The Coolidge examiner., 1934-12-14

all in favor of japan. whose q.
yored monitor % the sea lanes is
The submarine
The preliminary conference 50 far
has produced nothing bat a dead.
lock Rear Admiral Isoroku Ysmn-
motto. bead ~ the japanese naval
air corT,s aud n delegate 10 the con
ference. says that Japan win open
ly ask cuts In armaments. scrap.
ping baitleshlps and aircraft car
rlers as offensive weapons. with. %
course. the japanese scrappins done
on a much smaller scale In reply
20 the charge recently aung hy the
nery American Brig. Gen. William
u. Mitchell that our most danger
GUS enemy ls Japan and the United
States air force mus, be built up
with that ia view. Amha ssador va
mamoto said that the naval plans
OF Japan have never lneludei the
possibility Of a war with the United
States I'VE have never considered
the United States a potential en-.
envy" be insisted.
Angio-American delegates have
lain In waiting for Japan TO bring
forth some compromise In her equal
ity plan. but little has been forth
coming.
Japan Fears Airpianes-
japan more than anything else
breads the airplane carrier. she
knows FUN well the dispatch with
which her island empire might be
seriously crippled. II not destroyed,
by enemy planes with a floating
base In her home waters. II Is said
BY those well informed that she
might even accept further cuts In
her submarine craft in exchange for
restrictions In alrplane carriers Of
the other powers.
Great Britain favors the further
reduction OF all sorts OF fighting
craft but viii undoubtedly Insist
that all these restrictions be made
applicable 10 France. Italy and Ger
many as we'll These three powers,
wnile figuring little In the prelim-
mary conferences. have OF late en-
tered ihto what appears 10 be a
building race all their own. Ger
many. who made the U-boat famous
In past conflicts. n prepared 10 be-
gin construction OF submarines on
a large scale az almost any time.
France, In rebuttal 10 this condition,
has already laid down two 26,JO0-
ton battleships at cost OF S30OO0.-
600 each. Because OF this Italy has
also ordered two battleships, each
OF $1,000 tons.
Students OF international affairs,
I'm consideration OF these conditions,
predict that no agreement Will be
reached In 1885 and that another
great building race viii result.
Whether such a prospect viii cause
Japan 10 modify Its quality" pro-
posal is a matter OF conjecture; at
least she cannot afford TO enter into
a spirited race against the two rich
est and best equipped nations OF
the world.
vlnson's Building Program.
The most recent building program
that has been suggested TO our gov
ernment Is that OF Carl Vinson,
| chairman OF the naval affairs com
mlttee. whose proposals TO congress
include, among other things, two
new alrships, one to replace the
Akron and one TO replace the Los
Angeles; a new 15,0O0ton aircraft
carrier to replace the Langley; the
construction OF a cruiser with q
deck for airplanes TO land and take
of, TO determine whether this new
type OF craft Is practicable: the ex.
pansion OF all naval shore stations
the relegatlon to the navy OF the
complete responsibility for aerial
sea defense Of coast lines; modern
ization and expansion OF the nava
training centers at Pensacola, Fla.
and an increase In the allotment oi
United States naval academy ap
| polntees.
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