The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-22
ALL JAPAN MAKING
MUNITIONS OF WAR
Will Be Sent to Russia for
Use Against Germans
JAPAN is LEARNING
Has Observed Unpreparedness of AL
lies and Is Increasing Supply of
Munitions in Order to Be Ready
for Eventualities in the Future

Toxic, August 11.-(CorreSpondence of
the Associated Press. Nov that the dam
ger of war with China is over all Japan
and Korea is engaged in making supplies
for Russia and her allies.
The war brought big Financial los ses TO
Japan, but the gaps are 6eing firea in
part by the furnishing of guns, ammuni-
tion aud general necessities to tine armies
at the fiont-particularly the armies of
Russia.
Officially Japan has given increased
practical expression to her friendship to-
ward Russia by going to the limit of dis
msntlng some of her fortifications on the
northeastern coast Of the empire. Big
coast guns stripped from these fortifica-
lions have been shipped to Vladivos-
took and thence forwarded to Poland to
strengthen the big gun artillery of the
armies of the Car.
Korea Making Cloth
Americans who visit Jaran are especial
ly astonished at the almost limitless num-
Der of tiny shops in the big cities of this
Mathematics upon miles of streets filled
with them-all occupied in making some
thing when they are not selling some
thing. These shops are really the fac
tories of the empire. 1t is here that cloth
goods and innumerable articles needed to
keep huge armies in supplies are turned
out, handed over to commission mer-
chants, assembled in great quantities and
distributed 70 Russia, France and even
ISOLATED Press is informed by a reliable
authority that practically every household
In Korea is hard at work making cloth
for Russia. 1t is sent to Moscow and
other points and manufactured into uni
FORMS blankets. coverings and wrappings
Korea, also, is making big quantities
or boots and ammunition cases. Major
Papowski and other Russian officers have
Just arrived at Seoul to take over the
Fourth consignment of orders manufac-
tured by tanning company near Seoul
and consisting of 10000 pairs of boots and
$4,000 ammunition cases.
The Japan Celluloid company at Aboshi
near Kobe has abandoned temporarily
the celluloid business for a more profita-
Bile business of making explosives. This
company recently received an order from
the Russian government for 44O tons of
guncotton to be delivered before the end
of the year. A test of the explosives
having proved satisfactory, the first in
staument, consisting of 10 tons, was dis
patched to Petrograd. The Aboshi fac
tory is said to be turning out two to three
tons of explosives daily.
Leather materials, belts, poches 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.
Increasing Rifle Reserve
The production of rifles in Japan is lin
tied in capacity compared to other coun-
tries, and Japan is anxious to fill out her
own reserve stock. The available num-
Der of rifles for the reserve strength of
the Japanese armies is estimated at o0O,-
000, and it is understood that the general
staff OF the army is DESTROYS of increas-
Ing the number to 100000 1t has learned
a lesson from the unpreparedness of the
allies with respect to guns and ammuni-
ton and from the vast expenditure of
munitions demonstrated to be necessary
to the successful conduct of modern wars
japan, therefore. means to get ready her.
self along the lines revealed by the in
ternational war
This has naturally reduced the guam
tity of manufactured material available