JAPAN’S MANDATES
Islands Governor Replies to Reports
SOME DECLARED UNTRUE
Bv Telegraph.—Press! Assn. —Copyright.
(Received January 8, 11.50 p.m.)
Tokio, January S.
The Governor of the mandated islands, Mr. Hayashi, has arrived to attend the Diet. He commented on reports that Japan is establishing an allline to the islands as well as creating naval bases.
He said: “It ail boils down to one air field which is i)QW practically ready and which is usable by aeroplanes for locating schools of fish and for information for the fishing fleets;” He added that the region is one of the world’s five richest fishing grounds, which the Government plans to develop fully into a great industry. He said that other air fields would soon be able to be established enabling interisland commercial air services to be run. Au air service-to Japan was contemplated. but would be established much later.
It was true that Japan was spending much money on the islands, but for purposes purely industrial and mostly aquatic. He declared that stories of fortifications and naval bases were absolutely untrue. The islands were always open to bona fide visitors.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 89, 9 January 1935, Page 9
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187JAPAN’S MANDATES Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 89, 9 January 1935, Page 9
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