Show JAPANESE WAR SCARE INQUIRY SUGGESTED BY CONGRESSMAN lie He Thinks Secret Docu Docu- Documents Documents ments Will Show No I MERE PROPAGANDA 1 i Wilbur Refuses to live Give Papers to House I WASHINGTON Dt Dec c 29 UlI 2 The Tho Associated 1 The Press Press The Pa- Pa Pacific Pa Pacific chic war scare that thaI figured In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Doheny Fall trial has ha conic come under Inquiry by the house hous naval commIttee and RepresentatIve Mc- Mc Mc of Oklahoma a Democratic member said today that Secretary Wilbur had hod refused to give the tho committee confidential navy y re- re reports reports rc-porta rc ports bearing on the subject Specifically the Oklahoma rep rep- representative disclosed the tho th commit commit- committee committee tee had requested the th navy secre- secre secretary secre secretary tary to send It In confidence a re- re reI report report re report I port submitted by Admiral Gleaves es while he be was commander or of t the Asiatic fleet dealing with the belligerent attitude ot oS Japanese a afew afew j few rew years ego lito V SESSIO-V I The Th committee action was taken In secret session during consideration consideration tion of or Chairman Butlers Butler's proposal I to build a new fleet of or light Until cruis- cruis crull cruller eu era er to bring American I crula-I naval strength up Ul to a satisfactory ratio with that of Great Britain and Japan It was wag Admiral Gleaves report that counsel In tho the Fall Fall-Doheny all Doheny trial sought without sue sue- success suc success cess to secure from fro n the tho navy de- de de In support of the conten conten- contention contention tion that thaI the tho Pearl Harbor oil con con- contract con contract tract was entered him Into by the Do- Do Doheny Do heny Do-heny heny oil all Interests un under stress or of ofa ofa II a national emergency In la the th Pa- Pa Pa Pacific elf Ic It 11 will bo be remembered 1 that this report has lIas Leei le mad made the excuse for tor the secrecy of at disposing of at our naval oil lands and the th construction lion tion of oil aU tanks In I said It I will liI also all be b- after the th recent trial or of Mr Fall and Mr Sir J n one of oth the Jurors gave out a statement In iii which the th Japanese scare scar and this report were given gl a justifiable rea-I rea rca rca- rea reason son for tor the verdict which exonerated exonerated them of oC any wrong doing I TO IT I I was od advised some sOllie time Um ago ao by bya bya bya a high ranking officer in tho the navy that these called no-called Japanese re Je report byI I ports port contained no information which would show a belligerent at attitude on the tho th part of Japan and that the department could not nol af- af afford afford af afford ford to allow any member of con con- congress gross gress to 10 see seo these reports report for tor the tho reason that the they would show the secret policy of or the II navy a with re- re me r sPed to the oil all leases and the building of tanks was wa wa not Justi justi- justified justi- justi Justified fied tied In fact those these reports according to the Information given me rue most most- mostly Iy ly concern the th killing of an Amer Amer- AmerIca America ica ice sailor and the finding of or some Home oil on the water waler after atter the Japan Japan- Japanese Japanese Japanese ese earthquake It Is known by every person that Japan diplomat diplomat- diplomatically respectfully disposed of the case where the sailor was killed 1 according to the tho cu custom tom usually followed d b b- b bother other nations nation PROPAGANDA HGr CH In Iii toy iny opinion this Javanese Japanese scare Is now put forth for tor the pur- pur pur purpose pose Iose of exciting the tb citizenship of the tho United States State no so that pressure will be brought to bear In favor of ofa ofa ofa a new policy costing nr Not Not- Notwithstanding NotwIthstanding Notwithstanding withstanding there Is an apathy In agricultural sectIons section of the United States I will gladly vote for tor such sucha a policy provided It can be shown that Japan assumed a belligerent attitude when these reports report were made by Admiral Gleaves |