The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
JAPAN PLANS To
AUGMENT NAVY
Negotiations for New Dread
naught of Gigantic Size Re-
ported Under Way.
ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIA
STILL MUCH TALKED OF
Question of Relations With
China One That Is Also EX-
citing Japanese.
By Associated Press.


VICTORIA. b. c., April 16.-A Toxic
newspaper brought by the Empress OF
Japan states that a dreadnaught battle.
ship of $4,000 tons will soon be ordered
in England, negotiations being now M
der way. Admiral Ijuin, chief OF the
naval board of command, in an inter
view at Toxic, advocates Increased con.
struction. He says the removal of in
effective vessels will greatly reduce
Japan S navy He asks that mo-" dread
nauGhts be built, stating that by 1917
Japan will have but four according to
present plans.
Toxic newspapers quote Mr., Oishi,
the leader OF the constitutional nation
Isiist party. as stating that Japan must
make IN alliance with Russia, Following
! America IS attitude toward japan. He
said:
"China S partition is unavoidable if
Japan beats America in war, and CHI
nese newspapers should pay constant
attention TO statements by leading Jap
anese newspapers
Many Toxic newspapers criticise this
speech, the Hochi stating that while
>mauy people urged Japan to increase
fHc siMS 1Hu navy equ!NaleuS lo Iuo
Strength of Great Britain and Amer
jea, such a scheme was impossible un-
der economic conditions. The Hochi
SAID there was now no cloud on the ho-
rizon for Japan, and urged reduction
of military expenditures.
The Japanese military Investigators
have reported favorably on an airship
smaller than any now IN use, invented
by Captain Hino He has also invented
n .1o,, ~
dragon fly with two propellers.
Relations With China
Investigation with a view to improv-
ing China s army and navy are now
under way and party is on the way To
San Francisco for that purpose. The
majority of newspapers urge closer re-
latlons between Japan and China.
The kokumi interviewed Prince Tao,
who stated that China IS program was
for an army Of sixty.six divisions.
China S fighting force viii be 10000
men III five years AT present China IS
navy consists Of thrty-one vessels,
the prince regent plans 10 have an eff
eicrt navy in nine years.
Discussing the proposed neutraliza-
toR Of Manchurlan railroads suggested
by Secretary Knox. Prince Tao stated /
to the jill! Shimbo that China had
better chance OF recovering that dis |
tTict than if tho naturalization had |
been accomplished. He believed Amer
lean program would have converted |
Manchuria into an oriental Balkan.
Lang kwo Wing, the consul here, who |
recently was Inqueued owing, ii is said,
to his modern tendencies was receivedl
,Sf az his isiGee eonntrvn,,s> tS9, astoalshdent
>oe,-aosu .tJrs,-e6, the pritice was at
tirea lS1-yde conventional civilian dress
Of Europeans and Americans, wearing a
frock coat and high hat. For Chinese
official to wear such q garb on cere.
moDious occasion was declared 10 be
unprecedented and excited much com
ment.
The prince, in responding to an ad
dress of local ClSnese, who complained
Of superhuous red tape in the immigra
tion laws affecting the right Of Chinese
here 10 return from visits to China, said
ne would take up the matter when he
:cturned home