AERIAL STRENGTH.
JAPAN’S PREPARATIONS. TOKIO, Jan 14. Captain Taikrashi, Director of the Naval Aerial Bureau, made a statement to the effect that Japan will insist on at least the same aerial strength as England or America. Plans, now being worked out, will put Japan in the fifth place among the Powers from the aerial standpoint. “Our geographical position,” he added, “ necessitates an increase in aerial strength. ’ ’ It is understood that the plan contemplates 150 planes, six balloons, and four airships.
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Grey River Argus, 19 January 1922, Page 5
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