ex-miner, That body value of £200,000. She pro- has enormous power in the duces 6,000,000 metric tons of Canadian automobile industry, cement, 59,000,000 tons of glass,

because that industry, al- 43,000,000 tons of soap, 103,

manu-

most entirely, is affiliated with 000,000 tons of rubber American

tons of the factures, 28,000,000 concerns. So

celluloid and 27,000,000 tons of

And then there is fruit. Home- grown tangerines ten for. 1d., apples three a penny, bananas

TO-DAY IN THE

PAST

It may in the meantime be bating society, or even a Com-

munist shambles. *

But the leaders of to-day are doing their best to see that it is not. And if it is not, then every nation in the world which con siders itself a Power, politically or economically, will have to keep its eye on Japan.

THE STRANGEST WAR-TIME INCIDENT

IN THE HISTORY OF

IVERY day is an anniversary of

Adam (ex-Lieutenant. R.N.R.), of

C.I.O. can bring the Canadian synthetic dye-stuffs. plants into line by calling a Not only is Japan producing; atrike in the United States; and she is, also, producing cheaply something. To-day is the 20th that is what is threatening at People in England know what anniversary of what may, without exaggeration, be called one of the the moment. Mr. Hepburn that cheapness means in terma most amazing incidents of the wHX- cannot fight that sort of thing. of goods for export. They the only collision that ever occurred

know He is the type of man who

it to their cost. What between a British and an enemy sub- marine. would rather have payrolls than is what it means in terms of they probably hear less about

Both vessels were beneath the surface of the North Bea at the breadlines, moreover, and while consumers' goods for the pco- time! he detests the mere suggestion ple right here in this country. E50, which on the cold grey morning The British submarine was the that American Labour can dic- Let us follow an average indus-of April 19, 1917, slipped unobtrusive- late Canadian industrial policy, trial worker through his day Ly away from Parkeston Quay, Har it is unlikely that he will at-and see what he gets and what wich.

it costs him,

The vessel's subsequent adventures tempt by more than argument

Here he is in a two-room are best told in the words of Capt. R. to stop the march of Labour wood-and-paper house, with his Freshfield Road, Brighton, navigating close international wife and, say, four children, officer of the submarine. affiliation in North America, and for this home he pays 149. "Outside the harbour," he relates, and even further afield.. But a month. The breakfast for the "we picked up the trawler-mine- what he will prevent is the family, of bean-soup, rice, ple- ave knots, while, they swept a path sweepers and tailed on them at about interference by pickets with kles, and tea, costs a little under before us in case the Germans had those who want to work, and 4d. Before he leaves home, his laid mines the previous night. the occupation by sit-down wife will make him up a lunch- strikers of property which does box containing rice, fish, or egg. not belong to them. If neces- and pickles costing a little Icas Bary,

he will use all the than 8d. He may have to take resources at his command, in the tram to his work, but he cluding municipai, provincial can go anywhere within the old and federal police the latter, city limits (an area of 40 square the Royal Canadian Mounted, miles), and a good deal beyond, having already won a reputation for a flat-rate fare of three for efficiency where violent farthings. pickets have tried to take the His day's work done, he will law into their own hands. go to the public bath-house with

towards

were in the enemy's hunting ground,

continuing our course to the eastward at about two knots and keeping perl- scope and hydrophone watch.

"In other words, we raised the perl- scope about every five minutes for 30 seconds and look, a good look round the horizon, Hydrophone watch__to, detect noises was kept continuously,

"Terrific Bump”`·

"At 6.15 p.m. we were still beneath the surface-25 feet on the gauge, and speed about two and a half knots,

The commanding officer was keep Ing periscope watch. The first leu

tenant was resting. I was peacefully pouring hot water into the teapot.

"Suddenly, without warning, our

boat received a terrifle bump.

to

"In on Instant every man eprang hla slation. At first we thought a Zep was bombing us, but then the the port alde. bump was followed by crashes along

"The boat heeled over and rose to

13 feet, although within three seconds

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1914-1918

"We had collided with Fritz, who must have been diving at 30ft. and bound for our own coast on the oppo.. site course.

Full Speed To Disaster

"The final crash saw na toru clear of the enemy, but diving at full speed towards the boltom, 150ft. off. It. would have meant disaster if we had struck.

"But as quickly as the rudders had been put hard-a-dive, so they were elevated, and with uncanny akill, that that captain had straightened the boat only comes from years of experience, trimmed, and reduced speed.

Then we turned to search for our enemy, with torpedoes: ready. But wo sow nothing more of him. Although it was evident that some- thing had gone wrong with our diving rudders, we kept below, for three hours more. Then we surfaced and headed for home as fast as we could.

"An examination showed that one of the diving rudders had been ripped clean of its shafts. There were also bump marks along the port sido and conning tower, w

"Bubsequently I heard that the Germans had reported

no missing- one of their submarines that should have been in about our position st the time, I also heard that sho bad Umbed back to Holland."-

The captain, first. Houtenant, and:

"We were bound for a patrol of the first crash the order had been position somewhere in the North given to hard-a-divo and group up Sca, and the trawler accompanied meaning put the diving rudders down us until 0,45 am, when we were and connect all electric batteries zo about five miles east of the Ship- as to get the greatest

electric

power. wash light vessel.

possible to the motors. sweepers-the last friends we would

"After our farewell to the mine- We had been going at full speed, see from the surface for about ten der kept hard a dive' for one minuto tank had been flooded, and the rud- days we headed cast at 12 knots, 40 seconds before we reached a depth everybody going below into the sub-art: then came a myself left, E50 some months after the

of 201t. Then came

came a Dnal mighty. marine except myself, all hands say.

og good-bye to sun and daylight. The captain had the periscope up, crash, a week, or so, before the sub- "We steamed for an hour on the and we saw an enemy submarine a marine sailed on in voyage never to surface, and then dived to 28ft, as we fow feet away from our own!

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