Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-04

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But whats the use 81 talking OF,
1t further? We can not fight Amer.
ica--whether we would or not.
Why? Because, in the FIRST place,
we can not afford to murder our best
customer just for fun-even IL We
could, which we could not. Nova
days Japan Is marketing about 432
million yens' worth of goods abroad
every year. All the countries of Eu-
rope put together buy from MS about
80 million yens' worth year Oar
Second best customer takes about 81
million yens' worth of our exports.
as million less than the United
States
Look at this tower of figures: ST.
100, 900, 900; that Is our national
debt. Why, we scan not AFFORD to
fight with anybody, let alone the
the richest country In the world to
boot. War takes money nowadays,
you know. II you wish TO believe
that the poverty-stricken people bur
dened with more than 500 per cap
ita national debt are in fine temper
for war OF any sort, you can; there
is no law against 1t, | believe.
In the second place, we can not
fight because we have not the fight
ing machines wherewith to fight.
| n,,r nauu0 Not nm pf aYr
mored ships has the coal capacity to
steam 3445 miles to Honolulu and
put up a fight-for battleships with
out coal are more helpless than sail.
ing vessels. Not even the latest ad-
dition to our navy, the 19,150-ton
Satsuma, has u coal capacity exceed
ing $500 tons. Why not repeat the
Rojestvenski feat of coaling the fleet
at sea?
But why should Japan wish the
for the ships of the Nippon navy?
II the Russians had not been top
heavy with the weight OF coal even
in officers wardrooms they could
not have shown to our guns so much
of the unarmored portion of their
they took a sharp turn, and the Ko-
rean Channel today would not he
the grave OF so many brave ships.
Then there is Il little risk of being
surprised while coaling, II your foe
be not entirely asleep.
= q 81, q L.
impossibility of occupying Hawaii
and establish there base with coal
ing depot and protected waters,
what then? Then we shall be call
ed upon 70 face another, the second
7 impossibllity. We shall be forced
TO steam once more over 1000 miles
and put up another fight. And this
time against a superior fleet in It's
home waters, within eacy reach of
a their repair stations, cOaling sta
$ tions. stores, fortified harbors. etc.
Now one miracle is little ton
= much for the Nippon navy TO per-
b. form at the present stage OF its de.
0 velopment. and the adding of an
other impossibility does not make
: the solution any easier.
: In short, before Japan could think
0 OF fighting America she must fight
] geography; she must fight the Pa
d cific Ocean and conquer II. Usual
S ly reckless yarn-spinners and yellow
e newspapers may be willing to under
I take the job, but few, fancy, even
y among the eight million gods of our
= forefathers, would be bold enough tc
try II.
Il In the third place, let us ask o
e rather pertinent question;
d Who among the people OF Nippon
r are going to fight the United States
Il anyway? '
i Not the farmer class. They have
/ all the trouble they care to have
all the burden they can stand, In
s looking after the taxes. Incidental'
a ly, II was some of that class whC
e contributed each his modest square
J. feet OF soil-and you would appre
J. ciate what their Offering meant L
II you knew upon what tiny, pocket
II handkerchief farms they supper