Show JAPAN AT GATES fATES OF PHILIPPINES Seizure of Island Has Ha HasA A Attracted Attention in Washington VALUABLE AS NAVAL BASE Good Anchorage Little Over Overa a Hundred Miles From Group New York Sept Sell U. U G. 4 A cable lable to time the roth from Yokohama S I Unit hut the time n of J u explorers In IlL 11 oc occupying oe- oe time the i island lan l of uC if near the time Philippines IK is Ii attracting munch much altun- altun lon ion tion here hiet-e because e b by this act acl there has ha been added to Japanese o territory an 1 stand land within I lW mailer of tiC the time Phillp- Phillp Phlp- Phlp which would furnish h an aim admirable able naval n 11 bu base Japanese pu possessions se tire Itt thus brought hl t almo-t t within th the a archipelago because e lh the ralas P-ralas Island Is 1 b s s q than sixty miles north flit of oC time the twentieth mies par par- which was as the northern boun boundary ary o of 1 the former Spanish dominions ns os I defined in Iii the lie tJ treaty tm t of ur Paris Paris ParisI E Anchorage S e I island Is connected 1 with wih an nn excellent anchorage l' l afforded by Pratas Pra- Pra Las tas tn reef and would woul be cr very serviceable to Japan should their no navy operate In inthe the tho lH waters adjacent to the Philippines Philippine The ihme reef reeC is a u wind 1111 barrier ier of oC circular cir dc- cular culm foi m enclosing a 0 la lagoon oon with wih water of or from flum five to ten fathoms Vancouver cr U. U C. C Sept t Se 6 Ad near near-Ad m aural miral al Thomas I II I. I I t IS o of G 1 the United Stales Slates n navy ia passed through h Van Van- Val Val- COI CI al and amid is now on ul his way wimy u uto to Wash mil ington D D. D C. C C. C as ns Ca fast l as a It Canadian Pacific P flyer fer can curry cairy him hll The lime admiral ad ad- It- It miral arrived miri-Ived heie hiete eu on un the i from mi Im I'm time the Hawaiian Islands where whre It is soul said uil he ime has ha been inspecting time the uc dc- dc cI c- c I e of oC j I hue Iho ll 1 islands lall s preliminary to a aI I I to tIme the VII United d States government o iii II n view lev of or time the po rIe r a a. n conflict between Japan and anti tile tlc United States Admiral Would not 10 ral Of course the admiral would w not ad admit ud- ud mit that such Mich had hind been hi his 11 hut htmL ho ha 11 discussed the thc question that has hns achieved such stick prominence II unite Ull free free- I ly 13 Said uJ he lie ItS It I I Is eoS exaggeration t tn uy sity that I went out to tu Hawaii to Inspect Ute Lie coa coast L defenses however n cr I have no 10 Il IlI I to U cOin communicate nl U t r I dlug oga 11 Ilg my 11 visit there r T On di 1 not hot think there thre will wil ill pIn hn b war iUm hem let between the tho United states and nd Ju rum II 4 All Al 1 1 t tulle milk ul hoS u I l J I til m t ij Ii 1 fM I iia I jie test urea time the friendly rout rout- homm between Iho tue lH two t-o governments O will Ill not nol be disturbed 1 ports He-ports I o Ju lut FIl ct Those sensational reports however I 11 have their lieu abroad That hum L they lucy ire arc credited Is evl evidenced by the tIme Ca Cathal fact that Wat France offered ed to lo act as Inter inter- immediacy The lime services of oC that country In lii im my up opinion will wil no no t uc tc c required Tak Take l my may w-n-d w l for Cor It it I. I added the tho admiral aftem u n long bug lOlS pause lH there will ill 11 b be bc no imo noHH HH |