The Solomons?

Are There The Solomons?

Are there Japanese war-time stragglers still left in the Solomons?

Some BISP people have been wondering about this lately fol lowing reports from the Western Solomons of the appearance of “bearded men”.

One recent report came from a woman on Vella Lavella who said that while she was attend ing her potato garden, eight small men, with slant eyes and beards, appeared from the sur rounding bush. The village people later searched the bush and found no evidence of the mysterious men.

However, the Government of the BSIP has asked all villages on Vella Lavella to give any in formation which could lead to solving the mystery. Govern ment officials think it probably unlikely that any Japanese re main on the island so long after the war, but they are not taking any chances.