Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-09
JAPAN AND KOREA
ARE BUSY MAKING
ARMS FOR ALLIES
With Danger of War With
China Over Oriental Coun-
tries Bend Their Energies to
Making War Supplies,



Toxic, July 10.-NOw that the dan
ger of war with China is over all ia
pan and Korea is engaged in making
supplies for Russia and her allies.
The war brought big financial
losses TO Japan. but the gaps are be-
ing filled In part by the furnishing of
guns ammunition and general neces-
stiles to the armies al the front-par-
ucularly the armies of Russia.
Officially, Japan has given increas-
ed practical expression TO her friend
ship towards Russia by going TO the
limit at dismantling some of her for
utications ON the northeastern coast
of the empire. Big coast guns strip
ped from these Notifications have
I been shipped to Nladivostock and
Z thence forwarded 90 Galcia 20
Strengthen the big gun artillery of the
armies of the ear.
Americans who visit Japan are es-
pecially astouished al the almost linn
itless number of tiny shops In the big
/ cities of TINS natiou--miles upon miles
/ Of streets filled with them-aA occu-
pied In making something when they
lare not selling something These shops
are really The factories Of the empire
/ Ii is here that cloth goods and innum-
! cradle articles needed 60 keep huge
armies in supplies are turned out,
I handed over 10 commission mer-
| chants, assembled i'm great quantities
I and distributed 10 Russia, France and
1 even England The correspondent of
/ the Associated Press is informed by
/ a reliable authority that practically
/ every household in Korea is hard at
/ work making cloth tor Russia. II is
/ sent TO Moscow and other points and
Manufactured into uniforms, blank
4 cts, coverings and wrappngs.
I Korea, also is making big Quanti-
/ ties 90 boots and ammunition cases.
Major Papowsh and another Russian
( officer have just arrived at Seoul 20
4 take over the fourth consignment of
( orders manufactured by tanning
! company near Seoul and consisting Of
I 10000 pairs Of boots and 10000 am
I munition cases
Big order for Gun.cotton.
The Japan Celluloid company az
! Aboshi, near Kobe. has abandoned
temporarily the eellulold business for
q more profitable business of making
I explosives This company recently
received au order from THE Russian
government for 440 tons OF gun-cot-
ton to be delivered before the end OF
the year A test of the explosives
having proved satisfactory. the first
Z lnsJallment consisting OF fifteen tons
was dispatched 90 Pctroerad The
Ahoshi factory is said TO be turning
out two Go three tons of explosives
daily
Leather materials. BELTS pouches
and sacks are manufactured at To-
lkio A series Of temporary sheds
have been erected on vacant land near
J me houses of the diet and are busy
night and day
The production OF rifles In Japan
BE- limited in capacity compared "a
lother countries. and Japan is anxiou,
TO fill out her own reserve stock. The
available number OF rifles for the re.
serve strength Of the Japanese armies
is estimated at 100000 and il is an.
! defstood that the general staff OF the
army is DESTROYS 81 Increasing tbs
number GO one million. Il has learn.
ed lesson from the unpreparednes'
OF the allies with respect 10 guns and
lammunition and from the vast expen.
diture ~ munitions demonstrated d
be necessary TO the successful con
duct Of modern wars. Japan, there