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JAPAN’S NAVAL PREPARATIONS. A STRATEGIC STEP. UTILISING BONIN ISLANDS. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Times Cables.) Received September 20, 9.35 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 19. The Times, in a special article by a “well-informed correspondent,” declares that the fact that the Anglican Bishop of South Tokio was forbidden to visit Bonin Islands, a volcanic group 700 miles to the south-east of Japan, because they were a fortified area explains current rumours stating that the Japanese have fortified mandated islands. Bonin Islands are not mandated, but are now so precious that even foreign ecclesiastics cannot land on their shores. Possessing a fine harbour, they have 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 would prevent the enemy’s aircraft and submarines using this important advanced base.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 20 September 1933, Page 7
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