| Show JAPANS japan continues with considerable vigor to protest against annexation of hawaii by ue the cued deates ibis evident that the mikado I 1 a Is ia determined L u suot a stop to he be utmost of at its ic power there to some nome lofto to in abe west document go 90 tue tu question presented to our tate state ue its part apartment ment but bat it la is clear that trio la in tollett of 0 japan in the island re republic publio is this that bat a place ta it needed where the overcrowded over oTer crowded population of the flowery kingdom may send some of its surplus of laborers to gather the weana of subsistence hawaii owing to its location and other conolt ions offers bob ench a place and japan cannot without concern see it pass under the control of a strong power it is i a question of obtaining more standing room in a world that to is rapidly becoming crowded in macy parts but Is id japan prepared to commence trouble with the united states on that account ceo uni hardly japans fleet to if considerable older than our indro 10 im cortani fact because warships over too ten years yeam old are no BO loneer considered nao cerp three of the five ave armored cruisers cru leere in the Ja pariese navy davy are arc said eaid to be practically unfit for duty there are two bir hips built to in Bow larid and the aben yuen which wan taken from china but the latter la Is inferior to our best abis abhi a the two others are bigger than the iowa and are considered for of war and it is ig row the intention of the govero government ment to procure six elx more of the same olam class the united states has hai eleven of this abie kind of ships bial on the water or under construction construct iov of first claw class cruisers we have five while japan has baa five under tinder of class cruisers we have thirteen and japan too ten of smaller cruisers and laun CUD bate we pavel have tweety twenty lix aix slid and nine under construction construct ioD while japan has beg only seventeen and four under con it it therefore spi apparent arent th t J ape n naval power cannot be compared to that of the abe united state A gun powder argument between akis th e two countries Gunt rlee cop coi zeroing the abe islands in the pacific would be a matter of regret but it la Is not believed it would last very long jong |
