Show U So S to Probe Jap Naval Base in Mexico Rumor r A FLEET Will PATROL l WEST C COAST A 1 A AS GUARD Major ajor Fred Jorgensen Gels Gets Newsy Letter Regarding U. U S. S Activity With Regard Regard Regard Re Re- gard to Reports of Japs W WITHIN the next year n a Pacific fleet will trill patrol the west vest coast and anti the government go will trill investigate the persistent rumors of the thc establishment of ofa a R Japanese naval base In Lower cr Cali Call California fornia through a n si secret I ret C treat treaty with Mexico This Is II th the information fc- fc from Washington h by Major Fred Jorgensen adjutant general ener 1 of Utah There will probably he be during the I next year rear a Pacific as well as au nil an Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic lathe Clee fleet the letter states slates Certainly there will be a division dl of qC oft i the I present naval na force torce between the two oceans oce-ans or 01 a u division of time df df one une bl big fleet between the thc Atlantic and thu thuI I west coast I If there arc are two commands comI com- com I I mands mauds of or considerable dimensions res re- re j s i p there will Ill be he n a Joint cx ex- ex chan change chance e of or visits periodically and arid a. a program Iam of ut joint maneuvers ers at al least annually DEMAND PROTECTION The people on the west coast have o been Insistent upon ulon this and the sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment and desire have Jm been growing I with the Increase In the number of fighting vessels O Of course nothing has been n said aid during the war when It was realized re that the available a ships I were necessarily employed in the war warzone warzone warzone zone or held in readiness for tor assignment assignment assign assign- n- n ment to dut duty abroad Now o with the the ce cessation atlon of hostilities the request from the west coast Is likely to be renewed rl In stronger terms th than n ever er e especially R as there Is apprehension In that quarter of or tho thi m or fJ at least suspicious activities of th the Japa Japa- nese RUMORS TO BE PROBED in that connection confection It is Interesting to learn larn that tho the state slate department ha has formally announced Its Intention to 0 In Investigate ato thoroughly tho the persistent rumors of ot Japanese acquisition of oC a naval na base In southern California through some sort ort of ot a secret treaty with the Mexican le government gO Sig Sig- Sl Significance t 1 Is imparted to the he Incident lar largely el from the unusual circumstance circum circum- stanco stance of ot the official admission of or the purpose e b by the state stat dt department p since I ordinarily such tuch an action would be conducted with as little publicity as possible However with or without the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- ne nese e war scare sotto that usually makes Its Hs appearance about tho the time tho ho n naval val appropriation bill Is reported from committee there will be a determination tion fon to have a n. formidable and permanent permanent perma perma- nanen na- na nen nent t representation of oC 11 naval It vat pOWer poser on the west coast const while while- th the tho presence 3 of oC Senator Poindexter of ot Washington a as chairman or of th the senate naval na committee com com- I In the he Sixty Sixty sixth sixth congress s will Continued on nn p p pr M 10 10 PACIFIC FLEET t Continued d from pa page 1 b Jye Ie a a. direct and nd positive contribution to that end WEST IS REPRESENTED For Tor the first t time In man many years the We west t coast ihl have an Important ray eay GoV In the tho deliberations of or a naval committee of or congress as in tn tho old d days ys New ew England and more recent recently Southern Influence has affected d legislation legis legle- lation so iO It ma may bo ha expected that tho the wit West coast Influence will do something more than hitherto for tor the navy na yards ards ardson on the Pacific coast ancl having hayIng hay hav ing a a. fleet fleetin in that oce ocean n. n |