Japanese in Carolines
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and Marshalls
AFTER having had her memory jolted on two or three occasions, Japan has at last produced to the League of Nations a report covering, for the year 1938, her administration of the Caroline, Marshall and Mariana Islands, over which she holds a League Mandate.
The figures are not very illuminating.
Only the total trade for 1937 is given, but those figures indicate an increase of 39 per cent, over the trade of 1936. The total population on June 30, 1938, is given as 121,128, of whom 70,141 were Japanese, 50,868 were natives, and 119 were foreigners, chiefly Spanish missionaries, or Chinese.
It was reported, on good authority, only a few weeks ago, that there are now 100,000 Japanese in those mandated islands. It is clear that the native popu lation is practically stationary. There were 45,600 in 1920, 46,500 in 1930, 50,300 in 1934. and 50,500 in 1936.
It is practically impossible for Euro peans to enter this mandated territory.