Tokio, July 26.
On the assumption that the Naval Treaty comes into effect at the beginning of next month, all the necessary naval scrapping of warships, as agreed on at the Washington Conference,-is now being taken in hand by the Imperial Navy Department, say® the "Jiji"
Instructions have just been issued to the Commandants of the Yokosuka Naval Port and of the Kure Naval Port to convert H. I. J. M, S. Amagi and Akagi into aeroplane tenders.
These two battle cruisers will, as aeroplane carriers embody the
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