JAPAN: The Mikado's Commandments

Who is going to profit from Japan's new "Co-Prosperity Sphere" was plain last week to the natives in Japanese-occupied areas of New Guinea. The following Army & Navy proclamations were picked up in Australia: > No commodities may be bought, sold or moved without written permission.

> Natives must obey labor orders, pocket no business profits without permission of the garrison commander, leave unchanged all prices prevailing Jan. 2.

> Japanese legal currency must be accepted, all state properties registered and all private property frozen.

> All inhabitants must learn to...

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