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Show HAVE HO FEAR Of 'JAPS BUT PREPARE FOR 111 War Department Denies That Recommendations Recom-mendations for Fortifications Were Made Because of Possibilities of Trouble With Japan. Washington. The fact that there was recently sent to congress by President Pres-ident Roosevelt a report by tho general gen-eral staff of tho army, which bcca'mo public Thursday, recommending fortifications forti-fications for San Pedro harbor, California, Cali-fornia, was mrfdo tho basis for suggestion sug-gestion that tho decisions had Just been reported because of n possibility cf troublo with Japan. At tho wnr department this Inference Infer-ence Is given a most explicit denial. Thcro It Is said tho general subject of improving San Pedro harbor has been under consideration moro than two years, beginning beforo there was any thought of any dlsputo between tho United States and Japan. It was taken up as a natural military mili-tary problem Involving tho necessary protection of tho southern California coast, and without reforenco to any particular enemy. Ab a purely navnl base, tho general Btaff thinks, San Pedro harbor offers to on enemy considerable advantages, Its uso for this purpose being with a view to operations against other points on tho Panama canal. |