Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-17
WAR IS PREDICTED
Between the United States and
Germany.
Gen. Macarthur Claims to Have Been
MiSrepresented by Col. Jones-Ger-
man Interests I'm South AmerI-
ca - Strategic Importance
of Hawaiian Islands.

| IollOlulu- Dec. I1.-MuC n interest
has been aroused here by report
of Col. Jones, of the Hawaiian mill
tia, to Gov. Carter, of the territory of
! Hawaii, in which Col. Jones in com
menting on the strategic importance
of the Hawaiian Islands and the need
of strong defense quoted Maj. Gen.
Macarthur, L. S. A., as predicting Il
war in the immediate future be-
! tween the United States and Ger
many and that the principal scene of
the fighting would be in the Pacific
Ocean, with the Hawaiian Islands as
an objective point.
Maj. Gen. MacArthur, who is still
in Honolulu, having been here the
past two weeks studying the military
situation of the territory, stated yes
terday that the report of Col. Jones
does not correctly represent his
views in any particular.
Col. Jones said his report to Gov.
Carter was based solely upon social
conversations he had with Gen. Mac
Arthur.
San Francisco, Dec. 11.-Maj. Gen.
Macarthur, who is quoted in a cable
dispatch from Honolulu as predicting
a war between the United States and
Germany, has not returned to this
city. At army headquarters il was
stated Thursday that he was not ex-
pected back from Honolulu until
about Christmas. Referring to tha
statement attributed to Gen. Mac,
Arthur, which it appears was trans.
mitted to Gov. Carter by Col. Jones,
of the Hawaiian militia, high mill
tary officer said yesterday:
Il cannot believe that Cen MacAr-
thur made the prediction attributed
to him. I'm quite positive that in
comforting with the fortifcations
board which recently met in Homo
lulu, he may have incdently referred
to the possibility of war with some
foreign power as an argument in
favor of PROF rly defending the
Hawaiian Islands, which, as every
body knows, are very important
strategically. BY way of illustration
he may have mentioned Germany as
growing sea and commercial power,
but he is too experienced an officer
and diplomat to make the rash state
ment with which he is credited"
Other army officers expressed SINH
lar views and all were confident that
Gen. Macarthur would make
prompt and entirely satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION.
Col. Jones report quotes Gen. Mac.
Arthur as saying that 1.-THE pan-Ger-
manic doctrine is being spread
throughout the world. is being fos-
tered and propagated by the imperial
government in every possible way.
1t is strong and getting stronger
hnr %
among Germans who have been citi-
Zens of the United States for years.
in connection Herewith one fact
cannot be overlooked, to-wit: There
were few Germans in the American
army during the war with Spain. SO
few indeed that the presence of
German was noted as being a rare oc-
currence.
THE theatre of operations is chang
ing gradually into the Pacific. The
German people are multiplying very
rapidly and emigrating in large mum
bers, the tide of emigration being di
rected by the German government to.
ward South America The manufac-
tured products of the German EN-.
pire overbalance their consumption.
so that n market has to be ordered
lot ine surplus. Inc known policy /
of the emperor is to acquire colonies
which will provide markets for such
overproduction and places to which |
the tide of emigration shall be direct.
ed for strengthening the fathcrland |
"Throughout all South American
countries the Germans are advancing
i'll commercial power and prestige
The conclusion seems inevitable that
the interests of Germany in South
America, where are large colonies
numbering hundreds of thousands. I
presage another testing and strain. I
ing of the Monroe doctrine and in all /
probability contest of arms be. |
tween that power and the Uniteo !
States in the near future, in which /
event no one can now forecast the at.
titude Of England and other Euro
pean powers. Therefore it is the |
duty of the federal government to
make itself as strong as possible so
as to be able to care for itself in any
emergency No nation or number of
nations will be in a position to make
an attack on the Pacific coast with
out first capturing these islands,"