Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-24
Japan docs not vish to neht.


The Imperial Japanese navy today
-. ( has thirteen battleships: n had only
itax five years ago That II to say,
the sea strength OF the empire In
creased more than twice IN the NUM-
bor of fighting ships, and I'm efficiency,
which Is the thing that counts, more
than three times. The monster super
Dreadnaught, Sutsuma, OF 1850 tons,
armed with twelve twelve-inch sNns,
is now actually In commission And
In this year Of grace 1910 we shall
see the launching of two more battle
ships of more than 2O,sO0 tons, armed
.,rrl even more powerfully than tho sat.
VI isuhal i9iiN, hi
Nv" japan is poor; her people are pay
ing something like thirty per cent of
their net income In one form of tax
alton or another. They are not over
fond of the tax burden,
Why. then, this tremendous expen.
JiA = iditdre ih Iwsr propamtiong And IT,
* y the fpec OF the !biti5r wolf.bites OF
poverty, why do the people of Japan
Insist on naval programme of, TWEEN
ty "sdperIDrcadnaught' battleships !?
10 what corner Of the earth does
Japan look for the coming of a bloody
.,- stormy What power does she have in
mind when she strains every effort
thus 60 arm herself?
e. Against whom?
America | have heard some people
say.
But why America? Because they
say, Japan Is already an ally of Great
Britain, and there Is no need of ad-
= ditional force on the part of Japan
to cope with Germany or France In
It'd the Far East, and the only plausible
tDI0rpnrn ia thnt
.y secure an, advantage over America
while she was still sleeping"
,.,.u,.ys,s, But, for. what - en- rt,ly,
G Should 1apan fight Amcrica7
~ lfsI Now, america has been and Is and
~ " what's more IL getting To he moro
II and more every year. the hest and
- the most profitable customer of Japan.
rU"i-Is there any sense in ightthg and
~ ts even IN II were nossihIo an, o,,,,o
body knows that it's impossble-de-
~ stroying the best market for hor
F wares? a., ~ ~
tN o.. But why not take America outright
ln' ---cohquer her and own her? That.
certainly would be great thing
w but who Is going to do il? Certainly
Eessss.not. Japan, To conquer fite limited
States on her home soil and hoId the
American al the worshippinp
race OF India Is held by a handful of
Englishmen, Is a pretty big Job even
for a race of scrappy gods. II is GER
tainly too big a contract even for the
combined might of all the rest of the
powers 81 tho world
War, moreover. means money now
't adays L have good reason TO believe
that the people of Japan, especially
the Government. know this better
than any one else, save Russia, per-
haps. Our billion dollar debt, largely
the result of the Russian war would
not let us forget this, even If we
~ ." tried to ignore H. Then WHY of nil
the countries In the world should the
poverty-stricken Japan tackle Amer
lea? Unless we wished to be licked
4 from of the face of the earth-which
isa rather original idea for us, who
- = think so much of the preservation
OF state. a
Then, against whom? The answer
u.s. China.
Chna-a thoroughly awakened
China-the new. China under one
= = strong central government, armed
iss with her new navy and new army.
That Is what makes Japan sit up