A new aeroplane will be formally amed the Java on Sundsy at the unitary aerodrome here. The machine was designed and built by Chinese engineers. In. order encourage the development of avia-en una to reduce ut possible the age expenditure involved in the purchase of aeroplanes from foreign Countries, experiments with the jconstreetion of aeroplanes by Chi-wese engineers and with Chinese materials have been made. " Chinese lienals in Java contributed large suns for this purpose, and so. this first machine built" by the. local ]workshop will be named after them.
The machine has a 525 horse-power engine, a cruising speed of 110 miles Jper hour, and a maximum speed of 125 miles per hour. It is a light: bomber and scouting biplane, The tal construction cost was under 360,000 and a foreign machine of imilar type would have cost about '$130,000. "The construction cost, it 's declared, can be still further re~ duced if more machines are built, Tokyo, Dee. 10.
Gen, Jiro Minami, War Counellior and formerly War Minister before and after the outbreak of the Manchurian incident, was installed by the Emperor the Palace this morning as Ca! mander-in-chief of the' Kwantung Army and concurrently Ambassador Manchoukuo and Governor-General the Kwantung Leased. Territory. The investiture took place In the presence of Admiral K. Okada, the Premier.
Gen. Minami replaced Gen. Taka Hishigari who was transferred to the 'War Council on reaching the age limit, Gen. Minami, who will leave on Dee: ember 19 for his post, has already been in Manchuria six times, rst during the Sino-Japanese war, then the Russo-Japanese war, and' later when he was assigned to the government of the Kwantung Leased Ter-
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