A startling statement that Japan is desirous of having 50,000 German Jewish refugees as settlers in Manchukuo. Japanese-guided empire which adjoins the Soviet frontier, was made here today at a press conference by Yotara Sugimura, leading Japanese diplomat and former director of the political section of the League of Nations secretariat at Geneva.
Expressing sympathy with the Jewish people, Sugimura suggested that German Jewish refugees settle in Manchukuo, pointing out the richness of the soil there, which he said is worked only by primitive methods at present.
The above story was carried in yesterday’s issue of the Jewish Daily Bulletin. The Bulletin’s city editor, whose outstanding virtue is foresight, already has made a notation in his diary to assign a reporter to visit Manchukuo on Aug. 5, 2034—100 years from now—and do an article on the Jewish situation there.
Carrying preparedness a step further, he has ordered a member of his staff to write the story in advance, so that it can be set up in type and ready for whatever minor changes are necessary when the survey actually takes place in 2034.
The story follows.
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