The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-11
JAPANESE SPIES
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-, the world more lovely to his ewes.
While the great nations of Enron
= were sleeping in contentment on tbei
r arms and were each watching the othe
like bull dogs in leash the little velIoy
- man of the East was becoming power
full, and emissaries from their armie
. had the entree into some of the mos
- exclusive military clubs Of the CONT
nent and in this country Their little
black eyes watched intently how the
armies were modified and drilled anG
- they sent lengthy dispatches to their
native land of all they saw Their
n armies became wonderful machines and
after the Russian war the nations OF
+ the world awoke with a Shock Anoth-
er world power was born almost in, a
. day. Henceforth the Japs would have
4 to be dealt with in all matters of inter-
| national Importance.
7 About this time the statesmen the
world over and the great bankers of
Europe and the United States, who
after all, supply the wherewithaI to
make war possible, began to look about
them so as to foretell, if possible, what
the next move on the international
checker board would be.
They had just witnessed the dawn of
new eras in regard to two great powers.
The JapS had extended their dominions
in Eastern Europe and the United
States had acquired possessions in the
Far East.
| Both were proud nations glorying in
| the strength of the recent conquests
and both had by a strange fatality be-
come neighbors.
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| else. If Japan were to become bigger
| she would naturally like to become the |
possessor of the Philippines. These is
lands then would likely become the |
next bone of contention. and now the |
diplomatic world is awaiting to see if |
its judgment will prove correct
Although to the casual observer. lr- !
skilled in the ways of nations, all seemS |
as merry a wedding bell, the Sc.
cret agents of the two governments
are hard at work and the military
strength of the leaders of the Occident
and the leaders of the Orient are con,
stantly compared, each by the other
There is nothing of any Importance
pertaining to the military life of this
country that is not eabled across to
the land Of peach blossoms
And within the confines of the war
offices at Toxic are rooms whose
thresholds are crossed only by the Sc
lect. Here little yellow men who have
become bent and aged in the service
and whose integrity is beyond dispute
are trained to speak in whispers and to
pore over papers and maps of vital in
tereS5
These men know the secrets of ma,
lions and their lips are sealed. Each
one, in his own heart, fondly cherished
the new idea set up by their conquering
armies.
They are constantly receiving mis-
sives from far over the seas which are
catalogued and filed away to be opened
in case of war only I
And it is feared at Washington that
more maps and diagrams find their
way into the hands of the Japanese
spies than to those of any other ma
ton. ~
But this nation is not resting on its
former glory by any means Constant
are being made and the
Flowery Kingdom is closely watched
Many of their spies are known and
are constantly given passports and
hustled from the country. These have
at an alarming rate during I
The past year so that now the most
strenuous efforts are being made to To-
cate them and to drive them away
When the officials of this nation -
watched the suspects last week they d
we're introduced to a new method of OBJ =
aiming photographs of fortresses. At-IM
ention was first attracted to them py | n
suspicious movements in seeking the q
highest points of land all about the q
orts.
They passed from one elevation to
mother, and every now and then one sE
4 their number would reach up under -
us arms and appear to manipulate 81
through the arm holes of his
est. At first sight he appeared to be -
deep-chested man, although he was
normally light build.
This fact, too, attracted attention |
nd on closer observation he appeared
} have a camera concealed under his
'aistcoat, while his chest was padded -
make his general aspect appear
normal
One of the buttons of his vest g1is-
med brightly in the sun and on closer
'spectIon it was found to be the lens
the concealed camera
III in the course of events war should
'me, the United States would not
eed 70 fear Japan. comparison of
lie relative strength of the armies and IN
iVles of both nations shows that ia
IN is little more than half as power
i as the republic
Their army is much bigger on
ace footing and comprises some 400
men exclusive of officers while their
liors are numerically equal to those
the United States.
The standing army of this nation
mprises only 100000 men in times of
ace, but their war footing can easily
tai between 100000 or 100000 men
,ainst 100000 for Japan n
In regard to naval vessels this ma AZ
IN leads the kingdom of the East bv
arly twice as many heavily armed
ssels. while their efficiency is far a