Tokyo, July 8.
The next Japanese naval budget will be 800,000,000 yen, including all costs of construction of new vessels, Japanese semi-official sources reported today.
As a result of the China "incident," the Department of Navy decided that the Japanese Navy shall not trail behind the programmes of other Powers and also adopted a policy based on the principle of independent armament, the semi-official reports said, Consequently, Japan will probably be obliged to adhere to a large replenishment programme if America and Britain begin a huge construction race, they said.
The Navy gave its sanction to this report, it was indicated.—United Press. n McCall to Pay Death Penalty This Month Tallahassee, July 8. Mr. Fred P. Cone, Governor of Florida, today ordered that Franklin Pierce "McCall convicted kidnapper of five-year-old Jimmy Cash, who was found dead recently, be electrocuted in the week of July 25.—United
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