Show I I TESTING U S ISLAND DEFENSES Permission has haa ha been given the th v tr r and na y departments to pro pro- proceed with Ith the til grand irand joint exercises of demonstrating whether hether the islands can be b success successfully successfully fully defended against an attack by bythe bythe the nav navi Ithe When en 1 the tho maneuver were first proposed the Japanese people objected ob objected declaring It was wa a threat at theIr country but later the th authorities 0 of Japan said America as Justified In holding the maneuvers vers vera Without attempting to disguise the purpose of the test it Is a move to determine the sll of the island defenses In case Japan should attempt to capture them and to that extent Is directed at Japan But Dut thIs country Is ii entitled to know Its strength and weakness in relation to every other country hether that country be b Japan or Great Britain These maneuvers are some hat at best beet Theoretical Theoretically ly Iy the British fleet should have been equal equal to the tas task ta L of ot bloIng blow blo Ing Its way through the Dardanelles but it lt failed to even get we well start started ed on its way During the Spanish American war our warships bombarded the defenses of the capital of ot Porto Potto IRICO Rico and made no impression In theory the th big bis 16 inch guns of the will blow up upa upa upa a fortification but it opposed by bylong long range guns cun the ships are ar in greater danger than tho the forts fort |