Fear of Foreign Critics Scouted in Tokyo Tokyo, July 14.
Confidence in the efficiency of Japanese warships was expressed today by Rear-Admiral Kiyoshi Noda, spokesman for the navy, in an interview with foreign correspondents.
He denied the assertions of foreign naval critics alleging that Japanese warships, particularly new cruisers, were top heavy and lacked stability.
Referring to the capsizing of the torpedo-boat Tomozuru in 1934, Rear-Admiral Noda claimed that not only smaller craft but larger vessels had profited from the. tragic affair.
Rear-Admiral Noda declined to discuss the question of the Paracels, stating that the issue was now 4 matter for diplomats to settle. Domei,
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