The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-23
Representative Cochran Sees
Exclusion Act With Crisis
Unavoid able Wney
SCOTS at Any Peril.
NAVAL BILL ALWAYS
CAUSES MUCH ALARM
Argued That Japan Could Not
Attack Pacific Coats, Hav-
ing No Coal Stations Near
American Coast.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The possibil-
1ty of war with Japan was discussed
sentatives held diverse views. Mr.
Tawney declaring no war was posi-
BILE, while Mr.. Cochran declared racial
conflict was inevitable.
Mr.. Tawney declared Japan today
Is in such financial condition that
should the government impose a far
thing more taxes for war purposes
there would be revolution. He also
declared it a physical impossibility for
Japan to send fleet across the Paci-
fic to our western coast because the
only coaling station-the Hawaiian
islands are in our posse ssion--is forti-
fled in such way as to be as I'M
pregnable as Gibraltar"
Mr.. Cochran answered this by call
ing attention to the increase of the
Japanese in the western states in the
face of the presidents efforts to Sc
cure a treaty with Japan limiting the
fail, he says, and an exclusive act is
the next step. Japan will make repri-
sails for this and the crisis will be
reached.
Naval Bill is Passed.
The discussion was brought about
by the naval program for the fiscal
year of 1910. This program, provid-
dvr Co., 80
was passed as reported by the COM
mittee except that the change striking
out the provision restoring marines
to naval vessels. The opponents of
the navy increase were in a hopeless
minority.
Mr. Tawney was the most vigorous
opponent of the increase.
Il am getting somewhat tired" he
said, "of these annually recurrir :
wars with Japan, which occur stimuli
taneously with the consideration of
the naval appropriation bill
During every week and month in
the year" Mr.. Tawney said, I'VE hear
a great deal about our peaceful and
cordial relations with that oriental
country, but when We come to consid-
er the naval appropriation bill the
newspapers Immediately fill with pre-
dictions of what is going to happen"
Says Debts Swamp Japan.
Mr.. Tawney declared Japan could
not go to war and could not impose
darthing more of tax than was now
imposed without revolution. That,
however, he said was not the only rea-
son. would Japan" he inquired,
"even If she were equipped financial
1y, ever think of sending fleet of
warships or battleships from Yoko-
hama to attack our Pacific coast In
time Of war;" She would. he said,
have to be supplied somewhere in the
Pacific with naval base. where she
could coal it's ships and make neces-
sary repairs. There was no such
place in the Pacific except the Hawai-
ian islands and he declared that when
the Notifications provided for were
completed the islands would be as i'm
pregnable as Gibraltar.
Mr.. Tawney said there was no nav
al vessel afloat that could sail from
Yokohama to the Pacific coast and
back again with its coal, and such a
6leet could not be supplied with
enough colliers to meet the require.
ments
Touching on the finances of the gov
Prnment, Mr.. Tawney predicted a de-.
ficit this year of $125, ,O00, 900 and next
year Of $143.000.000.
Hepburn Wants Nation Ready.
The reasons assigned by Mr.. Taw-
Aey for opposing the additions to the
navy. in the opinion of Mr.. Hepburn,
were trivial and dishonorable to the
people Of the United States" Those
who favored an adequate navy, he
said, did so because they recognized
the fact that the American people
were warlike people. Every genera
tion OF Americans, he argued, had had
its war and probably the next gener-
alton would have its.
There was. he insisted. a passion for
military glory in the breasts OF all
Americans. He sarcastically referred
to what he said was "our talk about
being Christian people intent on Sc
curing the sway of peace over all the
nations" and then pointed out the
four wars the country had had, upon
all Of which, he declared, the country
had entered unpreDared.
Calling attention to what he said
was the alarming increase in the nat
lonal expenditures, Mr.. Burton. in op-
posing the naval increase, inquired:
What nation on earth is threaten
Ing us?''
The periodical war scare. he declar- |
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