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AWNR: India
November 3, 1920

1. No Progress in Pillai Abduction
2. India Joins Treaty
3. Chaos in Cochin
4. Exclusive Aviation Ship Details
5. Football Tour Continues

1. No Progress in Pillai Abduction

The Cochin Constabulary says that it has not located abducted songstress Raveena Pillai, nearly a week after the performer was kidnapped from Sapphire Hall after a concert there. “We’ve interviewed hundreds of people and have many leads that we are currently following”, the Chief of the Constabulary said. “There has not yet been a ransom demand from the abductors but we expect one shortly.”

2. India Joins Treaty

Reports indicate that India’s Admiral of the Navy, Sanjay Das, has negotiated terms that would see India accept revised tonnage allocations and sign the naval arms limitation treaty being finalized in Cleito, Atlantis. According to our sources, India’s capital ship tonnage would be reduced to 80,000 tons while the cruiser and aircraft carrier tonnages increase to 48,000 and 44,000 tons respectively.

The move comes as a surprise given recent statements to the effect that India would not, in fact, sign on to the treaty. The absence of Defence Minister V. K. Chandra at Cleito has also renewed speculation that he has been relieved of his portfolio, as the Minister had gone on record against the treaty on several occasions.

3. Chaos in Cochin

As if the Pillai abduction were not enough of a burden on Cochin’s Constabulary, at least twenty men are in hospital tonight after a riot broke out in the coastal city’s port district. Cochin constabulary officials told AWNR that the brawl started after five Japanese visitors attempted to board a trawler as it prepared to leave the city.

The Chief of the Cochin Constabulary told AWNR: “Some Japanese fisherman were looking to charter the trawler for a day on the ocean. The captain of the trawler had a load of rolled-up carpets to deliver and was not prepared to take on passengers, so he had the Japanese removed by force”, the Chief of the Constabulary announced as numerous constables policed the area.

Other witnesses told AWNR that the Japanese took exception to being manhandled. One man, who asked not to be named, said, “You know, for fisherman, they sure did fight real good. All jumping and kicking and so on. Well, they took about a minute to knock down the local guys, about thirty of them in all, but by then the trawler had cast off and was heading out to sea. So the Japanese fellers ran over to a navy boat and I guess they convinced the captain to take them fishing, ‘cause they cast off a little later on.”

The Indian Navy’s Western Maritime District office confirmed that the torpedo boat T-12 did sail from Cochin about half an hour after the riot, but would only say that the departure was unrelated to fishing.

4. Exclusive Aviation Ship Details

AWNR is pleased to bring you this extract from an interview with Chief Naval Designer Asoki regarding India’s aviation ship program.

AWNR: What prompted this program to begin?

Asoki: We’ve had an interest in aviation ships since the end of the Great War, but were uncertain as to how to proceed. We had a few options, such as converting an incomplete cruiser or purchasing an experimental vessel from another nation. However, we were also monitoring American progress in the conversion of a collier named Jupiter, and found that we had a collier due for a refit shortly. We proposed a conversion to the Admiral of the Navy and the work was authorized.”

AWNR: What will the Bhima look like upon her reconstruction?

Asoki: The collier’s superstructure will be removed entirely, leaving the ship topped with a steel deck. This will include a pair of lifting devices to transport aircraft between the deck and the maintenance area that will be created from the collier’s holds. Exhaust gases will be run through piping to a point about three quarters of the way to the stern, where they will be vented out of horizontal funnels on either side of the ship. A number of 4.1", 1.4", and 0.6" guns will be installed around the edges of the deck area.

AWNR: What aircraft will operate from the Bhima?

Asoki: That is something our office hasn’t been involved in. The lifts have been designed to accommodate most aircraft being used by our armed forces at this time and the deck is sufficient to hold up to about forty aircraft.

AWNR: When will Bhima be ready to sail?

Asoki: Probably late 1921; the reconstruction does include a number of work stoppages as we encounter new challenges.

5. Football Tour Continues

After a close game against the English national team, the Tigers put in a lackluster effort against the French national team, losing 8-1 in front of about eight thousand spectators. Team manager Amitabh De would not comment after loss, but was later heard shouting in the dressing room to the effect that the team should be re-named the Cubs.

The lone bright spot for India was striker Omar Shankar’s goal in the 67th minute, coming off a penalty shot after he was hauled down by a French defender. Shankar will look to extend his goal-scoring streak to two games when the Tigers play against the Dutch tomorrow in Rotterdam.

This is the Voice of India...



Short news report from AWNR: Japan

November 4, 1920

- Battle Group Ise arriving at Madras.
- Lady Maeko missed her birthday again.

- Battle Group Ise arriving at Madras.
This afternoon, the Battle Group Ise arrived near Madras. The ships of the Japanese Battle Group are currently about a mile from the coastline. A motorsloop was spotted going ashore and the two officers leaving the boat were welcomed by several Indian officials. The men got into a car and then left for the Japanese Embassy.
- Lady Maeko missed her birthday again.
Lady Nakamura Maeko, wife the the Shogun of Japan, was not in Edo to celebrate her 24th birthday on november 1. Lady Maeko is assisting her husband with what the Japanese are now dubbing “NASTY” (Nordmark/Atlantis/South-Africa Treaty) in the Atlantean city of Cleito. Like the last two years, when Lady Maeko was finishing her studies in England, citizens of Edo had come to the Castle of the Shogun on Monday to leave small gifts behind for Lady Maeko. AWNR is late... but happy birthday, Maeko-dono !
The next important birthday in Japan will be that of his Imperial Majesty, Emperor Shodahito on February 7.

End news report





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