The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
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 60 10 JAPAN England Prepares To Take Care of Her Interests IN CASE OF WAR
With the United States-Scot- land To Furnish Cor
 onation Carpets

London, December 31.-(Special.)- In order to be prepared for any emer- gency, which may arise in the far east, the British admiralty have decided be- fore the new year grows much older to send a number of submarine boats to Chinese waters. The first fiotilla of three small boats of little over 300 tons are in fact to start for the Pacific, where there are at present no submarines, but the unknown number of Japanese boats and the United States five submarines in the Philip pines at Cavite. Officially Japan Is known to possess 12 submarines, the first of which were built in America and put together in Japan, but it is asserted that in reality Japan possesses many more of these battleship de- stroyers built secretly at home and Russia Is also said to have sent some across the continent via the Trans Siberian railroad.
 In view of the warlike disposition of certain part of the Japanese press, which may result in clash either with China or the United States, the British government is going to increase her naval forces in the Pacific with all the modern vessels that may be spared at home. The first vessels to leave here will probablye be the battleships Tri- umph and Swiftsure, which will cona vey the submarines. The present Brit ish naval forces east of Suez consists only of three armored and three pro- tected cruisers.
 The torpedo fiotilla is composed who'll ly of obsolete ships. There are seven destroyers in commission there and of these four were launched in, 1895 and three in 1896. all would have been scrapped two or three years ago under the German age limit for .destroyers.
 To Scotland has fallen the honor of making the carpets that will cover the floor of Westminster Abbey for the coronation next June, and the actual work VIII be started in 8 few days. The floor covering has from the earl. fest time been specific feature in the preparations for the stately ceremony, and in the Liber Regalis prepared for Richard 1T, copy of which is in the safekeeping of the deans of West minister, there is definite order as to the roy cloth or burrel' to be laid "under the Kings feet as he goeth,'' and again in the little device" for the crowning of Henry VII there is the in- junction that ''the King shall go upon rave cloth to be layed by the Almonor from his siege in the hall to the pull pit"
 The new carpet will follow very close ly upon the lines of that ordered for King Edwards crowning. That, 1t may he recalled, was made at Worcester bv Messrs. Edward Webb & Sons, and mo- hair was employed for the surface. This presented certain technical difficulties in weaving which were most successfully overcome. Then, as again now, the color chosen was a singularly rich soft blue. The design was symbolical and embodied the badge and motto of the Order of the Garter and the Tudor Rose, with the Thistle, Shamrock and Lotus connected with festoons of bay leaves and ribbons. Those were effectively shown in a rather lighter shade of color. and the whole formed an admirable background to the magnihcence of the state robes, the cc- clesiastical vestments, the crimson of the peeresses' dresses, and the diplomatic. naval and military uniforms.
 Every seat has been sold for the fare well concerts which John Philip Sousa is to give here tomorrow and twice daily during the remainder of the week. No- body, by the way, thinks 1t will really be farewell tour, but that the popular American leader and composer will be heard here many times more. He and his music are so popular through England that we really cannot afford to lose the pleasure of his visits.
 English and French troops will. dur ing the year that begins tomorrow, fight their battle in part of Africa shoulder to shoulder. A treaty has just been signed at Braxzaviile on the frontier of Bahr el Ghaxal, and the English posts in south ern London. are now In constant friendly communication by wire with the French posts at Ubanghi. The officer in command