Arizona republican., 1903-12-11
How 1t Put Gen. Macarthur
Into an Embarrassing Place
A WAR WITH GERMANY
The General Was Made to Predict,
When He Was Only Discussing the
Spread ofGerman Influence and the
Fertilization OF Hawaiian Port.

Honolulu, Dec. 1O.-COnsiderable in
terest has been aroused here by u re-
port of Col. Jones, OF the HawaIm
militia to Governor Carter. Of the ter
ritory of Hawaii, in which Col. Jones
in commenting on the strategic i'm
pOrtance of the Hawaiin islands ami
the need of strong defences. quoted
Major General Arthur Macarthur. L.
S. a, as predicting a war in the i'm
mediate future between the United
States and Germany and that the
principal scene of the fighting wOulI
be in the Pacific ocean with the Ha-
waiian islands as an objective point.
Major General Macarthur. who -
still in Honolulu, having been here the
past two weeks studying the military
situation of the territory. stated 10 u
representative of the Associated Press
today that the report of Jones does
not correctly represent his viewS IN
any particular and utterly :1isrepre-
sent them in some.
Col. Jones said his report to Cover
nor Carter was based solely upon So
cial conversation he had had with
Major General Macarthur and that Re
only reported his expressions in sub
stance with the view of impressing
Governor Carter with the need or
Strengthening the isolated islands from
a military standpoint.
Col. Jones said he took no notes OF
his conversation with General Mac
Arthur and that his report was made
from hts memory.
The conversation occurred during n
social call which he and Col. SOper OF
the national guard made on General
Macarthur. Col Jones was very
much surprised that has report TO Gov.
Carter was made public.
a few days ago, General Macarthur
was quoted as saying that the main
feature OF the Gefences OF the terri
tory is the protection of the naval
station at Pearl Harbor and that th.
occupation of the other islands Is not
an important matter from "a military
standpoint. while Pearl HarbOr -
maintained as 4 strong defensive posi-
ton.
Col. Jones report quotes General
Macarthur as saying that the pan
Germanic doctrine which is being
spread throughout the world is being
fostered and proposed by tie imperial
government I'm every possible WAY.
1t is strong and getting stronger
wherever German people settde. even
eliiiOllS liit NhtA Nlto nave ANN-aA
citizens of the United States for years.
In connection Herewith. one fact
cannot be overlooked to-wit. There
were few Germans in the Americau
army during the war with Spain. 50
few indeed, that the presence OF p
German was noted as being 4 rare
occurrence.
The theater of operation is chang
ing gradually into the Pacific. tn.
German people are multiplying very
rapidly and emigrating in large num-
bers, the tide of emigration being di-
rected by the German government to-
ward South America.
The manufactured products of the
German empire Overbalances their con-
sumption so that a market has 10 b.
found for the surplus.
The known policy of the emperor *
to acquire colonies which will prOvid.
markets for such overproducion and
places to which the tide of emigration
shall be directed for Strengthening the
fatherland.
Throughout all the South American
countries the Germans are advancing
in commercial power and prestige
The conclusion seems Inevitable that
the interests of Germany in South
America. where today large colonies
numbering hundreds OF thousands.
presage another testing and straining
of the Monroe doctrine and IN ali
probability contest of arms between
that power and the United States in
the near future, in which event no one
can now forecast the attitude. OF Eng
land and other European powers
| Therefore, it is the duty of the federal
government to make itself as Stroriz-
as possible so as TO be able to care fo-
itself i'm any emergency. No nation o.
number of nations will be in position
to make an attack of the Pacific coast
without first capturing those islands