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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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