JAPAN’S ARMAMENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16823, 23 August 1920, Page 8

JAPAN’S ARMAMENTS.

■ HALF REVENUE EAR-MARKED. EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE. By Telegraph-Press Assn.—Copyright. TOKIO, August 19. ' The 1920 military Budget, especially as regards naval appropriations, widen total 465,000,000 yon "(approximately £47,000,000), is larger than that of 1919. , ,

Approximately half tho Japanese revenue will be devoted to armaments. It is pointed out that this represents an extraordinary increase, since only 13 per cent, of the revenue was devoted to armaments in 1913. It is obvious that Japan will push her eight year naval programme lo completion with all expedition.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. FRICTION WITH AMERICA. ' NEW YORK, August 19. The Korea correspondent of tho New York Times states that dispatches from Korea report the discovery of a plot against a United States Congressman visiting the Far East. It is said tho plot was arranged in order to create ill-feeling between Japan and the United States. Numerous Koreans wore arrested. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. OUTLET FOR JAPAN. NEW YORK, August 19. Professor Kimura, of the Imperial College of Commerce at Tokio, has arrived on a tour of the United States, to survey American industrial and educational methods. Ho stated that Japan needs expansion. and if they do not find a natural outlet they will have to force one. The Japanese look upon America as their leader. The Japanese do not desire to take possession of China, hut to aid her and develop her natural resources. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.