From All Attacks 'Ocean belonging to the United States impregnable from land, sea and alr are being taken by' the United States.
Work is said to be already in progress in connection with a five-year programme drawn up by the Army and Navy authorities involve ing an - expenditure of $20,000,000 In addition, $17.000,000 has been. allotiéd for the construction of a huge aerodrome, to be Known as the Hickman Airfield, which will be) tone of the largest air bases in the world. reports suggested that, defensive measures on a moderate scale only would be undertaken in the Hawaiian Islands, but the latest information shows that the fortifications to be built will be on an Imposing scale. The garrison has already "been increased and now numbers nearly 20,000 men, It has fts headquarters on the sand of Oahu. on which the capital of the Islands, Honolulu, is situated, Army circles emphasize -that the measures were begun long before the Sino-Japanese hostilities, They, however, congratulate themselves on foreseeing a troubled period in the Far East, which makes it desirable to. strengthen America's Pacific defences, particularly as after America's withdrawal from the Philipine Islands a few years hence Hawaii will become the Kingpin of the nation's defence system in the west.
The defence programme for the Hawaiian Islands is believed to include the construction of under-! Ground chambers for the storage of munitions and all fuel, emergency underground hangars for aeroplanes, and large barracks for a strong American garrison, The Hawaiian Islands form a chain in the Paeifc, eight being inhabited and the rest uninhabited—Reuter,
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