Show 1 I tuy NEAR PLANT ni MOUNTAIN TOPS overlooking v au DU PONT WORKS SAID TO BE OWNED BY BROWN MEN quietly up land on which C could uld be mounted a few guns gun s which could C easily put pl plant nt 0 out ut of business with few shots anew york A k japanese syndicate which la Is said bald to represent the iho japanese government has been ix en se a number of moun tain tops overlooking the great du pont font smokeless eless powder plant at haskell hasbell N J the powder of this factory Is manufactured almost exclusively tor for the united states government it Is this which la 19 used by the big guns guna of the army and navy with such caution have tho the japanese taken titles to tho hills to the northward of the Ila haskell plant that the orol dents of the neighborhood did not become aroused until the present agitation in california against alien ownership of lands began to develop its proportions why they quietly settled here bore betide us is a puzzle said eaid one of the officials of tho the du pont powder company late tuesday night it they wanted to they could mount a few ew guns there and throw a lew few shells into our midst and would pretty nearly put us ua out of business of course I 1 am not baying that they have any such thing in mind I 1 have always been of the opinion that japan Is one of our beat friends |