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...capture of former German islands now in Japanese hands by our fleet (an operation consuming perhaps two years), before any decision could be reached...
...occupation of the Philippines by the Japanese. This would be a major operation but would be completed before our fleet had left Hawaii. As Captain Mizuno Hironori, formerly of the Japanese Navy Department, pointed out a few weeks ago in the Chuo Koren* (Tokyo), the maintenance of a war strength of 42 divisions by the Japanese army looks forward to the possibility of capturing the Philippines in the event...
Admiral Strauss declared that with no far Eastern base, should our fleet engage in battle in the China seas " any U. S. ship damaged in battle probably would be a total loss." He added in regard to the Washington conference: "It is always easy to promote good feeling by giving...
These two ships, with the Maryland (already in service), will constitute the heaviest fighting units of the United States Fleet, each being equipped with eight 16-inch rifles. It is expected that they will be assigned to the Pacific...
...result of the crash of the Fleet Wing (TIME, July 30), which brought death to a prominent New Yorker, passenger service on the New York-Newport Air Service (TIME, July 9), was announced discontinued. The company's two undamaged planes will carry mail and newspapers between the two points. The passenger service was started June 27, and the Fleet Wing had safely covered 20,000 miles before her mishap...