The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-24
TOXIC NIPPON ON
WAR SITUATION
Full Text OF Article, Portion of
Which Came by Cable to
The Advertiser.

A recent issue of The Advertiser
contained a cabled reference to an ar
ticle in the Toxic Nippon, quoting a
japanese vice-admiral on the probabil-
ity of war between Japan and America.
The following IS the original article,
published in Vancouver, upon which
the cable to The Advertiser was based:
An article in the Toxic Nippon,
brought over by the steamer Tamba
Maru, warns the people of Japan to
prepare for war with the United States.
The Nippon quotes an anonymous Japa-
nese admiral as saying that:
However regrettable the fact may be,
it is none the less incontrovertlble that
the danger of a breach IN the peace
between Japan and a western power
comes chiefly from the attitude of the
United States. In vain do statesmen
and enlightened public men on each
side preach the necessity and demon
strate the reality of mutual friendship
None the less, from time to time, and
with ever growing iteration come from
the United States mutterlngs OF hos
tility. WHICH at any moment may de
yelop a strength too great for othclal
control.
Japan must be prepared for that
contingency. She must ask herself
what objective this element OF united
States citizens have IN view when they
advocate the expenditure OF enormous
sums on furnishing the Pacific with
big fleet; of creating powerful army
on the Pacific slope; on building huge
coal depot and naval port IN Hawai-,
and on terrifying the Philippines, Ha-
wall and Panama Unwilling as Japan
NAV be to believe in any quarrel with
her old friends, it would be madness
for her to shut her eyes to facts when
stare her in the face:'
Defects in Warships.
The japanese public was quite sur
prised when news was received from
England that the navy department
had ordered a 27.000ton cruiser to
steam p knots and mount twelve II
inch guns. and much comment was
made by japanese newspapers that TINS
was in contravention OF the pollcy
announced of constructing all war YES
sells at home The japanese naval oe-
partment issued an otficial statement
that the order was given to Brltlsn
ward tat Japan might secure Nessel
of the latest model for the construc-
ton at home of other Dreadnougnt
cruisers. Some of the japanese papers
consider the order to be an acknoWi-
edgment of japanese inferlorlty IN
warship construction. The Asahi says
It has known that Japan was much be-
hind European countries. and the plac-
mo Of the order for the new cruiser, as
well as her arms and equipment, IN
England has exposed this fact. Inc
paper saws the warships Tsukuba,
Ikoma, Satsuma. Aki and others, built
in japan. have all defects when com
pared with those constructed IN Eu-
rope.
The Jill Shimpo publishes an article
urging further expansion OF the Jap
anese navy, and reduction of the army
The Jill. after recapitulatlng figures
showing the building programs OF the
powers. saws that by 1917 the United
States. Germany, and France Will each
be able to assemble thirty battleshlps
and armored cruisers in the Paelhc !
against Japan's nineteen. The JlJl
saws the $40 600 900 to be voted Tor
naval increase is not necessarily ade- |
auate.
The Yomirri is authority for the re-
port that the government has decided /
upon the reorganization of the army /
corps. According to the new plan,
each corps will consist Of three dl- /
visions having a staff, account and law
departments The total expenditure +
involved by the change is estimated at .
about 100000. part of which will be |
taken from the appropriation for each |
division. BY the new system the army +
is TO be placed on full war footing.