The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-28
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN

of national wealth In Japan they
would have $4,000 tons Of naval
strength, while for every bill
/ liondollars' worth Of national
wealth in America we would
only have 5000 tons of naval
strength and on the same count
Great Britain would have 5000 tons
of naval strength, SO that Japan
would be getting the best of 1t, as
10000 is greater than 5000 or 5000.
When Japan advanced the argu-
ment that she needed more naval
strength to protect her commerce on
the high seas, she was answered
again in this way. That Japan would
have 200 tons Of naval tonnage for
every million dollars in her import
and export business, over period of
years. The United States would only
have eighty tons for million of ex-
ports and imports and Great Britain
about forty-tive tons, so that Japan
would have the best of 1t as 200 tons
is greater than eighty tons or forty
tons.
Then another comparison was
made that floored Japan again.
Somebody stated that navies were in
tended to protect the commerce OF
the nation on the high seas sailing
under their own flag, carried in their
own ships, and that by comparison
on this line Japan would have 10
tons of naval strength for every
thousand tons Of Japanese CONNER
cial craft The United States would
have about sixty tons and Great
Britain fifty tons, so that Japan
would get the best of it as ITO is
greater than sixty or greater than
fifty.
Another analysis showed that the
United States has offered to scrap
mere new vessels in her navy than
the Hughes plan requires to be
scrapped by either England or Japan,
in both old vessels and new vessels
combined.
BY every analysis that has been
brought to light it shows the gener-
osity of America and England, by
comparison with Japan, and the
generosity of America by comparison
with England and England has been
generous enough to. recognize and
offer to further reduce her own, and
has actually stopped the construc-
tion of ship building on five new
vessels. 81. ~ ~
: 1t must have been very fine sport |
to have seen these things brought
out in the committee room, and to
see the Japanese sit down and think |
It over. The report is that Japan
will not say anything more about in
crease above the 100000 ton mark,
that Japan has no good reason to put
forth for not getting out of Shan
tung. She admits that it seems to
be the thing to do. She has hung on
only with the excuse that the Chinese
might not be able to govern their
own people and protect the property
belonging to foreigners, and a plan
las been worked out by which China
will receive some help from the ma
ions jointly interested, so that takes
away the excuse put forth for Japan
IN that score and she seems to have
'at down unable to think of any
hing further to say in objecting to
giving up Shantung.
Every time anyone has made any
proposals that were departure from
he Hughes plan, the manner has
'een analysed, some perfectly good
eason has been brought forward to
how why that would not be so good
IS the Hughes plan, and by the end
# the session they have concluded
hat the Hughes plan after all is the
est that they can suggest.
The prospect now is that the only
ariation from the Hughes plan that
) worthy of mention will be that
ONE of the big ships that it was pro-
osed to be destroyed, will be worked
yer and made into merchant vessels,
nd in that sense they will he de-