Tokyo, Jan. 28.
The expected output of of from Saghalien is sufficient to fill half the raw's annual requirements in time of peace, according to Admiral Takarabe, the Minister of the Navy, answering questions in the Diet today.
He added that for the supply of the further needs of the Navy, inter alia, shale oil exploitation in Manchuria would be expedited. For this purpose, it is understood, the South Manchuria Railway has imported a part of the required ma chinery from Scotland.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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