Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-12-11
STARTLING
PREDICTIONS
Regarding War With Germany
Credited to General Mac.
Arthur Denied by Him.
REPORT MADE PUBLIC
Secretary Of War Root to Take No
Action in Matter on Account
of Denial.

Honolulu, Dec 10-Major General
Macarthur during military confer
ence said that in all probability war
will take place between the United
States and Germany in the near fu.
ture, which makes the Hawaiian ma.
tiona] guard Of great Importance. The
Pan-Germanic doctrine is growing
among German-Americans, few of
whom volunteered during the war with
Spain,
He believed that German interests
are growing to such an extent in
South America that the strain on the
Monroe doctrine will eventually lead
to conflict
Hawaii being strategic point on
Hawaii being a strategic point of our
tempt upon the shore line of the Paci
fic states impracticable until the cap.
ture of the Hawaiian Islands has been
effected. This statement of MacAr-
thur has just been made public
through the report of Colonel Jones to
Governor Carter.
Statement Not Credited.
San Francisco. Dec. 10--Major Gen
eral Macarthur who was quoted in a
cable dispatch from Honolulu, as pre-
dieting war between the United States
and Germany has not yet returned to
this city, At the army headquarters
it was stated today that he was not
expected back from Honolulu until
about Christmas although he may
come on the Sherman due in few
days. Referring to the statement at
tributed to General Macarthur which,
it appears was transmitted to Cover
nor Garter by Colonel Jones of the
Hawaiian militia, high army official
said today:
Il cannot believe that General Mac
to him. 1t is quite possible, that in
comforting with the fertilization board
which recently met in Honolulu he
may incidentally have referred to a !
possibility of war with some foreign |
power as an argument in favor of |
properly defending the Hawaiian Is
lands which, as everybody knows, are
very important strategically. BY way
of Illustration he may have mention
ed Germany as growing on the sea
and in commercial power, but he is too
an officer and diplomat to
make the rash statement with which
he is credited"
Other army officers expressed SINH
lar views and all are confident that
General Macarthur will make a
prompt and entirely satisfactory ex-
planation
Secretary Root Will Take No Action.
Washington, Dec. 11-A statement
attributed to General Macarthur, con-
aimed in the dispatches from Homo
ulu, in which he alleged that he pre-
licted war in the immediate future be-
.ween the United States and Ger
many has come to the notice of Sec
'etary Root.
In an interview with the Associated
Press representative today the secre-
airy said that the only information
le had on the subject was what he
lad seen In the papers. He did not
egard 1t as a case calling for action
" him in as much as the dispatch
uoted General Macarthur as saying
hat the statement in Colonel Jones
eport to Governor Carter did not cor
ectly represent his views in any parti-
ular and utterly misrepresented
hem in some. Secretary Root made
he assertion that remarks of this
haracter delivered in private CONVEX
alton would not necessarily shield
ne officer from the requirement Of an:
xplanation, but MacArthur's denial G,
aries with it the weight of an expla.
alton. He, therefore, would take no
ction in the matter. II