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Show ference at Lima, concluded lea than fortnight ago. The whole program for the Pacific coast and for the Pacific Islands points Uncle Sam' finger fin-ger at the same potential enemiear-Japan acting alone over the far reache of the western aea or with her allies in the Atlantic. The proposed installations for Alaska only emphasize th conclusion, con-clusion, and recall the intense interest Japanese Japa-nese "fishermen" have been finding over the past several year in the chill water of th narrow barrier separating Nippon and this continent. con-tinent. If there were any catche of fish or eal on those expeditions, it was purely incidental, something like Tokyo's' bandit hunts in Manchuria Man-churia and North China. The board's report would seem to be serving at least indirect notice to Japan, too, that th United Stales has no intention of throwing th Philippine to the wolves as tliey become finally free and independent. We are willing and ready to go beyond legal responsibility and accept moral responsibility, with its attendant human obligations. It la to be expected that protest against the expenditure of the sums neceaeary to carry these recommendations into effect will begin arriving in Washington any day. Rear Admiral Hepburn's board will promptly be labeled Jingoes. If the program- outline effective defense, de-fense, its cost will be the premium on insurance for peace. Anything less than effective defense will be no insurance at all and whatever it coats will represent money wasted but plu the risk of unimaginable losae in treasure, men, wastage, lands, resources and prestige if, hapleasly, fascist fas-cist greed and madness should drive th triangular triangu-lar alliance to war. Navy and Foreign Policy IF IT ha not been mad clear by any other government department Just what is or is to be th foreign policy of th United States, the recommendation of th special board of naval expert as sent to congress Tuesday by Navy Becretary Claud Swamon my contain a broad hint Tor atrcngthenlng continental defense, the Havel axpcrU (uggest establishment of new air bases and preparation to rapport a fighting fleet in either th Pacific or Atlantic at any time. It ask general enlargement of virtually all existing ex-isting base and extension of the Pacific line of defense as far west a Guam, with strategic defense development In Hawaii, Midway, Wake, Guam and other islands. It sees need for strong point in th Caribbean area and in the Canal Eon covering east and west entrance to th Panama canal. Enlargement and strengthening of existing naval establishment up and down th Atlantic seaboard and provision of new facilities fa-cilities ar luted. Th same thing i proposed for the west coast from Seattle to San Diego, Note well that a submarine base to accommodate accommo-date one division i prescribed lor Kodiak, Alaska, Alas-ka, and a base at Unalaska "which would permit per-mit extended operations with or without tender support" Though nothing i included in respect , ef defense in the Philippines, do not overlook that th report said that "Guam holds th key to th defense of the Philippines.' ! Th priorities et down in th submarine pro- gram ar Guam, Puerto Rico and Pacific Canal Zona bate. The priorities are significant The "key to th defense of th Philippines" come first Defense against whom? Only Japan. And , th Pacific Canal Zona base? Only agaimt Japan, And why Puerto Rico as second in importance im-portance and urgency? Only against Italy and j Germany, Japan' partners in the fascist alliance, and tha only possible power capable of naval excursion into western waters. To include any other European nation possessing seagoing fore would be pretty absurd. Latin-America will not fail to link these plan with the commitments 9l th United Slate t th Pan-American con- ' w |