Show JARAN IN MANCHURIA count okuma one of japans greatest statesmen bas ba s given a brief outline of what hia country expects to do with manchuria when the war closes ills policy indicates the direction in which japan intends to expand lie taye the products of the nippon soil are not ablo to feed the increasing inhabitants of the land sanco the salvation is not to be found in her agriculture we were compelled to seek it in commerce and industry for our commercial and industrial activity the first important necessity is to find a and permanent field for its development ft would ba difficult to point your fanger to a happier sphere than the two neighboring countries korea and manchuria as the stage for such future expansion and enterprise a between them and our land Is only a flow of a girdle like channel of water the historical relationships between us are not the shallowest lowest and at tho present time the power and prestige ot a victorious country are impressing themselves deep upon the soil and the consciousness of our neighbors these fields therefore seem to be more than happy and the opportunity Is golden tor the extension of the commercial and the industrial activity of the nation over those two countries As for the geographical extent of these wo neighbors of oura they arc more than three times as large as tho empire of nippon while their alon is less than half that of our own moreover both korea and manchuria are famous for their agriculture and the wealth and productivity of their soil it would bo a simple and natural thing it in the years to come nippon should turn to them for food supply even in this day when everything seems to be in its primitive state in those countries we receive from them a goodly supply of beans wheat and other cereals with the application of modern machinery in the development of the countries and improved means of transportation and with the steady stream of the laboring class of nippon immigrating thither we shall no doubt see a steady increase in the yield of the lands both borea and manchuria are rich in raw materials neither of them Is a manufacturing center we can receive from them raw materials we can export to them the manufactures upon such exchange Is built a permanent prosperity of trade with the growth of activity based on such exchange alli come also the profitable growth of shipping shipbuilding railway transportation and railway construction st banking and insurance and all other branches of business which have direct or connection with such international trade then encourage immigration that would reduce internal expenditure and consumption to the minimum |