Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
AN ENTIRELY NEW WEAPON
Artillery to Be Armed With Quick.
Firing Guns Of Modern Make.
GERMANY NOW VERY ANXIOUS
Regards the Addition to the Army
Branch Askance-The Trouble
's@s in Far East

Special Oableeram to The star.
LONDON. October 2O-Advices Just re-
ceived from Toxic say that the japanese
have. created four new divisions, two of
which are in Korea and two in Port Arthur
ana the Lao Tung peninsula
-Four more divisions are now being
created. 80 that Japan will shortly possess
peace effective OF twenty-one divisions.
These will in all probability be organised
in army corps.
The cavalry. hitherto the weakest arm In
the Japanese army, Is to be greatly in
creased. Before the war Japan possessed
only fifty-five squadrons. The cavalry is
now to be brought to eight divisions, or 12s
squadrons. Special attention is being de-
voted to the breeding OF troop horses, a
branch Of horse breeding hitherto almost
totally neglected.
Will Introduce New Plan.
This does not by any means exhaust
Japan's new ornaments An entirely new
weapon is to be introduced. in the shape of
ten brigades Of heavy extillery. armed with
300 heavy artillery guns. Each division
Is also to be given full regiment Of
technical troops instead Of the battalion
they formerly possessed; that Is to say, the
present thirteen battalions are to be raised
to sixty-three. Then twenty-one balloon
parks are to be organized. and the army
transport and field telegraph troops greatly
increased.
The artillery is to be armed with quick
firing guns of the newest pattern. The
present caliber Of sixty-five millimeters,
which did not give satisfactory results, is
to be abolished and replaced by one Of
seventy-f1ve millimeters, the caliber OF the
present French field piece.
Anxious in Berlin.
In view Of Japans financial situation her
feverish military activity IS regarded with
great anxiety in Berlin and to some extent
in other European capitals.
Against whom is this directed? Is the
question being asked. The kaiser and hts
advisers are perfectly we'll aware that Ger
many's high-handed action In annexing
Kaiao-Chau started the whole trouble In
the far east Since then Germany's possess
sions there have been regarded with no
friendly eye. and 1t Is more than feared
that one Of the first results OF the new or
der of things may be notice to quit. with all
it's incalculable consequences.
News which comes via st. Petersburg Is
to the effect that Japan means to spend in
the next seven years about n. 100000 pounds
sterling on new ships. .ss5...-.s
Developing Her Resources.
Japan is fast developing her resources,
and some useful facts are. available in a
recently dated return. The Osaka works, 1t
is shown. cover 300 acres and employ 1000
workmen; the Kawasaki. 500 acres. with
5000 men, and the Mitsu-B1stu yard, also
rriv ofo1v wit
10000 workmen. These three works have
recently been extended and new machinery
has been fitted. All three have added sever
al torpedo destroyers to the Japanese navy,
and there are still some in course of con-
struction. At the Kawasaki yard two new
gunboats for China are being built. AS
these yards have bull large merchantmen,
especially the Mitsu-Bistu yard, they. are
sure to get some of the new warship work.
There are other yards. although not so
large