Show DANIELS bANIELS TESTIFIES REGARDING MENACE E ON PACIFIC COAST T i l Secretary Tells Committee That Japan Is Heavily Fortifying Islands A al Cable D t to Washington April L Secret t Secret information Information Information mation In hi the possession of or tho na navy department regarding res th the Japanese menaco In the Pacific was given to the Senate naval affairs committee today today to to- to- to day day- b by Secretary Daniels Tho secretary's secre- secre tary's tar R testimony which was given gl In executive session of or tho committee was accompanied by a n. strong Moons recommendation I for the tho building building- o of fortifications fortifications and naval na bases on the tho Pacific to oppose Japans Japan's now new pro program m for armament armament- Seek S Appropriation The committee was urgently request request- fd rd d to provide sufficient appropriations to enable the navy department to launch a a. building program In the Pacific Pa Pa- that would have been comparable ble blo to Japans Japan's preparatory for tor offense and defense which were explained In detail in yesterdays yesterday's statement Among other details 1 fa a the tho Japanese program tho the committee learned earned that tho Caroline Marlanna Marianna and Marshal I 1 Islands recently acquired b bj by Japan from Germany under the peace treaty settlement are now being heavily hea fortified for for- Japan Tort Forb Upon another Island off oft the Tapan Japanese e coast Japan Inpan Is now no building fortifications fortifications fortifications which will make makl the tho Island a second Gibraltar the committee was told toM I The secretary discussed at considerable considerable consid consid- erable rabe length the comp comparative naval strength tren th of the United Stat States s and Japan Japan Ja Ja- Ja pan in the Pacific and presented present d the committee e with facts which aroused Its Intense Interest Secretary Daniels was wai accompanied to the committee hearing by Admiral Koontz who recently succeeded Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Benson as chief of or operations Admiral Koontz was stationed for tor a along along along long time on the Island of Guam and was as able to give to the committee e a D. avery avery very comprehensive o view of or tho the situatIon situation situation situa situa- tion In tho the Pacific Both Secretary Daniels and Admiral Koontz stressed the Importance of or maintain maintaining In a 11 largo na navy nary naon on the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- and showed that in order to make this possible It was as necessary rr to have hae havethe havethe the naval al bases so 20 that operations of or orth th the fleet leet could be bo successfully con con- ducted Members of or the committee were greatly greatly- Interested In the secretary's statement but save gave no indication o of their probable action on the The members of ot the naval na affairs committee In fn addition to Chairman Page Pase arc are Senators Penrose of ot Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania sl Lodge of or Massa Massachusetts Poindexter of ot Wa Washington o Hale Bale of or Maine Ball of or Delaware McCormick of ot Illinois Newberry of ot Michigan and Keyes of ot Now Hampshire Republicans Re fie- lIe lIe- publicans Swanson of ot Virginia Smith of ot Maryland Phelan of ot California PittmAn of ot Nevada Nead Walsh of ot Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana Gerry of Rhode J Island land Trammel Trammel Trammel Tram Tram- mel of or Florida and King of or Utah Democrats |