Tokyo, Feb. 22. An official of the Netherlands told me today that the three projected battle-cruisers for the Netherlands East Indies were needed to uphold the country's neutrality policy and for policing purposes. The Japanese naval vice-spokesman, Capt. Okuma, in commenting on the Far Eastern situation, said that he failed to comprehend why the new warships were required to maintain the Netherlands neutrality. Moreover they were too large for usual policing routine,
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