Show N JAPANS GROWING SHADOW A W CAUSES ALARM AUAR v I IN SOUTH SOUK PACIFIC J hu u In a II report presented to tho the Aus lallan parliament lent Juno 30 j Oen SIr Ed sard Hutton 0 G O 0 C of the tho federal forces made modo some sorno statements sensation and decided that hat created a 1 throughout the tho country must be bo fully full lie Hs IB Insists that pent upon stores eloree and ond equipment he be tore fore ore tho the security of ot Australia A by land landan can an be bo assured On this topic Gen Oen lutton wrote In the tho following disturb ing ng strain Ity Ili I hilI been beon shown that tint a I further warlike store atoro vote vole olo of c la Is s required for stores and that to pro provide vide Ido the complete military mil It Rr system ns as stated nn annual outlay of c Is I s necessary 11 This Thin t lilT provide proville for fora a 11 field force torro complete In ht all Its ItA de do talk and fit tit for tor active operations of ot mon men and 60 guns gUM upon a Il pence footing and men and 81 Sf guns U U w w upon a n war footing It will further farther provide 1 u n garrison g 11 force cr of ot n t 1712 1 mon men mid and 26 6 guns runs exclusive ot of the armament of tho the fixed defenses with behind them nn Important force of approximately furnished by bytho rule rille clubs The Tho ho troops thus pro provided tho pro vided sided are arc tho the leant number w which would afford reasonable security against Invasion and which would of ot stilton for or tho the present nl protection Australian Interests Oen Oell Hutton ns as follows It Il IH In in Impassible to lo view tho the mill mili military tary situation In Australia In face of the momentous changes taking place In lit the balance of or power In lu tho the east without grave KrIl 0 misgivings 1111 The victor victories I ins ies Ie of the thc Japanese arms orals within the tho lust hunt four tour months have hart hll astounded time the whole civilized world by their brilliancy and by hy their astonishing rapidity rime Tho future and results of the tho war have yet ct to be bo tat MI but bul It Is In safe sliCe to predict that the opening up U n o of China will follow Callow its Ia n 11 result which together with the tho opening of the canal across the Isthmus of Panama will materially alter niter the existing political and commercial situation In the Pa Par r I Ile It lt Is certain that commercial su nu supremacy in the tho will bo ho tho time aim of the leading naval and military powers ami that Australian Interests must thereby he be seriously compro compromised unless effectively secured by b a 1 measure of ot military de do defense defosse doense fosse ense 3 COMMENTS The Tho report called forth strong stron news newspaper paper comments on the situation and sharp attacks on those deemed re rime Tho Melbourne Argus Argos of July 4 said editorially Sir Edward 1 Hutton Button has not minced matters or attempted to gloss over ovo errors errora of policy or detects defects ot at Ills His candid straight spoken words give glo oven every legislator and elector an nn opportunity of understanding tho present pr ent condition of our defenses and what Is in needed to bring them up to the tho required standard l of of Politicians absorbed In tho the party struggles of local public sel eel seldom dom think of the tho seemingly remote dinners chances of external attack but ns as n the tho Pacific Is Lint fait becoming time tho storm center ce II of at International politics Australia for far Its own suite Mike and for tho the take solto of ot the elliptic should have havu lie Ito de dices es till nil In III order Tho rho Sydney Herald of If July C Ii also ulso spoke out no nil follow B Australia would be helpless In tn face of a 1 forma of ot some soma MOOD troops troop which hud had been blell enabled to land If It such Midi mi nn Invasion were to take lake place tomorrow we 10 have no men to lo meet the tho enemy That Is III a II startling ng mate meat especially In view of tho the devel In bl the far tar cant that t that the tho war now raging there ther should end In the strengthening of ot Japans Jap po pa position how shall wo wa In Australia faro Our Immigration laws lows orn ern directly cal calculated to hurt the of ot a n great Ireal na nation naIon Ion tion We keep keel out Individuals by means of our vigilant customs officers but hut It will trill bo be Impossible to divert an nn army from Cm Its purpose In thin way Yet Yot fall fail fallIng lag Ing In the tho protection of the mho British fleet wo we have 1110 nothing except our Intelligent customs to oppose to Invasion Once tho time enemy Is III landed In ht force we no resource Our citizen army according to Hutton Is III Inadequate and ami It Il will not be adequate until about 1905 J Kven Joen ven then the tho of the force IH is dependent upon the tho of the tha civil lea INI OM to military advice Meanwhile tho the blaino for tor nil RII that wo WI deplore In our military edness lies chiefly with tho the various ministers wo tiro have had In tho the com corn commonwealth They ThY have hll vo nil all been too much occupied with anything rather ru I II I than defense and they have n II till tho th bidding of nf the jiow 1101 tots In power accepted ruts from front the Ihl he pruning which direct directed ed ILl t gold laco Inco at nt headquarters have si shuck Mick homo In the Ihl II tint and II II of nf local foal defense Is IsIt IsIl IsIt It Il too toe to hate to In look lank for tor a n reversal of this thin bid f form torm to rum B BAn An Au animated took tonic tn In iii tho the July Judy Jill 13 In reference to the tho I lIl equipment of the Australian forces COIce The minister for defense sold mild l that Taunt most of or the tho things thing urged Ul I 1 as 11 neo by General Hutton 11 would be III for fl In iii mho Ihl no t I t HIt HII Hutton Hulton aim n n will i talus ii to early In to November No Nn vember r He lIe U will not Ho seek lIek k an nn exten elon 1110 of Ills his present engagement as us 0 U 0 o C of ihu thu federal fortes forces Judging by Jy the remarks which hu Imo In III hula lih lihu u mm u I leport however h he that his be un of of ot the lui Imperial forcer Corre Although AIU admitting that lint thorn them mire more morl requirements In the system in titan than tha Iho rs r 1 of n 0 military college Ma Major 11 jor Jar General Sir h Hutton JIll In lit his liin annual against urges that such an nn III IB is wanted In ho Australia iii The Tho dley Herald of July 4 rom cone on IK lit lately Issued bustled by Jy the time federal fe says Once again the statement t Lit of the tho public has falsified th III the ant of the time Little moro macro than thun a n month ago Ug the lime country was wall told tol by 1 him luhn tint that ho he expected the tho year clr would close with a to debit of ot 1300 Tin amount of till the deficiency on the revenue account Is ha 00 A year ago the debit was Willi I I The government govern men I has hns spent Its lie Income for the Ihn of I c I and amid In addition That represents the measure of or econ ocon economy amy omy of which the tho treasurer line has hn been boasting for many man months past pant law How the result compares with the perform performances ances of ot some pome previous yearn may be ho seen from the net nol rovenua and expend expendi expenditure ture tore ns os given by Mr Ir Coghlan Net Net Revenue Expenditures 1 Deficiency 19 1597 c t c 1000 mo lOOt 1701 1902 1703 iii loot IlD The revenue Increased ll In n n Oc five by about to 20 0 i per r cent ent exclusive Yam ot of for f re oral drafts his and It Il hu hae given Ken the government about stat lat latof in ln eXcel of what ryas required in hr th the that thai dirt did not The government hi pent more r 1 iJ beyond this am nt convert Convert InU 1111 1 a v credit balance on tin tho fund In Ul the KM debit of hate Inlo |