The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-26

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necessity for great ornaments and IL u
necessity which every person who
thinks on the subject must agree TO be
necessary. IL Is necessary to the pres.
crvation Of the national life and that /
$ the thing that every energetic com
mercial nation will always fight for
the preservation of the national life. !
Naval Reduction Must Wait,
''Thc trustees of the Carnegie En-.
dowment are not looking for the immc |
date reduction of navies. They recog |
nize that some very important World |
agreements have to be made before re-
auctions will be possible, before taey |
can be recommended by any fraction |
of the earth to nations which are in |
the situation of Great Britain or
Japan, dependent as they are for their
food supplies ON the seas Is there
then no other means except armaments
and war for securing to an insular peo-
pie the safety of its food supplies in
time of war; Yes, there is another
means, and that means is a doctrine
which has been taught for the century
by the public men Of our own dear
countryside United States.
''It is the doctrine of exemption of
Iprivate property from capture at sea
in time Of war Know that on the land
lit has been agreed that private prop
erty shall not be seized or destroyed
by invading armies except under dire
necessity, and then compensation
should be made. Know that the doc
trine that we exempt on land shall be
extended on the ocean is an original
doctrine which the United States has
preached. Joseph Choate made
thorough and admirable argument for
that doctrine at the last Hague confer
ence. 1t was not adopted, but the con
ference stepped little nearer the goal
and at another conference authorized
ut the Hague and held at London, fur
, Their steps in advance were recommend
ed to the governments of the civilized
world. Among the exemptions named
was the exemption of cotton from cap
ture, when in private hands, at sea.
That is raw material, in the safe de-
! livery of which in time of war England
and Japan are deeply interested.
). Getting Closer
r eve are moving toward the adop-
d ton of this most benefcent prtnciplc
= the exemption on the sea of the doc
e trine that now applies on the land,
e Thus far Great Britain has been afraid
n to adopt it-afraid lest in time of war
II they should lose the power of destroy
II ing the enemies commerce and thus re
:, ducing the enemy to straits as regards
II mis- income and supplies of food. Gradu
e ally in Great Britain opinion grows to
L ward tie adoption of this American
), doctrine.
!. No Dominant Power.
10 "We have heard a great deal in thii
. connection about the domination of thu
n seas by this nation or another-thi
,f sea or another. Now the domination
.. of the ocean is an extremely laboriou
"a undertaking and very adventurou
n. one. No matter whether little sea
o. like the English Channel or the Baltic
ar or large one like the Mediterranean
h. but when you get to such vast area
rs the Atlantic, and the much large
of the Pacific, the domination of a
ocean is simply impossible by any ma
,s val power now existing. No nation ha
ne ever been equal to dominating the Al
n. lantic or the Pacific. 1t has been d.
n. monstrated that there is no natio
,h which could possibly send 100000 me
N. in transports across the Pacific, guart
n. ing them on the way by a large nun
l.
I'D torpedo boats and submarines, an
or land 100000 men with shorses, foo
"a and munitions on the opposite shore {
III the Pacific.
q. "That is an important task for an.
n. one 1t is quite impossible for us {
the United States-even more impo
sible for Japan and for everybody
completely impossible and becomiI
.es more and more impossible every YET
ON because of. the difficulty of protectir
an transports from the attack of sma
or vessels of war of tremendous speed.
an Japan and America.
~, "Then another subject was ii
"f state of feeling in Japan about Il
VI United States. Out of what conditio
,"a could anything arise to jeopardize T.
20 friendly relations of the United Stat
leu and Japan2 That is problem viii
~ should be interesting to the people
!, these Sandwich Islands-for as h
'ne been pointed out by the Governor, t
TO Sandwich Islands would become t
''e seat of war in any imagined trout
gn between Japan on the one side and t
70 United States on the other. The fiji
nv japanese statesman / conversed wi
liu ON this subject gave me a categoriC
ice answer to my questions. He said:
have never been able to see any int,
au' est that Japan could possibly have til
would be promoted or served by W
Oh with the United States. / have ney
nat been able to see that the United Stat
ISL had any interest of any sort viii
DE, could be promoted by war with Japai
ma Moreover, said he: I don't know
ia single Japanese statesman-and ha
i'm been in Office many years of o
IAN party or any set that would not S
the just what say.
ex Nothing to Gain.
son the whole, the fact is perfect
obvious to anyone who examines
commercial and industrial interests
eat the two countries that the status
eat the two nations could not be advanc
ers, by war.
'er. 1.-THE Japanese have absolutely
bod thought of war with the United sta
BILE and feel sure, from what earn
3ri- in Japan, that nothing could drive tn
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