THE JAPANESE NAVY.
AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME. FORTY MILLIONS ASKED FOR. By. Telegraph.— Association.— ■ Tokio, October 10. ■ An ; extraordinary credit of £40,000,000, spread over seven years,: will be asked for next session for the augmentation of the fleet.. ..... - • " The programme is expected to include two super-Dreadnoughts annually, thus enabling £2 of these to be laid down or completed by 1919.. A return published at the end of April, 1910, showed that Japan then had 14 battleships, 12 armoured cruisers, and 19 protected cruisers of the various classes, and other vessels, including 57 torpedo-boat-destroyere and ,69 torpedo-boats. In addition three battleships, on® armoured cruiser, and three protected cruisers were being built. .. . . .:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 7
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109THE JAPANESE NAVY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 7
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