The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-02
JAPAN SECRETLY
/ F|NANCESNAVYTO
CONTROL PACIFIC
Building Battleship Beside Which
"a, Strongest in U. S. Would
be Useless
HEAVY LOAN MADE
stEq
Plan Of Mikado's Country is to
End Open Door
Policy

Washington, June t-For the eX-
press purpose of increasing her navy
10 such overwhelming power that she
Twill be able to drive the United.
States out OF the Far East before
this country is able to take fall ad.-
vantage of the Panama Canal, japan
has just floated a secret loan of $2Q,-
Ib00.o00,
This vast sum is not included ia
the $7S,000,000 appropriated by the
japanese parliament for confirm
! Gus program of naval construction
II is to be used in addition to that
appropriation for the construction
| OF dreadnoughts not mentioned in
the program, but through which
Japan hopes to obtain preponderant
power in the Far East In addition.
Japan is borrowing every dollar She
can induce money lenders to advance
with the object or hurrying along
the vessels not in the stocks.
All this information, obtained by
the Ordnance Department OF the
United States Navy, is now in pos
session of Secretary Meyer.
It is the purpose Of Japan to oh
tain domination of the Pacific b.
1915. With this object in view, she
is continuing her projected ships TO
the uper-dreadnough class. Four
Of these ships are now in the water
three are on the ways, and a number
OF others are projected, OF the seven
super-dreadnoughts now practically
ready for service, four are Of the ar
morcd inyincible type, with all the
power Of a superintendent and q
pecd Of twenty-eight knots.
IN the entire United states navy
not one ship combining the aggEes
sive force and great speed Of this
type of fighting craft is to be found
U. SIS Largest Would Be Useless.
Firm belief was expressed today
that in the face of this type Of bat
tleship the older types, Of which the
United States and all other nayias
are almost exclusively composed
would be not only useless. but in the
way, during any battle Of the FL
ture.
According TO the official bulletin
issued by the Navy Department o.
the United States now possess six
dreadnoughts, but will be speedily
outdistanced by the new naval pro-
gram projected by Japan
The tremendous power and speed
Of the new type ship now being COM
plcted by Japan, as compared with
the battleship Texas, the last work
in American construction, was IT,
subject of significant comment t..
! day by Secretary Meyer The new
ship, which with or without intent
was launched on the same day al
the Texas, is of 500 tons create, dis
placement, Of six knots highae
speed, and carrying guns Of the for
midabIe 14-inch type, she would be
able to choose her position and de-
Istroy the Texas at her leisure.
Plans to End Open Door Policv
The underlying object of Japan is
in constructing these ships is as
well known to Secretary Knox as IA
Secretary Meyer. It is to end
Americas pet policy, which aims r.,
maintain the integrity of China and
the open door in the Far East.
| With the completion of Japan
present program of naval construr-
ton, which involves the expendt-
ture of $89,000,0OO, this end will he
accomplished Even the authorize
| ton of two battleships at the present
session of congress will not turn the
ltide. The only recourse is the pro
lgrar for which Admiral Dcwee
4 pleaded so earnestly construc-
ton of four battleships q year.
Such a program was prepared by
Admiral Dewey and would have bean
sent to the present session had the
| Navy Department not stood in fea :
Iof the Democratic House.