The Archive · 1935

NEW VESSELS FOR NIPPON''S NAVY

Submarine, a Destroyer and "Special Service" Ship Tokyo, June 20.

Two new warship and a destroyer, Japan to-day, while the keel of a ume, the keel of which mon February 1, 1934, has a displacement of 1,368 tons, and 8 speed of 34 knots. She is armed with five 12point seven-centimetre guns and eight torpedo tubes and carries two. searchlight.

The Keel of the.special service ship, the Takasaki, sister-craft to the Tsurugisaki, launched recently, was laid down int the naval dockyard. Yokorulea.

The Takasaki is exempt from the terms of the London Naval Tre Reuter, Tokyo, June

forces slong the border since the engaged in replenishing "soviet Rosia appais to have

Manchurian Incident, seemingly en-terraining doubts as to Japan's attitude," Mr. Takahashi was quoted having said. "Russia, however, will withdraw her troops from the fronties if we succeed in dispelling her misunderstandings through diplomatic channels and make her feel that it ig meaningless for her to. maintain border forces any Tonger," Mz. Takahashi was said to have added.

"It may be dimeult. for various reasons, (0 conclude a Soviet-Japanese non-aggression agreement imme-lately. Should the present interhationel situation continue, expenses for national defences naturally will increase, ultimately leading toa difh~ cult fingnelal condition. We must therefore, try 1o modify this state of affairs gradually by means

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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