'Alleged' Secret Japanese Naval Bases in Pacific London, Jan, 2 naval bases in islands in the Pacitc Japan's alleged building of secret
Yurnished: the "Daily Herald" Gay" with a front-page story. The telegram ya nent by the Geneva the states. that the reports in con spondent of the newspaper,
nection with auch build sil corns Estore the Counc of the League of Nations this week.
"The correspondent avers that the Japanese representatives flatly dent. fir such llogations "when "croes-examined at-secret sessions of the Mandates "Gommission, but adds that they—have not removed mis ogivings of what is happening in the Marianne and. Pelew islands," He goes on to. say that the Japanese have admitted, under creas-exam nation, that, they have spent over ££100,000 on bases and that they are going to, spend more, The Pelew islands were sold to Germany' cly "Spain in 1899, 1014, they were. occupied by "Aus and the treaty of Versailles "placed them under Japanese mam, ids, about 15 in'
were originally the pro perty of Spain, but Guam, the largest, was ceded to America in 1808, the rest being sold to Germany in 1899. In 1914, they were occupied by the Australians, and they are now under Japanese' man-
Tokyo, Jan, 24, ly. denying the report, a Ja-Panese Navy spokesman remarked tive: such suspicion and doubt were the very factors. that disturbed the ence of the world. Japan, he said, aid never spent £100,000 on the construction of naval bases in. the mandatory islands nor had she. any Intention of doing we. It'was true,
fuciitics in. Saipan Island for the substantial sum "on the hart continued, that Japan had spent
dole purpose of navigation, auch Drovemonte being only proper and Necessary for the promotion of trade and commerce, it Svas not Australia but Japan -witocstupled the islands in 1914, the spokesman assorted, 'Captain Sato, Tapanose Naval-Atéache in. Ching, icing in command of the landing arts in the occupation of lands in 1914. In_conclusion, he a that, should one persist in' en: fayal ale squadrons, or more than
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