JAPAN'S ISLANDS
WESTERN PACIFIC VALUE FOR DEFENCE TEST AS NAVAL BASES AUGUST MANOEUVRES 200 SHIPS TO TAKE PART By lolcgraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received May IC, 0.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 10 The Daily Telegraph's naval correspondent, Mr. Hector C. By water, draws attention to the Japanese naval manoeuvres to bo held in August. He says they are to be on an unprecedented scale and 200 vessels will be engaged. The venue is significant. It is in the neighbourhood of the ex-German islands in the AVestern Pacific, comprising the Mariana, Caroline, Pelew and Marshall groups. These are openly described as Japan's foremost rampart against aggression.
It has been made clear, says the writer, that Japan intends to hold these islands, and the manoeuvres arc designed to test their value as bases for the Japanese battle fleet and auxiliary forces.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21493, 17 May 1933, Page 11
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