Evening star., 1933-12-04
JAPANESE AROUSED
by SEADROME PLAN |
Fear Floating Islands Even
=. tuaIIy Will Menace Her
in Pacific.
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) to the general idea of seadromes is
favorable. The State Department mas
not taken any steps to consult the IN
,terested powers yet, but private adVlceS
from the European capitals indicate an
interest in the idea
OF course, in military and naval cir
cles in Europe the question Is being
raised as to what would happen to
fagratiOn Various plans are peing
formulated to prevent belligerents from
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. potential conflict become ONE interested n sns
Coming the scenes Of conflict.
But the situation is quite different
in the Pacific. 1t is true that nobody
has yet suggested the construction OF
these huge steel structures in that
>caan But the japanese. always look
ing toward the future and the posi-
rbility of their domination of the Far
East being ieopardized, are worried
about the plan and are prepared to
raise objections on the general prln-
cipIe of their becoming a danget to
Japan.
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The passenger and freight traffic
between the Far East and the United
States Is bound to become increasingly
important in years to come, and II the
Atlantic seadromes become boon to
commerce. there is no doubt that
commercial interests would prevail
upon various governments to establish
similar commercial air bases IN tne
Pacific. Once these seadromes have
been established in the Atlantic, on
the principle that the ocean belongs to
everybody and no nation can claim
jurisdiction over the water except
within the narrow range of its coasts.
it will be difficult for the Japanese
government to object to the establlSh-
ment of SeadromeS in the Pacific. For
that reason. it is reported that Toxic
.contemplates making point OF issue
at the discussion of the construction OF
the seadromeS across the Atlantic.
The japanese government is worried
lest the building up of -he American
Navy to treaty strength, combined with
the possible construction OF SeadromeS
in the Pacific. might bring the United
States much too close to Japan.
- For the time being, regardless of
: how strong the United States Navy
: may be. the distance between the Amer
. lean naval bases in the Pacific and the
Far East is such as to make it highly
, improbable for the United States to
: become a physical menace to Japan'S
. domination of the Far East.
. Fear Floating Islands.
. But Toxic says, when the American
9 sairplanes, instead of relying on the sink
= able carriers. will have at their dis
. posal the heavy and almost indestruc-
table SeadrOmeS. the situation would
change right away and Japan will be
confronted with a problem entirely diff
ferent from the present one.
) Even the most jingolStic Japanese
realize that a conflict with the United
; States is not possible except under the
most severe provocation on the part of
Japan.
But the too close proximity Of
Americas air forces would somewhat
endanger Japan's indisputable suprem-
acy in the Far East and she might have
. to follow a more considerate policy than
. hitherto.
: 1t is on account Of these possible COM
, plicationS that the American Govern
! ment is proceeding carefully with con-
federation of the plans for the build
ing of seadromes: nobody here wanted
to further complcate an already tense
international situation.