“Ja The Enewetak People thus became involved in the economy of the outside world. They began moving from a subsistence economy to a mixed cash and subsistence economy. This brought changes in the work pattern and in the con- sumption pattern. The Germans did not station any agent on Enewetak, nor were there ay resident Europeans or other aliens. Foreign visitors to Enewetak were in- frequent during the German period apparently, and the inhabitants were Left pretty much to themselves. The Japanese seized Enewetak, along with the rest of the German possess- ions in Micronesia, in the fall of 1914. A few Japanese naval officials arrived at Enewetak in 1920 and 1923 according to informants. They brought some Japanese traders, and then departed for Japan. Japanese warships arrived Later from time to time for short visits, but no resident adminstrators were appointed, Enewetak (and Ujilang) unlike the rest of the Marshalls, were administered from the Branch Bureau of the South Seas Administration (NanyoCho), on Ponape Island in the Eastern Carolines. Infrequent trips were made to Enewetak for administrative and commercial purposes. The contact with the Japaness was very slight as had been the contact with German officials. There were no Japanese officials of any kind stationed on Enewetak. There were however a Japanese trader and two Japanese assistants. The Japanese establisned no schools on the atoll but several of the young people were sent to Ponape to attend government andPrstestant Mission schools, f£ weather station was established on Tmevttal. in tha late 192Cs and Seven observers were stationed there, ,