Fiji Was Heaven To Them

r» the officers and crew of the South Korean ship Yosu which called at Suva and Lautoka in July, Fiji was the nearest thing to heaven that most of them had ever known, and it was probably unfortunate that a lot more people did not have a chance to hear first hand how the Other Half lives.

Mostly pale, thin young men, war and strife have almost always been their lot, and many of them had survived the Communist “liberation” of the north half of Korea, Coming from crowded Asia—the ship is based at Hongkong and

running almost constantly to Asiatic ports—they expected to see crowds of people everywhere Shown round the environs of Suva a few of the young officers ex pressed constant amazement on this score.

Where are all the people at this time of day? Why haven’t they got gardens on that land? Don’t you have trouble with those Chinese storekeepers? Is there really no fighting in Fiji? There were typical questions. To them—and doubtless to millions of other Asiatics—lands like Fiji do seem like heaven.