Show THE INCIDENT NT It takes very er little provocation as u asa ua asa a rule to start the talk about the then necessity n of or preparing prep this till country count for tor forwar forwar war The fleming nering i sea wi Incident In which unfortunately several eral Japanese wore were killed kill e and others wounded furnish r a text test for some lome of ot our our lasts Is on military mil II lit matters front from which to preach fIr cr Captain Hohon makes m that Incident such a pretext and points out the al 11 alleged awful confluences to this coun country country try Ir We would Mould according to him eer certainly tautly lose the Philippines for the rea rca reason son eon that we have neglected to provide for tor the defence of those hoff Inlands Our navy DIly he hI concedes would render a good account of Itself It lf In A fight n ht with nith lIh Japan JR n but we Wl would not be able to spare enough of ot our ships from the Atlantic to te overcome the navy tIft of ot Japan so 10 close to It own on waters wat rs It U would be Im Impracticable practicable to take lake Ml all II our ships from the th Atlantic and ant without a naval base bare e near Manila we would be virtually handicapped It la Sa probably not to 10 die dis dismiss ours miss CW a what would ouM happen ha should Mould Japan JApen declare war upon u us UL It U Is I even IBM lottie thin than to 10 fret rt about the tM con eon cons s of fit a comMon collision Ien UK toe moon and the tM earth The Tb possibility U is I M so fI remote as II to be of nt no practical Interest t to anybody If It this country Is ever called celled upon to defend Its III Interests anywhere It wilt will 11 do so JO in n the same IIan spirit II that thaI baa has animated It Its citizens on former occasion Hat But there la Is no danger tide this II time of ot ofa a I war r with Japan Jape n The Tilt reports from rom authentic sources source leave lean no doubt Jt that the Japanese were trespassing It has bas been bian deemed to limit naU the catch Ate of or seat real I in tho those water at to a eel certain tal tilts tain number annually and the tile right to tn Inn belongs 1011 to a company which pay 1 the government a certain slim sura for foi the privilege By Hr agreement be bot between tween tl this country ry and Greet Great t It is understood II that thai within a ieee of M I mH milts miles 8 around the I bt Island th the t theNa bel Na are i not DOt to be molested and during thus dur I Inc ing the season On no pelagic Itc seal real sealIng Ing tn Is II a lo to be permitted The TIle Japanese Japen evidently Ignored the tIM regulations regulation and the tM rights right jl of th the on For Kor two days s they their unlawful minting hunting I They Tilt took fearful tearful chances ella when wheel they disregarded d the tho chits rhota ta ArM ie AI a a II warn want am I In lag Inc It to ii certainly to be regretted re U UI that t those these II were lre made to I pay JM with lb their tr Urn lives U The T steal wal I grounds i should be it guarded but there should be no M 1111 u unless this extreme expedient is II a unavoidable It 11 may not have ft been sicily necessary ta to weM lb these M poachers Into eternity The TM guards guard may mar have been too hasty baity halt In the tM theDie Die ate If of at f the te t g gun ticK M but bat It romaine remains true t e notwithstanding this that Japan has MI MIno t no e M for war Not Net et even eYe V n an n In Indemnity n Is Ia tae due 1 because af the poachers took their lives liven tV In their hands hand wheat w wt they t entered other peoples people premises In hi InI order to abstract property In Ud thu la In 1 Instance I stance IW Male M that wm was not theIrs thefts The Tia I taut talk about the of or a larger larau I navy on 01 that account Is t nonsense |