1941-09-11 — Page 4

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 11, 1941.

THEY ARE NOT ALONE

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SPOTLIGHT ON TOKYO TODAY

The life of foreigners in Japan to-day is in shocking contrast to the life of ease and luxury once regarded the United Press Associations, who re serve all rights and forbid ropublications,

as a symbol of residence in either wholly or in part without previou the Far East.

bears the Indicatión “UP" la received in

Itongkong the date of publication by

arrangement.

U.S.-JAPAN TALKS

SELDOM if ever before has so little been known about such momentous negotiations as those

It is a life where procure- ment of even the simplest things means worry, toil and mounting expense. Shoes, cotton materials,

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between Tokyo and Washington; their very secretiveness gives them added drama and Import-

ance and the entire world la

ed articles such as special foods, toilet requisites or tobaccos, are unobtainable.

anxiously and a little impatiently Theoretically, a foreigner

Pacific.

U.S.-Japan talks, particularly in view of the hints thrown out during the last few days that they may result in Japan with- drawing from the Axis and

Foreigners' Irksome Existence

BY H. O. THOMPSON

B.41

COLOUR GONE

Tokyo is not a colourful city, but at one time it gave the ap- pearance of one because of the numerous neon lights at night and the beautiful colour com- binations in the women's ki- monos during the day.

Now the lights have been re-

• moved to conserve power, and the kimonos are less colourful because the new materials arg inferlor. Most of the people are wearing old garments to es- cape public ridicule, which pa- triots direct at anyone suspected of treating the present "crisis" with unbecoming frivolity.

This is the fourth article in this new series by the former Tokyo Manager of the United Press. In the con- cluding article to-morrow, Mr Thompson will write on some of the effects of the economic measures recently applied against Japan and her possible next move.

BO scarce that necessary

:

The American Club is the cen- waiting for the pronouncements is still entitled to import 50 wife of the Ambassador, is are

foreigners in Tokyo. The club by President Roosevelt and yen worth of merchandise one of them. The other's house repairs frequently can not tre of the social life of non-Axis has benefitted by excellent Prince Konoye which, it is be. each month, provided the are Mrs Henri Smith-Hut be made.

There was a bad drought last management and a community lieved, will go a long way articles are not on the ban- ton, wife of the Naval At-

summer and last autumn, and spirit among its members. It water Was rationed. Some has constant difficulties with its towards clarifying the obscure ned list, but in practice it tache, and Mrs Stanley and threatening situation in the does not work out that way. Slavens, wife of the Ameri- houses had no water for weeks supplies but hard work, patience except what was brought in from and good nature under handi- Permits are required and can Consul. Hongkong_has_a.very-direct that entails red tape, delays There-are-also-half-there was a limit to that.

pumps some distance away. And caps have kept it going. Interest in the outcome of the and often frustration. dozen girl secretaries and Trains, street cars and buses, there was no noticeable ill-feel- When I left Tokyo in July The activities of the code clerks, employees of are overcrowded, and travel is ing toward Americans. One dangerous because of the lack zealot, smashed the windows of Japanese police and gen- the State Department. darmes, who are constantly Virtually all the wives of of repairs and replacements, an automobile bearing Ameri- checking on foreigners, pro- American businessmen have Buses and taxicabs are mostly can Embassy license plates. But charcoal-burners, slow, unwieldy incidents of that kind happened vide annoyance, irritation, taken themselves and their and uncertain of performance, even during "normal" times. A aligning herself. more with mental or physical discom- families back home. The. I have been in dozens of taxi- Frenchman was attacked by ruf- mediate reaction to such a possi fort, depending on the in- men who are left are doubl- cabs which have broken down or fians in Kobe and seriously in- bility is whether it will make dividual. The police departing up in bachelor messes, been unable to climb slight in jured, but none of his assai- possible the lifting of the evacua ment's parting salute to me getting along as best they clines. tion restrictions, for, as our late was to break open a locked can and counting the days There is a "black market" for he just as well might have been Governor, Sir Geoffry North- brief case in my cabin while until they can get away. coto made clear in public state- I was watching the ship's ments, the position will be departure from the pro- reviewed in the most favourable menade deck, light possible once the political

America and Britain. The im-

KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB situation has become clarified in

Band Concert, Barbecue and Dance

Saturday, 27th September 1941, 9.15 p.m.`

· POINTS FOR› PATRONS

ADMISSION is by ticket only; obtainable at all

clubs at $1.50 each.

SEATING

for those who wish to listen to the Band will be provided in rows and not at tables.

LIQUID REFRESHMENTS and the moans for «

drinking them will be available for all at club prices.

SOLID REFRESHMENTS

will be obtainabla

on presentation of the rotainad perforated half of the entranco ticket.

THE BOMBER FUND 'BENEFITS.

Make Up Your Parties And Buy ____*__⠀⠀⠀ Your Tickets Early.

the Far East.

AMERICAN WOMEN

lants knew his nationality, and

a German ally. Bome commodities where prices are high and quality low. Tho WHOOPEE SHIPS Wives of American army prices of practically everything I heard that those among the officers attached to the Em- are fixed by law, with the result Japanese who could afford it bassy were ordered out of that the articles disappear from were taking coastal trips on Ja- Japan two months ago. The the market and appear only when panese trans-Pacifle liners in ample extra fees are provided, order to have a day and a night The American community Navy personnel consists of You can purchase a poorly-tail- of freedom from those restric But it would be unwise to be in Tokyo and Yokohama single men, except for the lored suit of English material in tions. I took a trip to find out Tokyo to-day for $90, but neither ing whoopce ships" out of their whether the Japanese were mak- come too optimistic about the has dwindled from about Attache himself.

the workmanship nor the cloth merchant marino Even without State Depart-

and, Bure Tokyo - Washington conversa- 2,000 to a few hundred,

enough, they were. They do not act the way. Americans tions, for the issues at stake mostly businessmen, Em- ment urging, women began leay. would be of good quality.

SU-FU

might under similar circum- concern not Japan and America bassy officials and other em- ing Japan as long ago as last August. The difficulties of

There is no more imported stances, but there was a great alone, but Britain, China and ployees, a few newspaper- housekeeping, particularly if

whisky in the Netherlands East Indies: men and some whose careers there were children; had to come cigarettes, of constantly: de- of American cigarettes, con- Japan. Foreign amount of satisfaction in the way they ripped open packages. wherefore any concessions which are linked with Japanese to outweigh the benefits of keep- teriorating quality, are not al- sumed foreign liquors and raked Japan might be prepared to activities..

ing the families together. A ways available. Japanese beer, the dining room menus for food couple of sturdy boys in one a fow. years ngo considered delicacies. There are only three wo- American household were keep- among the better kinds now tion the interests of these last men on the American Em- ing their feet off the ground contains substitute materials

One charming old gentleman, three named countries. Addí- tionally, it is doubtful whether bassy list left in Tokyo. only by stuffing cardboard in which not only detract from the accompanied by a young boy the Konoye Cabinet can attempt Mrs Joseph Clark Grew, their worn-out shoes. While taste but leave disagreeable af who contented himself with pic ture drawing and candy, con- ter-effects. they were doing that, six pairs

sumed double scotches and soda such a political volte face as

The Japanese have tampered. In alarming quantities all the overthrowing, the Axis without other assurances, such as renuncia- new shoes which had been causing serious repercussions tion of further aggressive designs; sent out from America were re- even with their medicines. A way from Yokohama to Kobe. internally repercussions which even the withdrawal of Japan's troops posing in the Tokyo, post office, foreign doctor told me he had He had a few before breakfast 'discovered instances where too, but went off the ship undor from southern Indo-China and the awaiting an import permit harmful ingredients had been his own. steam. may completely. undo any Thalland border. For it is reason- useful work which the curripartite Pact on the part of Japan was never able to obtain,

able to belleve, that abrogation of the which the head of the family substituted for ones no longer

available.

On that same trip I looked at rent negotiations accom will not in itself

Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto to sco that she has plish. A further point which given up her Greater Asia Co-

All these substitute products how they were standing the rigid makes any deal delicate is Prosperity Sphere plans. It is danger

are referred to as "su-fu," do- wartime restrictions, Osaka is what sort of quid pro does ous to assume that only as an Axis There is no decent flour in rived from the first syllables of booming with munitions mak- Japan, expect and what is partner will-Japan continue with, her Japan. Matches, rice, and fuel staple and fibre, which the Ja- Ing. Kobo's foreign trade has America likely to offer.

thei continent have been made in- are rationed, and although there panese pronounce, "su-ta-pu-lu fallen off, except to the yen bloc dependently, and it will need a tan- has been some improvement in fu-eye-bu" without bothering to countries of East Asin. Lovely gible display of good faith beyond the supply they are not always find a word of their own as an old Kyoto, Japan's outstanding the renunciation of the Tripartite Fact to convince that she is willing obtainable even up to the ration equivalent of the German tourist attraction, was practic-

ally desorted, and the NE... will probably require to give up her imperialistic ambitions, allowance. Building materials "ersatz."

make must take into considera-

The lifting of economic sanctions by the democracles for the total abandonment of the Axis may satisfy

Japan; but Britain, ille United States

mean

BAD FLOUR