PACIFIC ISLANDS
FORTIFIED BY JAPAN
STRATEGIC VALUE
("Times" Cable.)
(Keceived September 20, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, September 19,
"The Times," in a special article by "a Well-informed Correspondent," declares that the fact that the Anglican Bishop of South Tokio has been forbidden to .visit Bonin Island because it is a fortified area, explains the current rumours relating to the Japanese fortified mandated islands. The Bonins are not mandated, but are now so precious that even foreign ecclesiastics cannot land on their shores. Bonin possesses a fine harbour of obvious strategic value, because in the event of Japanese hostilities with a strong naval Power threatening Japan's eastern mandates, the fortification of the Bonins will prevent the enemy's aircraft and submarines from using this important advanced base.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 70, 20 September 1933, Page 10
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