The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-20

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t,a ,rihur was ~sIloS--i ~ rrmain unprn.
'o,,sI on N. land .i,~ until twa mon,h-
So. sh~u Tho War Onpc~ s,,,hlrnlv und-r.
..os u,~asiree ~ make Tho flso. a,ronser
thap ~ had h~~n unsi~t Rn-~isn ocssttmtion,
anI r,w work. 10 h~ins iRl-hei there to
The rtfrrne ext~u, ~ Tho sFmy'- c,twstty.
tneas facts snd others concerning the
Intimate inside workings ~ Japan's
.r-rnala rhipvards M naval plants THr
Srs has obtained from . man who has
-~rently returned from Japan aud who
because ~ his formcr clu-e relations with
IN" dar@ns-e war ONicc. nov severed.
has bad fro entry Ia ~jaJan's war shop.
and ~hiphtilding plants in his capacity
Il agent for foreign manufacturers ~
arsenal machinery. Through the quasi
advisory status ~ his relations with tho
commanders OF the Japanese arsenal- and
the engineers in the naval plants he has
had explained To him details which no
military representative 81 a foreign Power
could obtain. He has been in the gun
sbops Of Toxic demon. rating On IN, r,,iy.
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sold
In giving Information about the potential
strength and present oapacity Of Japan's
.r.e,aIs and shipvards Tur s,,S,. -
- 1880 ~ " '""'
mann ihSs''i mat " NE kept conildentlai
unuI MS departure from ms country. lie
sailed for England yesterday.
According To ,his gentleman. oni,io,
the most s~igni6capt rba.e a. Tho 1900,
"- ""''' S's'""r""' l'"se :" 'he present
pressure OF work IN the Japanese arsenals
and naval stations IL the tremendous effort
that is being made To put Fort Arthur ON
a Defensive basis Two mon,bs -, Mi r
All. The ,hiof o,a;,o.r - a.. 2Ni
senal' the largest small arms mandatory
IN Japan, was assigned to 20 to Port Arthur
and establish there n naval base in fact.
and IN s,ner,p,o,d tho r.oons,n,o,i.n -
,ha ia,5 dasanoas
."o n"' uoie"0e'' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WIN
Artas appointment orders were given "A
foreign firm Of arsenal machinery manu-
facturers for all the tools reorisite To con-
s,p,ct A inch . inch and q, 81 -.
~" ""u i"ch gums;
btupflcuto WcIe ~ Dt fudle 10 fOTt Artnnr
ulrect.
Last year the Japanese Red Book merely
mentioned Port Arthur an n ti,ularv naval
station. Admiral Y. Shihayama
ing. There were no works there 10 reou;re
the presence of sub officers NO drv docks
hat were repaired. nor machins sbons
aNeuuate To repair hat leshins The only
work that had been done on the cant,Ire1
stronghold was TO raise the Russian ships.
clear out of the fairvay the ,Jananas.,
steamers sunk there bv Admiral Togo
in his efforts to block the channel and nut
the sea defences in proper shape.
With the advent of Arita plans for n
completelv eo,Iinped naval MIA M drvdocEs
machine shops and gun factories have
been put under way. Pending the erection
Of the gun making plant big guns from
the Osaka factory have been forwarded
20 Port Arthur and are being mounted on
the lines of forts back of the CITY as fast
as these can be rehabilitated Before
NhaONhAtt yNot 10 INtbt hOIb hIbllhI Ill Dt db
strong a naval station as Sasebo or Maizuru
in Japan proper now is.
The new arsenal that Japan has added
TO its war equipment within the last six
months is about five miles outside of Uyeno
Park. in the north OF Toxic, and is a branch
OF the main Toxic arsenal. Plans for the
erection of these shops were completed
about a year ago and machinery ordered
from England and America was installed
sx months ago. At the present time this
branch arsenal is working double shifts of
men and turning out field gums AZ fast as
the machines will work.
The main Toxic arsenal has another
branch at Nagoya. about midway between
Toxic and Kobe The Nagoya arsenal
manufactures rife parts. which are az
sembled at Toxic. The north Toxic arsenal,
Just completed, turns out the parts for
field pieces, which also are assembled at
the main Toxic arsenal. Ten thousand
men are employed at the main Toxic shops
and half that number have been put to
work at the north branch. Field pieces.
carriages. ~caissons and shell clips for rapid
firers are manufactured at the new branch