Deseret Evening News | 1910-03-31 | Page 1 | Naval Activity of United States

NAVAL ACTIVITY OF UNITED STATES Admiral Fournier of the French Fr Navy Thinks It Calculated To Arouse Japanese WAR WOULD INVOLVE WORLD 7 1 Maintenance of or thaI III In Pacific Dominate S und ulI I I Paris Par March larck The a aft K ft chapter of the of GC Admiral Fournier commander of ef the Mediterranean r of aC the French h navy which examined Into Inlo the po possibility of ot ofa ota a war between the United States Slates and Japan The admiral bi is of the opinion the th naval activity of or the United States State Us it Il hurry to finish the th Panama a canal Its It haste In n the equipment pf pC a naval base nose on the Pacific which has hos been redoubled since the th question of Jap Japan Japanese anoro anese an Immigration ha has come conic up and other similar Incidents are calculated to arouse time animosities of a people possessing J O all alt the gloomy and vindictive tive characteristics of the Insular race of the tar far enst ceat and who are justly proud of their prowl military qualities Whether the tho th Interests of oC the two nAtions nation can be reconciled r or must mut end nd In war time tI admiral thinks Is I a riddle rI for tor the th future If hr It de tie develop uch a war might involve the whole world Orld Including Great Britain and France The ThA hypothesis hy OthI of a R war Rr between France rance 1 anti and the American republic our sister ler born bent under our protection In struggles struggle In which two to alilis mingled their blood says flaY ay tha th admiral would be b In our eyes eye oy a We V hope never to b hr forced to our traditional friendship with the th United States to fidelity to our engagements engagement with England 1 Admiral Fournier 1 believe believes while the maintenance of or equilibrium between the rival nations In lit tho the Pacific should hould dominate and French diplomacy acy nc strong fleets would be bo the greatest preventative of or trouble between Japan and the United d States State Involving a rupture