The sun., 1910-06-29
HOPES WE DON'T FIGHT JAPAN
GEN. JAKE SuITH THINkS
q. y. ISN'T READY.

TIE General Pays q Vlsla and Nany CSn'-
pllments 20 FiFe Commissioner " Waiiio.
Who Once served Inder llim Talhs
AbOus Fighting Men the world over.
Rrig. Gen. He'll Roaring Jake smith.
who reached town On Monday after spend
ing tho winter IN Italy, vent 10 Fire Head
quarters yesterday - $50 hs former
subordinate. Firs Commissioned Waldo
The Commissioner showed his old oom-
mandsr some Of the tricks of fire fighting
There was an exhibition by the tiremen,
and Battalion Chief Howe tried out some
new aerial trucks while the General looked
on
After the teleg 'aph bureau had been
! inspected and the General had examined
the new system Of keeping tails on every
thing from hose 10 horses he said he'd
enjoyed the show.
1T isn't any wonder the department
is in such fine shape. though, he said.
ITS only what I expected. That boy
o mine lCommissiOner waldol Is a won.
der az an organizer and disCiplinarian
when I was paCifying Samar and | had
any particularly difficult proposition to
tackle Id order Waldo 10 60 out and do
H. My officers used 10 say Waldo 5
Just been out on an expedition. Let
some one else 90 Never mind how
many times he's been out. used IN re-
ply. He Is the man Tor the job. What
liked about him was that when ! told
him 10 do a thing he did Il. and he didn't
poster NE with questions ~ - how 10
do It. He always found a way
-Of course he's a good C1mmi~si' ner.
I knew he a be You $50, he's a strict
disoipiinarian, but he goes auout u in a
way that makes tho men rosueCt and
like him. Rut pshaw, he isn't In hls
right placs here. Ne belongs at the
head ~ the police hope to see him
there too
Gen. smith was asked what he had seen
of Eurupe's fighting men
They've treated me pretty fine over
there. he said In Italy they have had
several reviews Tor me. and everywhere
I've b4en treated with distinguishes
courtesy. Germany has the hest tight
I ing machine on the Continent. That's
7 because II u a machine The German
/ soldier does not think He merely dncs
D WHAT ne NANlAA 70 wv NhM AA| liza lAH D
and American soldiers think Then. too
I the Anglo SaNOns have that bulldog
courage that never let's 60. Italy Is fast
getting fine army Her soldiers are
/ beginning 20 think too. tell you TIE
/ young King has done wonders
When aHked N give his opinion a. 10
| the possibility ot war with Japan ant
/ the probable outcome Ot such var t'en
! Smith said:
4 hope 70 heaven IL never comes YDl
know I am one ~ thoss soldiers wlp
don't want war believe that the best
way n prevent wa~ is . be prppa~t
I Now. eur army il wholly unpCpa- d TO-
war The people won l't us have enough
soldiers q Oe II any usc II We have
war with JApAn tho Jarales- will ggap
the Philippines and the Sandwich Island,
7 before We can say Jack holi l-p0. AID
We can't prevent u We haven't eulugl.
, ~ an army n hold these islands. and W"
have O. send our troops lt0lu mll,, O. r't
them there Onoe W. lost our Pacific
islands W could never get them ba's
Then lOIk a. our nayN. our slluS
az an right but our idea ~ hatt." b
very different from the Jara0"sa d"a
They believe that every solder killed
IN hettle goes straight % heaven lh"l
ar ~ fanatical a. Nuslems Why. II
Al American General should "a rifle.
his msn a. the JRpalese comma1dors
slaughtered theirs az Port Arthur he
wouldn't be Gcn.ral fifteen minutes
It's the same witn their navy Ir'y
think nothing II sinking a ship I'"r q
all 20 q the bottom singing ho-anra
We certainly d1Ht want O. - O. wa
with Jarnl
You 49,. know what am ra'kilr
about Gen smith continued I Wa
cent - JaTa- - oversee tI' UurCha-r
~ a hospital site ~ our spanish wa
The JaTRTese invited M" g Toxic and
reviewed their t-or0s To- M. asking
me- . make Suggestions ~ o. means u
improv' m'rt lslgr' ~ dtr re q .7F' r.
which were msi They shortened their
stride. tppS trI-t IN pounds from ,au
s,'dicr'sra lDa-n. % deplp. i,.ftrr
I wAgt'd o. Command ther nv dlug,
tie Russian wa Ii"s wtld''t hg "a"
any field officers excepting Js alrsD.
but tgCy pier' 4 me rusitipD A, 80 ate
Eist I'm no 0ffics soldier 80 ! Cuuhg p
accept But yoI @~ ! know whole
lot about the Jaual"zn army
As for the possibility ~ wa- zaid
the General IN r-spDl-a O. another que s.
tion. I think tl'-" u Itile PROBABILITY
Of u To ba surc th- usp1lc Of tine W.s,
coast a-e bitter toward ia an but JauRl
has her hands full with Cu7ea Just now
and b-sideN she II IN no financial c'ndi-
iiOl n undertake al1tner wa ~
Euess there u little danger Of aIy truuhh-
But A. I said befbre. ! hope tp heaven
h. two nations never do 60 tp VA