Evening star., 1938-01-28

B. the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Jan. 28-The war with
China has reached so critical a stage.
war Minister Gen. Gen Sugiyama
told the nations Parliament today.
that Japan must now prepare for a
country other than China"
Replying to furry of questioning
by Diet members, the general urged
for the second time within a>week that
an increased army be thrown into the
conflict.
He acknowledged that the current
incident gradually is assuming greater
proportions and the situation rapidly
is becoming more grave"
Foreign Aid Reaching Chinese.
Foreign supplies are entering China
through Mongolia, Canton and Indo-
China" he said. Il believe the volume
Is considerable. but accurate figures
are unobtainable.
I'm any event the imperial armv
holds the key to settlement. Taking
warning OF experiences obtained
through the Chinese incident. and also
to cope with this new situation de-
veloping, believe the army forces
must be increased.
THE question has been asked if It
will be necessary to strengthen the
army after termination of the incident,
We are mapping plans carefully to
meet all contingencies.
And, he concluded. "since japan
must fight long-term war with China.
We must prepare for country other
than China"
The Minister did not specify the
power he had in mind.
Russia, through a Tass Ofncial
News Agency dispatch from Han
kow. last month acknowledged
sending war material to China,
emphasizing that japanese reports
exaggerated extent Of the ship
ments)
Asks More Planes.
Sugiyama emphasized the need for
more planes.
(The Russian party paper,
Pravda, upon successful completion
OF two flights from Moscow to the
American Pacific coast, six months
ago warned Russia's enemies" that
their capitals were within easy
range Of Soviet war planes. For
eign observers believed the edito-
rial pointed toward Berlin and
Toxic. both anti-Communist and
within 800 miles of Soviet air bases.
un Shanghai today a Japanese
naval spokesman presented first
evidence to indicate Russian was
plotting Chinese planes, displaying
a blood-stained map of China with
Russian characters written thereon.
(The plane was shot down near
Marking Wednesday. The naval
spokesman said Chinese military
passport No. SIG was recovered and
concluded from it at least that
a number of foreigners were aid
ing the Chinese military. A portion
Of burned Russian parachute and
a Russian pistol also were shown0
Naval Minister Admiral Mitsumasa
Yonai strengthened Sugiyama's ap-
peal in a speech urging naval strength.
Referring to reports Of French,
British and American naval build
ing, Yonai said:
Japan cannot permit other ma
tions to become superior in this man
ner. If third powers embark on
armament expansion on q large scale
we intend to carry out rapid expan-
sion."
Japan's present budget estimates
Of around $l,S00, 100000 for the cur
rent year. with previous appropria-
tions, would bring to approximately
q, ,o00, ,0d0,0 900 the cost of the first
year and a half of the China war
which began last July. The tenta-
tive budget figures we're announced
yesterday.
The newest Russian-Japanese in
cident centered today about Soviet
action to suspend all parcel post
service with Japan in reprisal for
detention of q Soviet plane in JAP
anese-advised Manchukuo.
The plane was forced down De-
cember 10, and its two aviators jailed.
A foreign Office spokesman asserted
that, while Russia claimed the ship
was q mail plane, Manchukuoans
found it carried machine guns and