The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-09
By A. CHAMADAN

Inc JAPANESE fOrelgn MIN
lister, Count Ushida, on Jan.
q, in a programme speech in
the Japanese Parliament in
which he submitted the official stand
point Of the Japanese government on
the situation in the province of
Jehol, declared:
an the light OF the circum-
stances which led to the forTla-
ton Of the Manchurian State, it is
obvious that the province Of Jehol is
an inseparable part Of the new state. -
The problem Of Jehol' has been
discussed for years in the japanese
imperialist newspapers. The notori-
Gus Japanese Prime Minister General
Tancaca, and General Araki, as we'll
as other leading personalities Of Jap
srese political life, devoted special
attention to the province of Jehol.
Not Such an Easy Task
The japanese military commanders
at first thought that they could auto
matically include the province of
Jehol in Manchukuo. But to conquer
the Province of Jehol is not such an
easy task that il could be done stimuli
taneously with the occupation Of Man
churia. In addition. the Japanese
military commanders had their hands
full with the problem Of "pacifying"
Manchuia.
In the opinion Of the peace
Makers the suitable moment hiss
now arrived in order to realize the
old plan regarding the fourth pro-
vince of China, Jehol.
The Japanese Minister of War,
General Araki, stated last year in a
speech on the situation IN Japan:
1.-THE province OF Jehol is really a
part Of the new Manchukuo. The In
corporation Of this province In Man
churia is only question Of time
Jehol possesses specially great i'm
portance for Japan. The question of
Jehol is the question of the existence
of our empire
Over 100000 Population
The great attention which the Jap
anese statesmen and the Japanese
press are devoting TO the province
Of Jehol is not due to chance
the province Of Jehol embraces
territory of 100000 square kilo-
meters with a population num-
bering six to seven millions. Ninety
per cent Of the population are Chinese
and the remaining 10 per cent Mon
golians. The chief occupation of the
population is agriculture and cattle
breeding.
The fabulous riches" of the pro-
vince of Jehol, about which the
Japanese press continually writes
consist Of mineral wealth. The pro-
vince Of Jehol has great deposits oil
COAL oil, gold, silver, etc. OF special
value, of course, are the cattle in the
province, estimated at 7 million head
OF these about 10000 are horses
II 900 camels and the rest sheep, pigs
and horned cattle.
Coal Mines
OF the huge coal deposits In the
province Of Jehol, mention should be
made of the coal mines of the Peip-
pingMukden railway "a British
undertaking. near Beipjao, amounting
| to about 500,000,000 tons. The rest
of the mining undertakings are ex-
ceedingly primitive.
In addition the province Of Jehol is
one Of the most important opium
producing areas in the Far East
About IL per cent Of the total area
under cultivation in the whole pro-
vince, /. e. 100000 hectares, are de-
voted to the cultivation of peoples
This production is Of considerable i'm
portance for the province. 1t en-
joys the special protection Of the Gov
ernor of the province Of Jehol, Gen
eral Tan Jul Lin, who is the owner
of half Of all the opium plantations
of the province. The revenue of the
province of Jehol from opium
amounts, according to the Chinese
press, to $20000,000 a year.
Key to North China
The province of Jehol owes It's
chief Importance to its special geo.
graphical position, by reason of which
it constitutes a great, almost impas-
sable corridor between Manchuria
ana North emma.
The Japanese official newspaper In
Manchria, "Charbinskoji Vremja,
recently wrote quite openly regarding
the place which Jehol occupies in the
Japanese plans:
III the province of Jehol is OF
great Importance to the new State
(Manchukuo) from the economic
standpoint, its Importance from the
military standpoint is also exceeding
great. 1t must not be forgotten that
the Province, owing to its position
on the main railway line from Muk-
den to Peiping, will probably for q
long time be the centre Of all ag-
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