Show JAPAN WILL RULE THE ORIENT lier her army and navy to bo be greatly strengthened neither tho the military nor tho the naval al f forces arces of japan can yet be called very formidable judged from a western standpoint st ifal they are remarkable for an nation but relative to the population aro are certainly riot not japan called into action acl ion men enough for her war with china and easily brought that thai huge lurn boring power to its knees but tile the regular troops that she noo maintains la in her establishments are not very numerous 9 A lato late statement puts the aggregate in n officers and mm men at adu but bill the now naw pro gramme which has received legislative sanction pan cllon provides for tin on In inarene crene of these forces until tho the total becomes nearly double making tho the standing leiff army in IW not inot lelm than strong that force which the reserves could swell to perhaps perli apa half ft a million or more inore will mill ile be suni clont for her ber with ith her comparatively isolated position and the i cupat es of her coans for defonse and yet how little burden will mill ho he tin po poel ed on her treni treasury sury TA n clear froni from ulta tho h re dimate s that the anul L cont of hajn tantrum i t abl bl treat great tab 1 s ament will be b not over PAW As aa falth fill the iho wes tiles however whose geographical to lo tho the ad adjoining loining continent japan capana a greatly resembles the iho creat orm arm tor lor defense for her Is id tile tho nay flany there alo A pro gramme looking for forward warel aa far aa a 1 q completed a in t ih e aret r st I 1 alicc asce t the h a baafi 0 of f ct the amp n new fleet fleen et L it fi the h e fo force ree of F e which ove over tilt the chinese navy na v catt ehn ai there aro are t icam the hips which nere ere t u r e from china or or at least the cricri ot of them that can be repaired it further appears appear lh that t there were wor at that time buil building dinc in n capou three fat fa t modern while she he had I 1 ordered irk in englund two nit larko large battleships ahat b bave ll 11 V since been launched cind aind abat foro I 1 conff 0 ill will he bo added to her avail fleet slut hut lit in tho rho japanese ctet has am provi provided dod lor for other vessels besola according to published figures thore there are arc to bo be ino efto atari in the shipbuilding pro gramme the first which includes fifty four v largo large and small mall and tilt acing an aggregate of tons la Is to b be completed in n iwa while tho the ree second ond comprising throe ves vessels sols with aan n n ot of aam tons wilt be in Ss lahd h 0 d four our loarf later alere I 1 lor then IS ia a provision for no lower fewer than vos Vf fula sols m ith an 0 of f iga as ton tons to ile bf complete ten years cox benee japan 1 1 ablo able to carry out this remarkable rc dlan dian with the wore more el caare from the th fat fact that mio has A a very heavy war andem from china which can bo be add out on tim th first cot of the ships but t their heir main tc nAnco cit will be no slight additional burdon burden oil tile tha C rolice aj ai though if her naval ex are as aai small relatively to european as n aro are her military expenses she will have leaa hw to complain of her however to mako make herself an element to bo be d with amone the nalls of the iho world is 1 plain and sho ho at one ham hatena teris thio the execution of lw her plan and perhaps deprecates forcing criticism of it by giving a a part of the work to european and foredt ii shipyards it la Is said that three battleships three eru cru ws A a hornedo gunboat ft a torpedo tonder tender to four torpedo tor plo and four our arst ceass torpedo boats boata will be hullt built abroad and two of th tho cruis cruisers era aro are likely to I 1 iw co instructed tn in this ihla country alike in her industrial and her military and naval development the next ton tn t n years wilt will no doubt see eon great crea is in japan n ard r d sho she is IH plainly preparing herself for a leading lead ni rote role in detcz em the iho fortunes of tile far rust kast new york sun un |