Japanese Journal Hears Of Further Developments Tokyo, Mar. 7.
Appropriations for strengthening the defences of Hongkong are included in the latest British rearmament estimates, the—"Nichi-
Nichi" reported to-day.
Plans drafted by the General Staff, a special despatch to the journal from Hongkong said, provide for the "perfection of military transport facilities, installation of new. gun! and expansion of the mechanized corps."
Presaging large-scale expansion of the air force, a new military airfield, in addition to the existing one at Chintien, will be constructed at Hsiatsun, the daily asserted. The site for the airfield has already been decided, according to the journal—
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