Iron County Record | 1922-09-22 | Page 2 | Japan to Build cruisers

H Japan to Build Cruisers H Toklo. Tho Japanese navy depart- raent has Isauod orders for construe- H tlon of two now cruisers. Ono of thorn, H with a displacement of 7.100 tons, will H lio built In the Yokosuka navy yard H and bo named tho Klnukasa. The other, H of similar displacement, will bo built H in the Kuro navy yard and named tho H Furutnkn. The outlay for their con- H etructlon is to be appropriated from H the armament repletion fund. Theso H aro the first warcraft to be startod H by tho Jspancso navy since the aban. H donment of tho olght-olght scheme as B u ro8iilt of tho Washington agreement. H Tho navy authorities have under con- H templatlon tho early construction of H two mora crulsors of tho same typo.