Japan's naval replenishment programmes date back to 1930 when the First Naval Replenishment Pro-mme was drawn up following the ratification of the London Naval Treaty. "It called for an expenditure Jot ¥.372,000,000 over three years, but was not actually completed until 1036, called for four Cruisers of 8,500 tons each, one aircraft carrier of 7,100 tons, twelve destroyers, nine submarines, one submarine tender, thirteen' small vessels such as gun boats ete. and fourteen alreratt Fresh Manchoukuo Border Clash Tokyo, Feb. 15.
Another Soviet-Japanese incident has occurred on the western frontier of Manchoukuo, according to a report Fecelved here from Japanese sources in Changchun The incident is stated to have occurred on Sunday, when a Japanese patrol is slated to have been fred on Jat Chilalin by Russian soldiers. Purther shooting is reported to have followed yesterday. The Japanese and Manchoukuo authorities are said to bbe watching the situation closely, Negotiations with Moscow on the fisheries question show little progress, according to the spokesman of the Foreign Mic.
Answering a foreign correspondent at this morning's press conference, the spokesman said that the Japanese Government would continue to ne-opiate with the Soviet Government for an amicable settlement to the flast_moment, though Japan would never abandon her itrealy rights. Japanese fishing interests would never participate in an auction of Ashery Tots, as by the Soviey Government for March 15 at Vladivostok, the spokesman stated, unless an agreement wns reached beforehand—Reuter.
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