Tokyo, July 9.
The greatest sea battle in the history of the world will develop if the United States and Japan become involved in war against each other, according to Japanese Admira) Sankichi Takahashi, retired, Writing in the Foly issue of the magazine "Taiheiyo," Admiral Taka-hoshi predicts that such a naval battle would not develop immediately after the outbreak of a Japanese-American war, because the United States Navy probably would resort to long range blockade tactics against Japan.
Admiral Takahashi contends, however, that sooner or later, as an American Blockade brought Japan nearer to national exhaustion, a gi-antic clash between the two fleets would be inevitable. Such a clash, he said, must precede any attempt by either side to gain a crushing victory over the other because land forces jotted across the Pacific by. the enemy fleet had been demolished and sent to the bottom.
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