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Show oo JAPAN MAKES GREAT STRIDES IN JAVA TRADE SYDNEY, May ? Japan has made preal strides in developing her trade with lava since the beginning of ihe war and is now extending her commet-ciai commet-ciai advantages there. Bays K Dryver 0! Sourabay, Java, an expert upon far eastern affairs "The cutting off of European sup-plles sup-plles by the war," sad Mr. Drj l . "forced Java to rely upon Japanese and Australian markets and these trade routes will not now suffer from 'he resumption of European activities To my mind tha east should be inde pendent of the west in trade Japanese Japan-ese concentration in the Paeifir puis In strong light her ambition to secure commercial mastery, in eastern waters." wat-ers." Mr Pryver recently was commissioned commis-sioned by the Imtrh government to investigate the government of the Philippine Phil-ippine Islands wlih a view to possible possi-ble changes in the government of Java which would effect 40,000.000 Javanese Javan-ese He will recommend a number of changes but said it would not be an easy matter to treat the Javanese as the Filipinos were being treated because be-cause there was a marked difference In intelligence between the two races This was In favor of the Filipinos He expressed the opinion that it would not be possible to grant independent inde-pendent to the Filipinos for some r;rs "Considerations of the safety Of the I nitd States influence tne withholding of this concession to the archipelago." |