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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1939.
Naval Weight In Pacific
Balance Of Power In Far East
THE IMPOSING PICTURE of a unit of four 45,000-ton super-battleships-hitherto unparalleled in naval history -is invoked in Washington as a likely future weight in the delicate Far Eastern balance of naval power, writes the "Christian Science Monitor.”
From inspired sources in the Navy Department came the report that the Navy would probably ask Congress at its next session for two of these giant ships of the line, to sup- plement the two for which funds are already provided and which are in the blueprint stage.
The four would constitute a com- take into account the fact that Pre- plete battleship unit which is as yet sident Roosevelt will still be in office still on paper and would not become when the request to Congress is ex- a material factor in the United States'pected to be made. Also that Congress, a majority of American naval power until well into the decade as well as of the 1940's.
A slackening in world tension or a change of administration might cause a change in plans.
Nevertheless the emphasis upon the probability of two now ships of this type, capable of sustain- Ing American naval power on the far side of the Pacific, at once on- ters Into the question of the naval strategy of the present.
For navies are compelled to weigh the future, as well as the present, power of an opponent.
EFFECT ON JAPANESE
In evaluating the likelihood of the United States Alling out a unit of four of the super-battleships, the Japanese naval strategists would be forced to
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opinion, has lately given the Navy RATHER THAN GO BACK
approximately what its relatively cool- headed chiefs have asked, in view of the present international crisis.
A number of factors underly the
importance of stressing the possibility of new super battleships at this time:
1. A battleship unit for techni- cal reasons normally condista of four ships. Moreover, there would be a saving In building two more in the years immediately ahead, as compared with the $98,000,000 and $100,000,000 figures estimated for the present pair. The same plans and shipyard facilitlen could be utilised.
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Zurich, To-day.
JAPANESE
MONOPOLY MONGOLIA
Shanghai, To-day.
According to reports from Kalgan, a Mongolian mineral sales monopoly will be estab- lished through the newly- "Mongolian Commerci al formed Japanese - Mongo- lian "Mongolian Commercial Company," with a capital of 10,000,000 yen.
The company will have a monopoly of sales of the output of the important Tatung coal mines, as well as of the Lungyuen iron mines.
The Monogolian Autonomous Com- mission provides half the capital, the other half being provided by the Karl Roemer, who had escaped from Japanese "North China Development of monopolies in a Company of a number a German concentration camp where Company," which is the holding com- he had been imprisoned as munist and fled to Switzerland, shot North China.-Trans-Ocean. and killed two men who attempted to help the police arrest him.
The desperate man then committed suicide.
After his flight Roemer, it is said, had stolen a num- ber of cars and committed burglaries. --Trans-Ocean.
flight to Switzerland, SOVIET AND
2. The United States' naval expan-. sion programme will not become gen-year 1941, under which the new super
ships would come, is already adequate to build three such ships with some- thing to spare.
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London, To-day.
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The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that report on the Moscow negotiations was received by the Foreign Office yesterday.
uinely effective in terms of important new tonnage in the line until at least three years from the present.
to spare ships
DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY The British ability
It is said that the Soviet Union has into Thus, there is nothing essentially
a desire to enter for a special Far Eastern fleet will not
which would become mature much before then. In the in-
new in forecasting the likelihood of expressed terim, the Navy, and State Depart-two more of these ships except for the agreements ments are bending every effort to curb influence which such an inspired re-operative in event of a Soviet-Japan- Japan to-day by the threat of what port would have as a deterrent to Ja- ese conflict.
A Moscow despatch to the "Daily the British and American Navies will
Telegraph" confirms this account, al-
with though
reservations.-Trans- be to-morrow, as well as by their pre- sent strength.
Ocean.
Hence the importance even of pro- the jecting new super-battleships in public print at this time.
pan.
There was some discussion of building more of them when the first two were authorised.
The military staff talks in Moscow The vehement protests of various opposition groups, which said that the between the British and French Mis- 3. For many technical reasons, a
United States would be guilty of start-sions on the one hand and the Soviet Navy prefers to have more than twoing a new naval race in a category of delegation on the other are being ac- of a given type, of ship.
unprecedented lethal capacity and tively pursued, according to Agency cost, have been unavailing to check the "big Navy" advocates thus far.
4. The tonnage now authorised in the battleship category for the fiscal
OFF THE RECORD
EDREED
reports.
Two conferences are being held daily, and there are also frequent con- visiting sultations between the two
By ED REED. missions.-British Wireless.
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EXTENDING SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND
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LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE EXTENSION OF THE IM- PERIAL AIRMAIL SERVICE TO THE 17,000 MILES WHICH IS LONGEST ROUTE IN 'THE WORLD IS FORESHADOWED BY THE DEPARTURE TO-DAY OF THE IM- PERIAL AIRWAYS FLYING BOAT AOTEAROA FOR. NEW ZEALAND.
She is the first of three giant flying- beats, specially designed to operate a link between Sydney and Auckland, across the Tasman Sea.
The Aotearoa carries a crow of nine, all of whom will remain in New Zealand leuker s
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