Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-18

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 The Philippines are material to the Japanese. Alaska has been a bone of contention between the two govern ments for the past ten years-the seal industry furnishing employment to thousand of Japanese being one of the reasons why the Japanese would like 1 to obtain sovereignty there. Tn Hawaii, the balance of power, should Japanese have the right to vote, would be held by the Orientals. In the Philippines Army officers be- lieve that discontented natives would flock to Japanese standards should war be declared between Japan and the United States. What the result would be is had to determine.
 In the Philippines, the Army th- rough dint of perseverance, has suc- ceaded ngetting from Congress only such appropriations as will provide 1 for the armament of the most inn perial harbors There are many places along the coast where hostile 1 fleets from Japan could find harbor and from which expeditions could be sent through the inland and finally to Manila.
 1 In Hawaii is is different. At Pearl Harbor the United States has spent nearly S15, ,000 in arming what is considered to be the Gibraltar of the Pacific Yet adverse criticism has been heard, even in army and naval circles that the naval base at Pearl l is supposed to be. Engineers who are employed in erecting the Notifications it is said, have discovered lately that a grave mistake was made in select | ing Pearl Harbor as the American base in the island.
 In Alaska there is no Notifications that would aid the home guards in starving eff Japanese invading force Little money has been spent by the gcs ernmcnt in fortifying the princi- pie harbors of the territory. 1t is closest to Japan. also, of any of the States and perhaps is one of the most logical places for Japanese fleet to attack.
 Turning from the meager land de- lenses that the United States has in the Pacific, Representative Hobson points to the Navy equipment. An Asi- atic squadron is composed of thirty five vessels of all types scattered be- tween Manila and China in the ex- treme East to San Francisco.
 Hardly one of the vessels is on a war footing with any of Japan's finest warships. While the strength the 1 United States Navy eXcels that of Japan, it is not a factor, should war be declared within the next few mon ths in the Pacific.
 On this connection the Democratic Administration officers in both the Navy Department and the War De- partment are getting quite active in the hope of seeing" where they are at. ' Garrison already has declared that the American Army is mot as good as it should be- that army officers are lacking in the detail of larger army movement, and that their eX- perience is such that in actual war handling the problems that would have to be met.
 In this connection, Secretary of War Garrison said:
 T hope that the war will never come, but in the present stage of civilization we must recognize the pos sibility; and it is with this dea n mind that I say I believe it would be we'll for the country if our legisla-
 
 nual assembling of at least one di- vision, as a school wherein our off cers might be given that practical training which is so necessary to de- velop educated generals and staff of ficers.'
 If war should come with Japan Hobson believes it will not be an en- counter on the Sea except perhaps where a force would attempt to in- wade the land possessions He speaks pessimistically of the conditions con fronting the American nation in the Pacific and urges Congress constantly for agreater Navy, his aim being to have great force on the Pacific Coast as there is at present on the Atlantic ,: