Show JA PAN III fill 61 fig DUT BIG WAR PROGRAM DIE budget provides more than for the navy FOREIGN TRADE IS BOOMING country shrewdly casting tn tin eyo eye on future possibilities after war 14 if ave over r and expects expect s great 0 benefit 1 prom tho the committee on public informs In forma tion washington D V C by PATRICK GALLAGHER GALLAGHE n the lust lait japanese budget I 1 among other n naval aval items sterns moro more tha than n 1500 WOW for construction cons t notion of this amount about la Is being spent on new chips over lit in improvements modifying tile prelow low iii and acore more than in ili meeting increased cost of iua te rials I 1 the new warships says IIlda daka ka it i member of the d diet let wilt include two battle cruisers and a nil number in of light cruls cruthers rs destroyers destroy eis sub wari rarities ties and special service thesa pre nio to bo be padded to the eight and four battle cruisers previously auth orbed by tire year jear 1023 when tho ilia now new plan is a carried out japan will possess 14 big battleships hut but since gince by that hat time one battleship arid and two cruisers crul seis will be beyond tile tho allowable ago limit that would would leavo leave only 11 units in ili ilia first line of battle this litile lad will bo be remedied by the introduction of it further naval program pi in ili 1021 by which two other first line battleships will be constructed construct ell and the ilia principle of cit ilia e fight glit eight squadron be maintained 11 li Is clear from a study of the gov ern ments menVa pival annl plans that the idea underlying th a program la Is not to build big ships so much as to provide the navy with tin ample supply of ships for quick action according to the lea ica sons afforded in the present war training experts nut while it la Is the ho plan of the authorities to devote defoto chief attention to the construction of minor craft for attack and surprise the program Kan in regard to the eight eight principle will not be neglected but will be hurried forward na as fast as aa supply of material will permit one of the most important duties der demanding natho tho attention of lapan japan Is tile training of experts in technical abili ability tyr tor for the c construction of warships warship 1 both great and 0 small for this reason expert workers have been sent abroad to assist in the vast i wor know going gol ngon on inthe lu tho laillet lail allied leI cou llyle s I 1 I 1 th tho a eight eight principle la the alie program of eight largo large battleships and eight battle cruisers to each cadi squadron pt of the line sir explains plains Fx that it la Is generally understood that the japanese government has in mind mid and j probably ja n action I 1 a plan bucl I 1 il cargor lii er than that but expediency requires reil tit lares reticence us as to its ta nature 1 I the army items in the budia budget t in I 1 caudo about 11 for completion of D equipment baund over sir years tears from 1018 an extra amount of about was w as mackedon tack tacked edon on for equipment already alread contracted conti acted for arid and bring being supplied tese figurea may inny seem heyy ury small when lian I 1 compared with our ownard ofin and Hur european mill military tary appropriation appropriations I 1 W but there are wo vo yen 5 en to every Ainer lerin dollar and the japanese war wai office knows how to ma make a yen go a ary ey long fong way the actual reorganization ot of tho ilia army Is proceeding at a I 1 lively I 1 galt gait special attention la Is N being paid laid to aviation feats tn in japanese shipbuilding ri prom from tile the throne to the laborers hat one word Is on the alpa of every japanese sli lp japan is building ships alps and more rn in 1853 arid and 1814 japan did not poi pos ceng n seagoing site she had cropped a great marine arid and outlawed outlay ed a huge asiatic arnde in 1 t bo bd tirl F part bart of tit alie e sever century iv when I 1 ien she ore scaled up her hee shores con contact toOt with western troublemakers inners for some borne tinie time arter after jhb ter ry anti ant townsend harris ire treaties atles ju jit P pan an had her lands lull of domestic I 1 problems aljo had rio no time aparo iparo la boi A nur money mo to to tho ilia building pr purchase of blips Shew she was aRcon content to boget gei along as best sho ehe could and in the VMS of IMI 1894 4 and MI she realized lier handicap as an insular nation with lint archibald itura and others paid tribute to the speed with which she sha af tib out correcting the d th illson sun became a grent ip cat fi ff tor rot merely ili hi the trade but blit tn in n aund tho the world trade IV run tida h an expert on ships commenting upon of great new ri W vu varda I 1 rf s porth anil and south of Sasai it anti tin abe and the ot of tho ft N powerful erful asano shipbuilding company pa iny on oil the pacific sidd bli of nippon rf thase mark a new stage in the progress eo p ress of shipbuilding in japan pointing to ahe day whon when japan will bo N f the second country in iii ho he ty ikast year more than 00 ships were depre representing tenting 4 to of in III 10 14 the total tonnage was iii hut in OW it Is certain that the 1818 1918 figures will show 4 i rise already docks docka are fig night tit dalpa day pach boc etc f ar t vessels I 1 ot ad or va I 1 tons tona the ta tz t e gif insoo V af pf all cut aulty gk 6 1 t 0 O ba u itic it I 1 nn an open oien ele a e irac arct c cliot the actual output will befar bo far A 1 a 0 vj i 13 I 1 I 1 alme this owing to tho the recent acal wal arrangements made wl with i oun government tho the ton of ship wag that japan Is supplying to us un for war needs includes Include i the lie following follow ins tile tho ceylon marii tons kinru tons acir in maru tons tona tosa bosn maru 7 GOO tons reining funru ons dinsen tons lintig Ita ngoon oon ilard tons and two other ships ot of the nippon fleet the indo maru tons the juva moru tons tho ilia malay maru tons from tho the osaka shohon kulsha flag fing tho celyn brant 10 tons ions anti anil the parsla llara tons from the toy anyo aben I 1 I 1 ilia acaru tons till and the lie benzan biora tons from ilia bussan hussaini Islia tire maru tons and odaris rinau 1000 tons fron from tho the Eten company and tour four other ships under tons tona about tons toni of ft shipping now novy on the stocks will be delivered by jap anese ship shipbuilders builders beford tho the end of on oil f t basis of lof ono one ton of shipping for ono one ton of steel and in to tills this tina tap lil lilleese lese are I 1 constructing for us ug lona ions of shipping for delivery in ilia united stilted during dining next year on n basis of one ton of steel for two tons of constructed shipping sixty six alx ships haPPI IAl by japin japan will help to nake the world safe for democracy commercial alnis of japan the war thoughts ot if japan itro not confined to the present they havo have a eyo eye upon future possibilities after tho the war Is over the total gold hOld holdings lill of japan stood nt at yen nt at tile end of february according to the statement of the imperial department the 1 I ho last meeting or of the yokohama specie bank A march larell 0 reported net profits of yen en tor for tho the previous pr elous half year japans foreign trade Is booming the commerce industry of 0 japan have witnessed remarkable progress tn in recent years says dr minoru oka chief of the Imp imperial grAl bureau of commerce and industry foreign trade has haa especially experienced unprecedented expansion the tha most important question for japan now Is how to td maintain and consolidate tho the position already attained with ith special reference of successfully competing with foreign coun countr lp after the war the time alin e hns has now arrived for or k n combination or league of captains of commerce and industry in japan in order to present a united front in the approaching competition now kow Is tho ilia time and the opportunity or every line of japanese manufacture to lay tho ilia foundation ot of future ress and it if they ho not sr seo o that t this Is done by insisting upon insuring proper quality in output and satisfactory dealings with their customers they will all lose taiti marketa keta now n ow 1 open 1 to them and till nil through thier own fault this Is la in fact facca a crucial period for japanese commerce com merco and industry its fato fate will no now be decided and the tie decision lie lies in the hands of our roer mer chantis chanta and manufacturers the opportunity Is lost it will never re J turn I 1 I 1 |