New Japanese Base
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu. Dec. 12.
ALTHOUGH Japan and Russia have been planning a friendly pact, Japan is making another move against the in vasion of the Japan mainland from the direction of Siberia.
The Japanese navy has started work upon the construction of a new base in Wakasa Bay, 460 miles from Vladivostok, in the direct south-east line of flight to the great Japanese industrial areas about Osaka and Kobe.
The base will have full defence facili ties, docks for construction and repairs, hospitals, arsenals and barracks.
Other Japanese naval bases are located at Yokosuka, Kure Island: Sasebo and Tsushima.