Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 3 | Tokio Plans to Bolster Army in Manchuria

TOKIO PLANS TO TOl l L BOLSTER ARMY r IN MANCHURIA Forces Will Not Be ar Greatly atly I Increased Equipment i to Be Improved Br BT Ai el d Pm Fru TOKIO 10 Dec Dee 29 Plans 29 Plans to bolster Japans Japan's spans span's military strength In Man Man- hurla ChurIa were announced today by the war office Basic changes in the nations nation's entire en tire military establishment and Its administration ad ad- ministration also were to be effected f Modernization of arms and equipment and ind the training of at least officers off om cers and men in their use were im- im phases chases of the reform plan r-it r It was announced that although the number of units would be but little inI increased in in- I creased ceased the th quality of equipment of Japans Japan's forces in Manchuria would be greatly improved More airplanes tanks heavy guns and ond motorized units and improved methods of communication tion would be provided For this purpose the forces remaining remaining re re- re- re In Japan proper would be reduced as much as possible Funds needed for the readjustment were included in eluded in the army's yen budget for 34 1933 announced Noven- Noven ber 25 This is about The war office statement said although although al al- al though the empire was in the thc throes of a world depression further postponement postponement post post- of army readjustment was impossible in view of or the present crisis Swollen principally by the needs need of the army for another years year's campaign cam cam- In Manchuria the Japanese budget of yen about has already been approved approved ap up- proved by the cabinet and will come before parliament when it reassembles reassembles reas reas- January 20 The budget is the largest In Japans Japan's history Th The war office declared its purpose was was and that Japan was merely trying to close a gap by which it hitherto had lagged behind the military progress of other world powers A war office spokesman said Japanese forces in Manchuria at present were under men but that readjustment In the course of the he biennium will make the strength from rora to well equipped troops He recalled that the recent military offensive to in the northwest northwest north north- west corner comer of Manchuria brought the he Japanese arm army in hi close contact with the Russian Soviet army Although Soviet Russia's attitude toward oward Japan is at present entirely friendly it is impossible to forecast the he future he said Therefore we must bring our forces in Manchuria to o a state of efficiency modez tion ion and mechanization equal to that of the Red arm army A Japanese government spokesman said aid recently there was little chance of a pact being carried carried car car- ried ned through by Russian and Japan as asa asa asa a result of the recent resumption of relations between China and Russia He le expressed open resentment of the Sino Sino Russian Russian agreement