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Tokyo, Oct. 18.
'A broadside on the alleged inefficiency of the bombing planes of the Japanese Army and a corresponding tribute of praise to the efficiency of Navy planes has been launched by various news-Papers here.
The two principal branches of Japan's fighting forces recently held a sham bombing air fight. The percentage of hits registered by the planes of the Navy is report. fed to have been 88, while that of the Army planes "was, zero, Tt is further stated that only two bombing machines of the Army took part and both of these met with! accidents on the way back their hangars. The Army's planes, the papers declare, are mostly of] old pattern, while the training of. pilots is badly neglected. "Whenever a stiff breeze blows," the press continues, "the Army's air corps refrain from flying; they are not well trained in the art of flight formation, they seldom make night flights and whenever they undertake a long flight they are always unsuccessful. The headquarters of the air corps and the office buildings alone are glorious and this is because our Iand forees are under the influence of militarist bureaucrats,"
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