JAPAN ADAMANT.
CRUISING RADIUS OF FLEET. T HP.E ATEN EJ) EXP A NSI OX. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. TOKIO, January 33. “Unless America i enounces her naval policy, aimed at expansion and protection ol : her foreign trade. Japan will be forced to extend her fleet s cruising radius to New- Guinea, the Celebes and Borneo and establish footholds in Formosa and the man- J dated South Sea Islands.” said Admiral Takahashi. commander of the combined naval forces, when making at the Osaka Club the first statement of policy since the Naval Conference's rejection of .Japan's dnmaud tor parity. He added that .Japan’s only objective was national defence, which was an example the United States should follow. Japan’s trade advance in Alaiichukuo would soon reach the limit, necessitating an expansion in the South Pacific. Admiral Takahashi did not refer to British inti rests in the pacific, although they are extensive as Am-
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13165, 25 January 1936, Page 4
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