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Show J$ ANOTHER WAR COMING? ' - Little by little the relations between America and Japan are being brough 1 to 'he point of strain. In the last elec-, 1 lion orators went over the land pre- picting war ami one of them openl) pflvocated an aggressixe policy on the pai l of the United SUtes. Two months j ago an American lieutenant was shot I io death by a Japanese soldier to iadivostok. dn Tuesday five Ameri-1 but bluejackets were lired at by un known persons in Vladivostok, thought H to bo Russian rommunlsts aiming to inrrease the tension between America end Japan. H jflf this outbreak is traced to the Japanese Instead of the Russians, a .venous 9Huation would be created. 1 .On Friday the resolution proposing j-unailment of naval armamenU waa llpfeated in the Japanese house of representatives. rep-resentatives. As in America, there is H, strong demand for preparedness in H Jspan. and with both countries com- H mitted to getting ready for war. the da may not be far distant when there Win ue n cianu. sienutor Dorah, In the senate on Fti- ' ! day. declared that war between the ' United Stales and either Japan and 1 ftreat Britain within the next few ' years, if competitive navy building HI continues, was predicted Some very interesting disclosures were made in the senate debate. Sen-i Sen-i ator Borah read statements of British t fcUthoTitlcs declaring the capital ship j J obsolete, and he hastened to answer Intimations that such statements were k mere propaganda, designed to induce tt United States to abandon battle- i i ship building and thus maintain the present British superiority on the seas, j io demanded that the navy depart bient and the naval affairs committee ! : should make public any information . ' they possess on this subject. 1 I "We read in the newspapers that Ambassador Geddes is on his way here from London to lay a definite disarmament proposal before the United States government," he said "On the other hand, we are being told j that Great Britain is inspiring false j propaganda in this country to induce os to stop building. False propaganda was one of the reasons why we went to war with Germany I want to ln-inire ln-inire whether the naval committee Inquired In-quired into this matter." Senator Polndoxter admitted that Aome testimony had been taken on this subject, but that the committee had not considered it wise to make U I public. Senator Borah insisted that If the committee had such Important in formation It should bo given to the public bu' added thai, in his opinion. : ae it&tenv m were groundlc Senator llrandegen of Conneetliir called attention to press dispatches Irom London slating that Ambassador j Geddes was on his way to the United States to obtain a 'closer understanding" understand-ing" between the two nations and. ' falling to obtain nuch "closer under standing," would make It known to 1 the United States thai Hritlsh naal bUfldlng would continue unabated I don't exactly know what Is meant by a closer understanding." " said Rrandegee. "I cannot believe that tilt dispatches ure reliable If this is a faet. It is Just as nefarious and inimical inimi-cal to our Interest as the act of Qer man diplomats for which they won5 put out of the country before the war." - Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. ranking lemoeratic member uf the senate loreign relations committee, called attention to the Tact that Japan was going ahead with the building of capital ships, not withstanding the rec ommendatlons of British officials. Me (considered the J.ipanese naval au thorlties just as up to date and alert as any in the world. The tone of this debnte indicates tilst rust In International affairs and a tendency to war. |