'Another branch of the army service that, will the torious attention of the investiga. tors in the it force, which at resent consists of six flying Monconn ead hia sty als insist' should be" doubled. Plang are already being consider ed for a five year programme of air force expansion.
Perhaps the most significant aspect of the inquiry is the fact that the investigations are cover the methods of financing the changes.
It is certain that financial ability fe, mach the cost of remodeling ho army enters very largely int the question, and' it hag been suggested that the modernization Process will be carried out at the expense of farther economics in army expenditure. ink WASHINGTON PACT, It will be remembered that as the result, of the popular movement arising out of the decisions} of the Washington Disnrmament Conference, which emphasized the neod for curtailment in mi ary as well as naval expenditure, the army authorities in Japan ausrecd to and carried out a reduction of the army personnel by about. 87,000 men, which was med to be a reduction. by five divisions on 2 peace, strength.
Now it is hinted that, in order to modernize the army, and to ture the necessary finds, the number of divisions may be duced, which proposal is a note-Worthy change in army policy, when it's borne in aumd to what Qxtent the authorities have gone in their advocacy of 21 divisions 48 the minimum "strength of the
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