JAPANESE MILITARY PROGRAMME.
NEW FORTIFICATIONS. TOKIO, Nov. 2. The newspaper Dai Nippon publishes particulars of the new fortification plans and armament changes. Besides strengthening the existing fortifications on Hachijo Island at the entrance to Tokio Bay, Oshima Island will be fortified forthwith and other places later. ' The Sasebu dockyard will be enlarged to enable the building of Dreadnoughts. As a result of experience gained in the European War, the infantry rifle will' be changed. It wil be of shorter gauge, the range being sacrificed to effectiveness, the new model ranging up to 2400 metres and the carbine up to 2000 metres.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18018, 5 November 1920, Page 9
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101JAPANESE MILITARY PROGRAMME. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18018, 5 November 1920, Page 9
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