Tokyo, Feb. 13.
IHE Japanese Navy Minister; Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, revealed in a meeting of the budgetary sub-committee of the Japanese House of Representatives on February 7, that a new naval building programme will be presented {o the Diet shortly intended to meet the building programmes of the United States and Great Britain, Russia and other Powers. For this purpose the Navy Minister will submit a supplementary budget to the Diet about the end of February, It is recalled in this respect that Admiral Yonai declared in the middle of last January that while reports of, American naval building were always circulated whenever Congress convenes, "the matter cannot be ignored by responsible authorities." He repeated that the policy of the Japanese navy was one of non-menace and non-aggression, but said that "circumstances might arise requiring a re-examination of the replenishment programme fixed after the termination of the naval treaties."
Wiat sort of a programme was con- which was started with the financial 1 templated was not disclosed by the year 1937.
Navy Minister, nor are the details Thus Japan is planning to keep pace likely to become known when it, is in the unrestricted naval race among presented to the Diet since the Japan-the big Powers now under way.—lose navy has kept its building plans
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