FAMINE IN JAPAN.
EXTENT NOT KNOWN.
Press Association—Rlrrr-ir T-teernoh— CocyrfehL TOKIO, Wednesday.
Tho officials have hidden the extent of the Hokkaido famine, fearing the effects on the Government's financial standing
The peoplo are so inured to conditions approaching destitution that they only complain when faced with starvation.
Tho real remedy is tho cultivation of rice on scientific principles.
Two millions sterling has been lost by tho failure of the present rico crop juid the fisheries.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11879, 15 January 1914, Page 5
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