The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-01
JAPAN IS BUSY
IN ARTS OF WAR
BRITISH EXPERT SAYS ARSENALS 8
AND SHipYARDS ARE ACTIVE
NIGHT AND DAY.
POWER KEPT is SECRET
But Strenuous Efforts TO Prepare for
All Emergencies Rush Steadily
Forward-lsIand Empire In
dependent of World.

New York. Dec. 31.-An English en-
gner at present stopping In New
York en- route fran TOXIC to London
who for the last three years enjoyed
peculiar oportunition for observation
by reason of his business relations
with the Japanese war office today
jgaye ome facts concerning Japan's
reserve war strength and It's arsenal
and shipyard production.
Since the war, he said, the office
in Toxic has been as chary Of admit.
ting foreigners to knowledge of what
Is being done in the manufacture Of
war material as during the struggle,
Outs de of the possible information
gathered by secret agents of European
war offices the world at large has no
conception of the high pressure work
going on In all the war supply factor
les Of Japan. nor Is anything known Of
the facilities these factories possess
for the scientific production Of instrli.
ments cf war.
Japan has two military arsenals, en-
ploying approximate so 600 workmer.
These arsenals have extra night shifts.
At times they run week In and week
out. Continuously The empire oper-
ates four shlpyards and naval arsen-
ais. In two Of them battlesips have
been built and two more are building
Aside from these, there are govern
nent cteel works for the productio
If armour plate and material for big
'uns, government powder factory,
Try docks capable of being used for
var purposes within twenty-four
ours
This in a mass is the potential war
quipment of Japan. Throughout all
he works there is at present not one
)reigner, neither teacher nor work
IAN, The gates are closed to every
apanc.e who is not in the employ OF
Nc government
Gimpses Of Navy Yard.
The navy yards at Kure on an IS
md, sea, are the largest and best
luipped in Japan. Today there are be.
Eeen $500 and 10000 machinists, ar
sans, and laborers living there. The
ell of battleshi can be laid down
t Kure and the whole vessel built
it'll no importation either Of machin-
ry or armament
At the present time a sister ship Of
10 battleship Satsums, recently |
punched at The Yokosuku naval yards
hieh is larger than the Dreadnaught
under construction in the Kure ship.
ards. The Kure naval arsenal. EN-
Ioying over o3.00O men. makes guns !,
all sizes from three inches. to
yelve
Besides big guns for the navy the
.ure arsenals soon win be ready to
irn cut heavy rifles and disappearing
nns for land Notifications. a spec
! plant installed within the year al
'ady has been at work on artillery.
The Yokouka naval yards. next In |,
ze, are situated ON Yokohama lay L
bout fifteen miles from the city of {
okohama The Yokosuka yards com Z,
rise a .pbuildine plant. three dry II
cks. machines repairing shops. aud {
torpedo faetory. the only one in Jap q
]. The Y0kosnka yards turn out {
lgiucs and boilers for all war vessels ,
~ being cOntructcd by Japan in "
'r own pards The Miyabera boiler. r.
g invention r a Japanese nava OFF. q
r.. is said by expert shipbuilders t.
The finest of its kind
Largest Arsenal at Toxic. f.
The largest military arsenal In Jap. .
II al Toxic. Here there is a com. a
ste pls1t for the manufacture )f a
nall arms field artillery. cavalry lti
and cartridge. The To b
, arms mandatory employs about
900 hands. Branches Of this arsen- oi
are at Nagoya. halfway between d
kio and Kobe new arsenal just u
nple' ed about ten miles north of n
: capital employs about 09Q men. 10
the present time with the equip "
mt that has been Installed at Toxic IA
Of these rifles can be turned ca r
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