“An Extension Of Japan”
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Caroline and Marshall Islands
"17TGOROUS colonising work has been, ’ and is being, carried out by Japan in the Caroline, Marshall. Mariana and Pelew Islands, of which she assumed con trol under mandate 20 years ago, and which she now regards as part of her Empire.
When Japan took control, there were less than 3,000 Japanese there. To-day, over 40,000 Japanese are settled there.
A flourishing sugar industry has been established mostly in the Mariana group.
Admiral Fujita, a member of the Sup reme War Council, on his return to Tokio in June from an inspection of the islands, said he was surprised and delighted that the plans which were inaugurated when Japan occupied the islands had succeeded far beyond expectations. He expected even greater progress in the next three or four years. The Japanese, he added, were firmly rooted in the islands, which were like an extension of Japan.