Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-04
IT JAPAN INVADED.
Nautical Feat Ncccsnnry TO Land n
Hostile Force on Our shores.
CFrom the indianapolis News.)


tFrom the indianapolis News.)
The japanese recognize the fact that
there Is such a quality of mlnd-seldom
| cxercised-that is best designated as
horse sense" one of them, writing in
the Japan Times Crokio). has been bring
ing this quality to bear on consideration
of the revived Japanese American war
talk and in doing so has seemingly not
only removed the ground from under
Congressman lIobson and Humphrey and
Homer Lee. but has given us clear
view Of the situation. After first assert
ing that he IS not n military man, but an
Individual who desires only to apply
horse sense to the situation" this Jap
snesc raises the question: What would
it mean to land an army of 100000 men on
the Pacific shores?" He then presents the
following concrctc facts:
ITO convey 10000 men across the Pa
cifc would require one hundred
transports. To convey coal and supplies
fifty more would he required A
feet of not less than thirty battleshps
would raise the total to $50 yes
sells A passenger steamer takes twenty
days for the trip This imaginary Jap
anese armada Of $50 ships could travel
no faster than the slowest of tho fleet.
There would hc numberless delays be-
cause Of breakdowns in engine rooms,
and the stoppage of one would mean the
stoppagc Of all 1t would be n nautical
feat to bring those $50 ships across the
Pacific in less than sixty days"
It is possible that he has placed the
length of tirnc for the crossing at double
the neriod tbov might crosse IL all won,
norfect,, b,,, thorc must no added tho
,in,e neces,.r,. ia r,ohil,za ac,,in and ar
-arfze 100 600 man for tho invasion oe
for distant eboro and n .hiclIv nonuIatod
,,,olloctu,uv boetilo ono Tbo rr,ites
States rovernnont knovs overv do,. tho
,ocat,o, ~ e,crv ranonoeo chin s,,itotio
for tr,rs,or, and a,,,. r,cvor,or, 20 oo,,-
tr,,iyo ono huodrod of tbo,,, ,.-ou,d ho
known in IIashinrton FOR v,oote haforo
onv start could no made r.ro ie ~,
.tononose nicturo Of such invad,ns, ebins.
"FN.or = I,ndIuhher may corrac.l,. Mo
t,re tho enormou, FRONT thc,. v.o,,ld mo-
sent II they travelled In a column and
each was allowed one thousand foot soa
room they wound mako limo thirty.
four miles long II .be,. eai,ed in ao,,h,o
column. the line world he saventean miles
II thcy Travelled in a mass tro tbirtv hat
file shins must no dietri,,,-ed IN ~ al,
tenua,od line rendering the whole nr..e-
robIe IN attack"
Tho fact that tho effec-,vo A,oor,c,r
battIesbins now outnurnher those of Ia,an
almost three tn ono and that tboir - ezra
gate ratio Of aieton.. effectiveness. az aro
is even greater than that. tbo fact that
Japan would In reality. Inv. a dinlcuIt
Undertaking IA find i5o shins suitah1o for
TRANSPORTS and colliers and tho Fact that
even the sinking of tho GOLFERS vo,,Id
crush the whole movement arc NOT touch
cd on. The extra burden that 10 laid ~,
such an invader. even thouel ba roach
his goal must also he considered Tb.
noers did NOT eyon have eo ,nuch os -
steam launch to jntercent tho Rritisb and
the latter had bases at which to land
san their resistance re,uired tho trans
port of 20 Ogo men loaded q Ono ~, d0o in
dehtedness on Great Britain and nrac-
tcally broke down tho ,,ovarnrnont And
at no time did tle Roers and their SYM
pathIzers number n half million or tboir
arms ruor. than sovapt,.n,., ,ha,,s,rd