The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-13
WATCHES
JAPAN'S MOVES
VIadIvostOk Paper Believes Toxic
Has Further Designs on
Russian Lands.

Despite reports OF secrC, agreements
and open alliances between Toxic and
st. Petersburg, there are some Russians
who believe that the military activity
in japan is directed against them, and
not America. This belief is voiced in a
Vladivostok publication, translation
of which appears in the current Japan
csc papers. The Vladivostok paper
argues that since the Russo.Japanese
war, Japan instead of resting, and en-.
joying her time of peace for the repair.
ing OF damage done by the last war, is
now and has been since the thirty.
seventh year of Meiji, 1904, p-s-
pairing for war on a grander scale than
ever.
This newspaper sees, in the great in.
crease of troops in Japan, menace to
the Russian people in Manchuria.
Since 1904 the Japanese army increas-
ed its numbers one hundred and fifty per
cent. The reserve army consists of thir-
teen army divisions, while the standing
army consists of nineteen army divi-
sions In the case of war, there is a
second reserve of nineteen divisions
which may be called on for immediate
service, and these divisions in all con-
stitute a total body of trained troops
amounting to 100000 men. The army
as outlined above can be filed out at
any time by body of 100000 men
all of whom have received a military
education, and who are capable of bear.
ing arms. In the course of some years,
the army department will be able to
na1l pf cd
troops amounting in all to about 5,O00,-
600 men. This is only 100000 men
less than the total fighting force,
regular and reserve, of the German
army.
The field artillery of the Japanese
army according to regulations promul-
gated since the last war, has been pro
vided with new and up to date equip
ment. Every regiment is equipped with
several field guns with sufficient trained
men to handle them adequately and ac-
curately when the time comes. The
uniform of the entire army has been
changed and the new drill requirements
of the company unit have been radical.
ly changed for the better.
So far, nothing very definite is known
about what the Japanese army is doing
about airships, but in view of the fact
that Japan is an island country, she
will undoubtedly take a great interest
in the development of the flying ma
chine for military purposes.
From tonnage of 10000 at the end
of the war, the merchant marine of
Japan has jumped to a tonnage of
100000 in 1910. Owing to the long
coast line of Japan, no part of the coun'
try being far from the sea, the whole
body of troops can be readily trans
ported from place to place by the aid of
this magnificent merchant marine.
From the coast of Japan to Vladivos-
tok and 20 Dalny as well only two days
are required to complete the journey
In four days a vessel can go and re-
turn from either of those ports, from
any port in western Japan. In three
weeks after the opening of hostilities
Japan could land nine army divisions
on the mainland. RUSSIA has no way of
preventing this, because she has no
fleet, and in time of peace japan has
two army divisions at Keijo in Chosen,
and Ryoyo in Chosen, and Russia could
not without great difficulty pass these
two divisions on her way to the sea.
Japan would be in position to keep
her army well supplied at any period
of their march across country, because
of her railroad holdings Her army
could use the railway from Kyoto to
Kainei and after an advance of twelve
days from the end of this line would be
in a position to break the line of the
China Eastern Railway. In the last
war it took japanese troops fourteen
months to reach Shiheigai, but in the
future Japan could easily reach the
same point in three months, and for
Russia to land troops there'from either
Vladivostok or Irlutsk it would take
three or four times that length of time.