The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-12
$4,000 JAPs
AWAITING WORD
Trained Soldiers Have Boon Dumped
Into Hawaii and Arc Ready
to Take the
Island.
CARTER TELLS STORY
Docs Not Want United States to
Overlook the Fact That Japan
is Getting Strong over
There.
CARTER TELLS STORY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-That 49,
900 Japanese, all trained soldiers,
have been smuggled into Hawaii
since the Russian-J Japanese war and
that the United States realizing the
danger of the orientals Selling the
key to the Pacific has taken steps
to send 10000 troops to Hawaii wah
the statement made here today by
Major General Carter, assistant to the
chief of staff of the United States
army, at an executive meeting of the
house committee on military affairs.
Carter spoke in opposition to Rep
resentatiye Hays bill reducing the
number Of line officers of the stand
ing army The statements as to the
Japanese we're made after the general
had asked the official stenographer Of
the committee not to take down what
he was about to say.
when the United States heard
about Japans action. it had to do
something" Carter is reported to
have told the committee ut decided
to dispatch five regiments of infan-
try to Hawaii. The $4,000 Japanese
are not now enlisted members Of the
Japanese army, but have served at
one time or another and are all ex-
perienced soldiers.
"The oriental can do anything he
pleases in Hawaii without attracting
1 attention of the war department ex-
i cept through accident or spies.
"The army cannot afford to have
any officers to supplant those now
serving in the territorial possessions,
when their term expires, and if the
Hay bill eliminating from 40 to ~
line officers is passed, it is believed
that the army will not be sufficiently
Differed"
i THE United States is presented
with the alternative therefor of main
tanning sufficient force in it's terri
torial possessions or losing them.
said member of the committee, dis
cussing the situation.
4 IF the bill is passed. sufficient
& force could not be maintained for the
} adequate protection of Hawaii, the
J Philippines, Panama or any Other
distant possession"
i Secretary of War Stimson has here
!. tofore told members of congress O.
! the reports that thousands of Japa..
: csc soldiers are in the islands. The wal
department joined with other depart
: ments in secret investigation, which
is still in progress. Close watch il
! being kept for any over acts.
Stimson has expressed the opinion
that the presence of the Japanese il
not now menacing, but he is in thor
, ough accord with the military pro
gram of enlarging the military force
in Hawaii.
Today Stimson stated that the al
my forces in Hawaii numbered abou
| $500, and an early increase to 500
or 5000 is desired. Extensive fortif
7 cations of the Hawaiian islands be
t cause of the new naval base at Pear
Harbor is the official reason given a
3 the war department for increasing tn
8 Hawaiin forces.
] Seen at the war department this a
I ternoon, General Carter declined t
s comment on the matter. 1t was col
g sidered significant, however, tina
t General Carter and. General Woo
8 held a long conference this afte,
e noon General Wood declined to b
e quoted but admitted that plans ha
s been made to send about 1900 NOR
It there soon.