Naval experts of other nations have expressed doubt that the Japan-Jose could safely put so much hitting Jpower on the relatively small 8.500- iten displacement to the Suzuka and Iher sisters. The Japanese themselves have had some misgivings since the floss of the torpedo boat Tomozuru in March last year. The Tomezuru, carrying extremely heavy armament for a ship of 527 tons, capsized in a storm and 100 of her crew were lost.
[Since then, a high naval commission has ordered certain changes in design in the newer torpedo boats and destroyers, but it is not believed' that they have altered the array fifteen G1-in. guns on the Mogami-[Suzuka class of cruisers.
America's "reply" to" this class Jconsists of four 10,000-ton cruisers, the Savannah, Nashville, Brooklyn, Jand Philadelphia, for which funds [were appropriated in 1933, Although they will exceed the Suzuka's displacement by 1,500 tons it is not yet [known here whether they will carry jas much hitting power as will be wrapped up in the Suzuka's five
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.