JAPAN’S VIEWPOINT.
ENTERPRISES IN NEW GUINEA.
DUTCH CONTROL CRITICISED
(Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) TOKIO, January 1
The newspaper “Nichinichi,” in a series of articles on Japanese commercial enterprises in Dutch New Guinea, says that not only is Holland’s claim to New Guinea vague and doubtful, but the administration proves aloofness by making it a sub-state of a sub-state, in contrast to Australian New Guinea, which the Administrator directs personally. Holland has too much land, and even the development of Sumatra is just beginning. But New Guinea would be easy for Japan to develop, because Palao is only 500 nautical miles away. Both Japan and Holland would mutually profit by such an arrangement, and Holland should be willing to turn the task of development over to Japan instead of squeezing the poor natives.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 69, 2 January 1941, Page 4
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