The Archive · 1938

Japan Will Vie for Naval Supremacy

Adminal Yonai Says There is No Need for Fears Tokyo, Feb, There is no occasion for feeling insecure about Japan's naval defence in the present circumstances, Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, Navy, Minister, today informed the Diet.

It must be remembered, he sid, that the programme of naval expansion proposed by President Roosevelt, must first be passed by Congress "If another Power or other Powe! however, should carry out extraordinary naval expansion in the future" Admiral Yonai emphasized, "Japan must also expand her Navy."—Domei

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

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