| Show JAPAN Will piLL WAR AR V V BEfORE CANAL IS READY V ti IJ I I i j I j TT ET ri N i A J AW V V J J 1 J l' l i 1 I It t ei GEORGE VON L. L MEYER Secretary of the Navy Who Is Preparing for Trouble With V Japan V UNCLE SAM IE BE PREP ARED fOR 1 if V 1 L U L I. I I V V V 1 V 4 S S Wt W 1 WO wio- wio lr o bt been f n p lAr l tJ 1 tB tb t J International relation nub V hn va J time conclusion t if J Jf r i J Japan makeR make a a. a 4 i time tile United tate and anil It la Is expected S. S V V her hor activity will begin six BT months before beL bethe be- be be beV- fore the completion of or the l Isthmian tt t canal L Secretary of at time tho Navy Meyer Secretary Score Secre t taj tary or of War Dickson and General i V Franklin bell beU chief of ot staff U TJ S S. A A. V have havo made special observation looking to the realization of or tho the fortification V 1 or ot the tho canal as all mapped out by Proal- Proal President I lent dent Taft Tart when ho Ito W was wius 3 secretary of at war V It can bo be stated today upon tho the very ory V highest authority that tho the approved act of at Austria In seizing territory t despite tho the Berlin treaty treat has caused this government gov gov- to chango change Its attitude of ot ro- ro ro posing security In the time treaty which hleb Is 13 supposed to prot protect ct the Panama cana canal Tho rho now new position Is that fortification to be effective must take place at tho the t earliest possible moment Judging t from Crom the statement of at a high army officer today tho the work may bo ho said to have already commenced V The Tho canal canil innot c-innot bo be finished until but the tho war department f Jan 1 1 1915 knows that manufacture of at 1 i and It 16 Inch guns and construction of emplacements emplacements em em- placements establishment of fire Ore control control control con con- and placing of or searchlights cannot cannot can can- not be realized for tor or four years In other words It Is Js necessary to bo begin bogin ln now the time specific plans for the tho placing I of or the modern high power guns while which V Varo aro are to take tako the place of at treaties The Tho best authority In the navy de d department do- do said today Since tho the rca agres- under our eyes ees at this cay aay an oC of I Austria In tho the Balkan states state which were supposed to be ba protected by tho the Berlin treaty tho the United States dOGS does 1 not propose to rely on any treaty for tor forthe the tho protection of the canal It is UP UD to the United States to keep that canal V j open and It will bo be kept open V It Is manifest that with no hope In the obligation of or tho the treaties tho the V power that proposes to keep the canal open lon must bo be able to deal not only with one aggressive enemy but with witha a combination of ot enemies Otherwise V fortification would be In vain This Is the Ono One question of ot the highest local V Vand and international Importance with which the United States has hns ha to deal now and will havo to deal continuously for the next throe three or four tour v years ears It was Impossible to ascertain today why wh the war department experts had fixed upon a period of six months be before be- be V taro fore tho the completion of at tho the canal for tor an ana a aggressive movement from Japan This Is nevertheless a 0 fact although Japan n knows knos that Just before the completion of tho the canal nal there will be bo probably a United States arm army of ot infantry and In tho the canal zone Closely connected with tho the Immediate activity of or the war department are plans which V tho the navy nav department nt ha has hns with reference refer refer- encO ence to harbor facilities of at San Fran Fran- O CiSlO |
