The Washington times., 1921-10-16
GREAT many of us are no

SH preparations seriously be
'seAuse most OF US can not realize
,'thst she has fitted herself indus
tSiAiiy to build ana maintain her
great new navy.
.sTtemendous Industrial expansion
was Japan's greatest war gain.
Kussia needed war material and
Japan was the nearest to the mar
ket. They supplied the greatest
lspAxt of the Russian demand and In
- doing they built up their fac
tstories and shipyards. Equipment
OF the very highest grade was pur-
Lct4sed and II is now being used to
build up the new Japanese navy.
~ Japan suffered huge losses with
isthe fall OF Imperial Russia. but
sthese losses were amply repaid by
i.sthe compensation received before
the revolution and in Increased
property valuation. Japan's credit
rs excellent today because she is
beginning to supply the world with
cheap manufactured articles. She
IL aiming to take Germany's place
/ IN this respect. In building up her
f.fleet when world trade is paralyzed.
.IaHan is aiding her private manu-
lecturers. keeping her men en-
! splOyed and gaining q fleet that win
soon be equal to any.
JAPAN'S GROWING FLEET.
n. The claim Of, the pacifists, that
slRpan's fleet is only an empty shell
and that japan is not equipped to
keep 1t efficient. Is seasily shown to
be a fallacy. In 1914. Japan was
building her ships in England. In
s1s15 she was building them at
home, purchasing guns. ammuni-
ttion, machinery, armor and other
equipments abroad. Today Japan
IN buying only the largest forgings
end special machinery abroad. and
before long she will be producing
these at home. However, the manu-
facturers Of machinery are scarce
in Japan; but thy are beginning
to appear and Japan will soon be
entirely Independent. 60 f
~ Only within the last few years
has Japan taken up the manufac-
ture of planes, the army and navy
taking 1t up officially and preclud-
ing the profiteer. However, only a
few engines have been produced. a
few Salmsons. and with the in
creased Importance of aircraft
Hspan has been compelled to buy
abroad--in England, France. Italy
and Germany. Great numbers Of
experts from the British air service
md from private manufacturers are
experimenting the building Of fac
tories and the training Of the per-
sounel. 1t is noticeable that Amer
leans seem to be excluded from this
work.
., For years Germany has been the
master OF the optical field. Just
now complaints are coming from
Jena and other European optical
centers that foreign nations are
turing away the German experts,
and 1t is noticeable that numbers Of
them are going to Japan, and fac.
tories are being established for the
of binoculars, range find
ers, periscopes and other military
And everything seems to
be for the army and navy-and moth
ing for private trade.
EXPERTS.
> When Katz Ava founded tho
modern Japanese navy, officers
we're sent to all the different ma
ions to study methods Of construc-
ion. etc. Now, as one nation devel-
Ups above another, Japan fetches
heir experts to her. German naval
have been imported to
,uild submarines, British air 'ex-
oerts to build planes. and German
.Sperts for optical equipment.
It has been said that there are
,oly four shipbuilding slips in Japan
itted to build the largest warships.
These slips are in the navy dock
Yards and in the private yards of
he Kawasaki and Mitsubishi COM
,anies. It has even been said that
sven should a Japanese fleet be
,uiit, Japan wiuld not have the nee
ssary maintenance equipment, as
he is lacking In large docks.
This Is how japan lacks docks and
lips. When It was desirable to lay
own the great battleship Negato
everal years ago, no slip was found
0 be vacant and 80 the Negato was.
aid down and built In one Of tho
ocIss Japan Is not supposed to pos
SIS. This is a strange thing to have
dreadnought built in dock in
tead OF on a slip. When II came to
he launching stage, In November,
s1s, the locks were opened and the
hip floated 'out--nothing could be
Impler.
NAVY YARDS.
The Nesato displaces $4,000 tons.
hat within a year or so the Kure