Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-24

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Though the navy department always
declines to publish more than the most
Meager data concerning its submar-
ines. it is known that the plans for the
three vessels of that type authorized
by the last session of congress con-
template vessels much larger than
any now in commission.
Although the spioneers in the art OF
submarine navigation, as in the field
of aviation, the United States navy has
been outstripped by European engl-
|neers in the matter of size, speed and
offensive power of the submarines. so
the naval designers now are planning
much larger and more formidable YES
sells of that type Some of them pro-
phesy the development of the submar-
inc into giant hattleship that will re-
Mace the dreadnoughts in the first
line of defense, and be capable of tenn.
porarily disappearing beneath the sur
face of the sea TO escape a return fire
after discharging its great l2-lnch n
files at an enemy
On the theory that I'VE should have
an allgwhite America, and not an
America spotted with yellow,p Repre-
sentative Frank Kent of California
said. in an interview that the Monre e
doctrine is the biggest handicap in the
way of fighting off the advance OIL the
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I'VE should have made it easy for
European nations to COLOMBO IN the
western hemisphere, and then We
would not have such trouble now with
1.-THE Japanese and other Oriental prob;
lens. At the time the Monroe doc
trine was promulgated it seemed right
that we should not allow strong Euro,
pean nations to get a foothold here
and make trouble afterward. OF course
Germany has made great inroads N
Brazil and Argentina, although there
is no colonization there. If it had not
been for tile Monroe doctrine there
might have been more help In setting
I. this Japanese situation.
The Monroe doctrine will be a
great hindrance to any policy of trying
to retain and run the Philippine
islands. According to the doctrine we
have no right to hold them.
At the time Mr.. Kent made his OBJ,
servations regarding the Monroe doc
trine he said he had changed his views
on the battleship subject. He voted
against the larger navy programs pre-
viously, but said today that he viii
no wbe forced to reverse his tactics
81. haven't changed my mind as tc
the stupidity of war;" he explained
but my changed view on battleshlps
comes out Of the complex internationa
situation now facing us. 4
"We have established the Monroe
doctrine, and that is a cause of oifense
to some other nations. This doctrine
renders us responsible for all the mis-
deeds of all the peoples that may be
described as Incompetent, misgovernet
and impossible. who infest the CONT
nent and the. islands adjacent thereto
1t is a big contract, So. .....-.*
"We have also become mixed up II
the interminable Eastern struggle BY
cur holding the Philippines, and take
pro rata share of supremacy in Asia
| as well as on the American continent
We are having misunderstanding;
with japan. We realize there. are 9th
eli people in the world differing from
us, whether or not. they are superior
or inferior. We take the position thai
! their presence in this country would
not tend toward making it better
place for the sons of the race tina
| huilt the nation. Therefore we ex
Guide the Japanese not only that W.
may establish a democracy, but that
We mag prevent racial friction which
| might lead to war. -. .......
$50. in facing the facts and not the
cries, I have become battleship man
where before l voted against them: