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Japan
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH (9, 1989
Builds Fighting
Force For Next War
Secret, Hurried Preparation
Japan's all-powerful militarists, undeterred by the failure of nearly two years of costly warfare in China to bring concrete returns to the nation, are secretly and hurriedly building one of the world's greatest land, sea and air fighting forces, writes Clark Lee, Tokyo correspondent of "Associated Press."
The plans and extent of expansion are kept strictly secret from the Japanese taxpayers who must dig deeper into their diminishing resources to foot the bill, but both army and navy high com- mands are equally frank as to its objectives.
As set forth with unmistakable clarity by the war and navy ministers during current diet discus- s.on of military budgets. tentatively fixed at $1,550,000,000 for the next fiscal year, they are:
CALLS SÜLF HAVE-NOT
'LOST' MURDERER DIES
Sylvester Warner, a murderer, who was condemned to death more than four years ago, went to the electric chair at Trentford. Kentucky.
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A few hours before Warner was to have been executed in Oct.,, 1934, a review of the case granted, but the order apparently became "lost" in the prison files and was only discovered last month. Then the death sentence was confirmed.
SCHUSCHNIGG MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED
Vienna, March 2. The German authorities have de cided to give up their case against Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, Chan- cellor of Austria before the Ansch- luss of mid-March, 1938.
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Within a few days he will leave the Hotel Metropole, where he has been kept custody, and will re- tire to a small town in Upper Aus-
SIRO. MOSLEY AND tria, it was stated.
GERMAN COLONIES
FAT
Sir Oswald Mosley is the latest contributor to the campaign of the 12 Uhr Blatt" for the return of former German colonies, and against the Jews.
Sir Oswald, leader of the British Union of Fascists, writes: "From
Since February 27 he has been allowed to receive his wife.
Dr. von Schuschnigg was previous- ly reported to be facing charges of having been responsible for the ex- ecution of the Nazis who attempted
Havas, the unsuccessful July, 1934, putsch.
READY TO SEND B.E.F. TO FRANCE
London, To-day.
1. To prepare for war with So-] At present the war drums are be- viet Russia. This is the primarying thumped in Tokyo over an is- goal of both army and navy expan-sue which will reach a climax at. sion.
the end of March. It involves the re- the early days of our movement, I 2. To dominate completely the fusal of the Soviet government to have declared that we desire the re- Western Pacific, by sea and air, so renew the Siberian fisheries agree-turn to Germany of her colonies as 18 to prevent any interference ment with Japan. It is reported an act of justice and a contribution with Japan's continental expansion, that the Soviets
The British War Minister Mr.Hore- are preparing to to the peace of the world. specifically on - the part "attack and repel", Japanese fisher-
"It is foolishness to quarrel with | Belisha has new proposals in con- of the United States or Great Bri- men in the disputed waters. This Germany over territory which we nection with the reorganisation of tain. This is the navy's job.
report prompted a resolution by do not want, because we have more the British army. according to the Tokyo diet parties urging the gov
than enough.
political correspondent of the "Daily ernment to "use all the forces at its command" to protect fishing rights
·In a broader sense, the vast mili-granted to Japan under the Ports- tary programme is an expression of mouth treaty. Japan's fixed belief in her destiny as The navy does not look forward one of the world's great economic to struggle now or at any time in and political powers. Only through the future with the United States, military strength, the Japanese Japan's only rival for Pacific sup- public has come to believe, can the remacy. empire make secure its position in the world, hence there is no opposi- NOT TO ATTACK U. S. tion to the unprecedented expendi- ́tures for armaments despite the na-
Japan does not and cannot have tion's admittedly insecure financial any intention of attacking the status.
United States, her admirals state, Japan classifies herself
and they believe the likelihood of "have-not" nation in the sense that war is infinitesmal due to the fol she must import many of the pro-lowing factors: ducts needed to continue industrial Strategic. The fleets of Japan
as 'a
"To those who say that Germany Mail." would use her colonies to attack The paper believes that these pro- Great Britain in Africa, I reply that posals have bearing on the sending this will not be the case if the Bri-of a British expeditionary force tish Fleet rules the waves, which to France if France is involved in it will certainly do under the Gov- war, and forecasts that the result ernment of the British Union of will probably be an increase of the Fascists."
present strength of the British Sir Oswald Mosley is the son-in-standing army as well as longer law of Lord Redesdale, who was duration of the service time. recently quoted in the German Press Trans-Ocean. · as advocating an agreement for the return of Germany's former colonial possessions.-Reuter.
STREICHER'S A.D.C COMMITS SUICIDE
expansion and carry on economic and the United States are strong COMMITS
competition with the rest of the enough to repel invasion but are world. Some of the 38 important not strong enough for a successful raw materiala which Japan lacks, attack on the other's shores, such as coal, iron and salt, can be
2.--Japan's confidence that she obtained on the Asiatic continent. can convince the "peace loving" In this fact, to a large extent, lies people. of the United States of the the explanation of the army's con- United States of the justice of this quest of Manchuria and the current nation's doctrine of Asia for the campaign in China.
Asiatics: that is, an Asia dominated Eleowhere, by way of the seas, by its only strong power, Japan. Japan must obtain such materials The navy would like to divide the as cotton, wool, lumber, rubber and Pacific into two sphere of influ- oil. The Japanese navy, in explain-ence, with the Empire supreme in Ing its building programme, says its the East and the United States in primary duty is to assure that a the West, and the two sections continued supply of these products trading peacefully with each other. is available for the empire's Indus- The only cause for war between try, and to protect Japan's foreign the two countries, saya the Japan trade and immigration to countries se navy would be armed, aggres other than China and Manchukuo, sive aétion by the United States to Thus the army and navy are w erefore with Japan's programme ing for a common end, to the materials needed for the
growth..
CAUSES ECONOMIC
Economic factors will undoähta
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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY EXPLAINED
New York, Mar. 2. The basis of the foreign policy of the United States is not to contract
Herr Julius Streicher, the anti-any foreign alliances, but to place Semitic leader, in a funeral oration the side of law and order with the the weight of American influence or
at Nuremberg, revealed that his support of a powerful navy and air aide-de-camp, Herr Hans Koenig, force, the New York Times declared this morning, commenting on the committed suicide.
International situation.
Notices of Koenig's death which
"The best hopes of peace for the appeared in Bavarian newspapers United States in this troubled world gave no explanation of the tragedy do not reside in a woak America Kerr Streicher stated that his whose policy is sapped by constitu- aide-de-camp killed himself because tional limitations of governmental "he was shattered in spirit and authority, but in such military pre. broken in body."
A military band played "Sieg fried's Death" by Wagner as Herr Streicher laid a wreath inscribed "To my truest" on the grave.
x blockade of Japan- | years. - The ordinary budget this the American. fleat. | year calls for expenditures of $113,- development might | 000,000, plus supplemental funds of tion of the Japanese an unannounced “amount.
ponderance and diplomatic strength on the side of orderly nations that no voracious power would dare to defy this authority," the paper added.-
Havas.
DRIZZLE OR RAIN
oured plan of Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonal, The Royal Observatory ✨ reports nsion". The plan is informed the diet that special at that the anti-cyclone continues mov- for ung only if other tention is being given to airplanes, Ing eastward and is now centred over edly be the cause of the second war sources of raw materials are closel - aircraft carriers, and light and Korea and South Japan. The de with Russia, if it comes, and near. It is sald to centre on seisure of the heav cruisers. He refused to dis-pression over Indo-China and ly overy Japanese believes, it is in- Dutch East Indies, with their valu cugs reports that Japan is building Siam has deepened. evitable, although both army and able oil resources,
four, dreadnaughts of over o 88,000 Local forecast:--E. winds, mo- navy flatly deny any aggressive in- Japan's current navy building wa but did hint at an innovation | derate; cloudy, occasional drizzle or tentions toward the Soviet. |programme will be completed in three in cruiser types,
light rain,