The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-12
UNCLE SAM SHOWS
MS STRONG Arm
Strong American Fleet to Be
Sent Into the Japa-
nese Waters.
no WAIT MlkADo's MOVE
IN REGARD TO DENouNciNc
TREATY or 19o4-sTATE DE-
PARTMENT OFFICIALS ARE MUM
ON THE sUeJEcT.

z Warrington, July 12.-Te announce
lment OF the political purpose in dis
patching the Pacific feet to the Phil
tppines startled the state department.
On the surface at the state depart
unent the attitude is that 1t is up to
Japan to make the first move. to de-
nounce the treaty Of 1904 and which
expires by Limitation in 1911.
It il incumbent on either party in
order to abrogate the treaty to give
one years notice. There is we'll
founded suspicion that Japan has al
ready given this notice in order to has
item the settlement Of the labor ques-
tion on the coast, which is the crucial
consideration in that convention.
At the department they say diplom-
Atically that the matter is not under
consideration yet, although everybody
knows that tentative new treaty was
drawn in the time of Secretary Root
and that this will undoubtedly be the
basis Of a new treaty II there should
be one again with Japan.
The most significant development in
The Japanese treaty question Is the
sudden determination of Ambassador
Takahira togo back home. 1t can be
stated that the trouble which broke out
between the Japanese and the Hawaii
ans a month ago is not the cause of
the visit.
No Time to Be Lost,
But 1t can be said that the agitation
In Hawaii indicated to the Japanese
government that the sooner the agree
ments were reached between the I'm
tied States and Japan on the mutual
delations of the citizens to each other
the better. This bearing directly on
the question of new treaty impelled
the Japanese foreign office to send for
Ambassador Takahira.
All indications here are that the plan
of reconciliation of the Japanese-Am-
erican labor troubles will be laid be-
fore the senate next December.
The connection between the present
agitation for q new Japanese treaty
and the state departments constant
communications to and from its con-
sular Offices in Manchuria on move
ments OF the Japanese and Russians,
with the sudden determination to have
the Pacific fleet at its far eastern base
is not admitted for publication at
either the state or navy departments.
The well authenticated report, how
ever, is that the dispatch OF the fleet
Is due to informal suggestion from
the State Department"
Added to this the Pacific fleet will
have accomplished all its needs in the
way Of cruising and practice on the
home coast by September. and it is not
seriously maintained by naval Off
cials today that the cruise to the Phil.
ippines is a physical necessity of the
fleet.
viii Remain Until March.
The judgment Of the men who are
familiar with the purposes of the Gov.
eminent 10 that the State Department
and Navy Department think it advisa-
BILE that the large gathering OF Ameri.
can vessels should be at the Pacific
post continuously from now until the
preliminary stages of the negotiations
Of the new treaty shall have been
passed.
It is believed that the fleet will re.
main in the Orient until next March
but there Is no limit to its stay. which
will be dependent upon the condi.
lions just stated.
As far as concerns Manchuria. and
the demand of the State Department
that there shall be absolute freedom OF
commerce without special privileges to
Japan and Russia, American diplomats
tonight point out that ii the treaty be.
tween Japan and the United States IL
arranged amicably the Manchurian
question will disappear Of necessity.
Il can be repeated. however. that
both the Japanese treaty and the pres.
emit selfish policy of Japan and Russia
with their privileges in Manchuria
were the controlling factors for the
sending Of the Pacific ships to Manila
and that neighborhood
inc IlrSt vessels 10 le0V0 san fran
cisco will be the armored cruisers
These powerful fighting machines are
the Tennessee, Washington. Califor
mia, South Dakota, West Virginia
Maryland. Pennsylvania and Colorado
Should the United States find II
necessary or even advisable to place
itself In the attitude OF making what
It calls . demonstration these eight
powerful vessels could be reinforced
BY the Milwaukee, ST. Louis. Charles
ton, Galveston. Buffalo. Cleveland, Al
bany, Denver and Chattanooga
The Pacific fleet Is commanded BY
Rear Admiral Sebree.
g. DIT TA.