JAPAN: Navy Week

Japan's Army has had such an extended jamboree on the vast continent of China that it has forgotten how insular the little homeland is. Last week, after six sudden setbacks, Japan's puzzled militarists were forced to recollect.

No matter how many military conquests Japan undertakes, the two most important requisites of the island Empire are the same as Britain's: 1) trade; 2) a Navy to insure it. With war in Europe commandeering the bottoms and bullets of all of Ja pan's maritime suppliers and naval rivals ex cept the U. S., Japan has...

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