Japanese Wings Over
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Pacific
U.S.A. Suspicious of New Air Line to Carolines
IN United States navy circles misgivings are felt at the Japanese notice to the League of Nations of intention to open an air line from Japan to its mandated islands in the Pacific (Caroline and Marshall Groups).
The proposed route cuts thwart Pan- American Airways’ newly inaugurated trans-Pacific line. Therefore some believe the Japanese action may be a counter move to Pan-American Airways.
Japan’s declared plan to survey aerially deep-sea fishing possibilities also arouses misgivings, since it would bring Japanese fliers in the vicinity of Guam, which the United States may fortify when the non fortification clause of the Washington Treaty lapses.
The Japanese newspaper Nichd Nichi re ports that Admiral Kobayashi, the new Governor-General of Formosa, will tour the South Seas in the spring.