The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-12
PAN BUSY,
WAR SUPPLIES
FOR RUSSIA
EVEN GIVING UP HER OWN
GUNS = PRACTICALLY EVERY
HOUSEHOLD MAkliIG CLOTH
FOR CzAR'S MEN.

TOXIC, Aug. ll.-(COrreS SpOndence OF
the Associated Press Nov that the
danger of war with China is over, all
Japan and Korea are engaged in max
ing supplies for Russia AID her allies.
The war brought big financial loss
es to Japan, but the gaps are being
filled in part by the furnishing of
guns, ammunition and general neces-
stiles to the armies at the frOnt-par-
tiCularly the armies of Russia.
Officially, Japan has given increas-
ed practical expression to her friend
ship toward Russia by jismantling
some of her fOrtificatiolS on the
northeastern coast of the empire. Big
coast guns stripped from these forti-
tications have been shipped to Vladi-
vostok and thence forwarded to Ca
licia to strengthen the big gun artil-
lery of the armies of the Gar
Tourists Astonished.
Americans who visit japan are es-
pecially astonished at the almost linn
itless number of tiny shops in the big
cities of this nation-m.' es upon
miles of streets filled with them-all
occupied in making something when
they are not selling something. These
shops are really the factories OF the
empire. 1t is here that cloth goods
and innumerable articles needed to
keep huge armies in supplies are
turned out, handed over 60 cOmmls-
sion merchants, assembled in great
quantities and distributed to Russia,
France and even England The cor
respondent of the Associated Press is
informed by a reliable authority that
practically every household II Korea
is hard at work making cloth for
Russia. 1t is manufactured into mi
forms, blankets, coverings and wrap
pings.
Korea, also, is making big quant-
ties of boots and ammunition cases.
Major Papowski and anotrer Rus
sian officer have just arrived at Seoul
to take over the fourth cons'g 'gnment
of orders manufactured by tannlng
company near Seoul and consisting
of 10000 pairs of boots and 10000
ammunition cases.
CelluIoTd Business Displaced.
The Japan Celluloid company at
Aboshi, near Kobe, has abandoned
temporarily the celluloid business for
more profitable business Of making
explosives. This COMPANY recently
received an order from the Russian
government for 440 tons of 5unaCt-
ton, to be delivered before the end of
the year. A test of the explosives
having proved satisfactory, the fist
installment, consisting of fifteen tons
was dispatched to Petrosrad. The
Aboshi factory is said to he turning
out two to three tons of explosives
daily.
Leather materials. bets. pouches
and sacks are manufactured at Toxic.
A series of temporary sheds have
been erected on vacant land near the
houses of the diet and are busy night
and day.
Production Limited.
The production of rifles in japan IS
limited in capacity compared to 9th
er countries, and Japan is anxious to
fill out her own reserve stock. The
available number of rifles for the re-
serve strength of the Japauese frm-
les is estimated at 10000 enc il IS
understood that the general STAFF Of
the army is desirous of increasing
the number to 100000. It has learn
ed a lesson from the unorcparedness
of the allies in respect TO guns aud
ammunition, and from the VASE eN-
renditure of munitions demonstrated
to be necessary to the successful con-
duct of modern wars. Japar, there
fore, means to get ready herself along
the lines revealed by the interEatlon-
FL war.
This has naturally ratut = the
quantity of manufacture material
available for Russia-still JGIGn is
doing a good deal especially in the
direction of powder and small am
munition. The powder is sent over TO
Russia and there used for The manu-
facture of shrapneI and explosive
shells.
Private output Large.
The private output of guns and am
munition is, generally speaking con-
trolled by the Mitsui and Okura
companies who attend to thc distriDu-
ton of the orders. Guns are being
manufactured at Toxic end Osaka
and at the steel works in Hokkaido'
which is partly controlled by English
capital 1t is understood also that
the Mitsubishi company at NasasaSi
and the Kawasah company at KOBE
are sharing in the manufacture.