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Show JAPS TALK OFA WAR Discuss the Possibility of Japan Defeating i America ! Victoria, B. C. April 1C A Tokio newspaper brought by tho Empress of Japan states that a Drendnaught battleship bat-tleship of 23.000 tons will soon b ordered or-dered In England, negotiations now-being now-being under way. Admiral IJuln, chief ' of the naval board of command,' in au I Interview at Toklo, advocates in- I creawd construction. He says the re. I movul of the ineffective vessels will I greatly reduce Japan's navy. Ho asks ' mat more Dreadnoughts be built, stating stat-ing that by 1917. Japan will have but four according to present plans. Toklo papers quoto Mr. Olshl tho leader of the constitutional nationalist partv, as stating that Japun must make an alliance with Russia, following follow-ing America's attitude toward Japan. Ho said: "China's partition is unavoidable If Japau beats America in war, and tho Chinese newspapers should pay constant con-stant attention to statements bv the h-adlng Japanese newspapers." Many Tokio newspaper, criticise this speech, the Hochl stating that while many people urged Japan to In crease tho army and navy equivalent to the strength of Great Britain aud America, such a ichomc was impossible impossi-ble under economic conditions. Tho Hochi said there was now no cloud on tho horizon for Japan, and it urged a reduction of tho military expenditures. The Japanese military aeroplane investigators in-vestigators have reported favorably oa an airship smaller than anv now In use, invented by Captain Hlno. He has also Invented a military aeroplane shaped like a dragon fly, with two propellers. pro-pellers. Great attention was paid by Japanese Japan-ese newspapers to Ir!nco Tsal aud the Chinese party visiting Japan. Investigations with a view to im- ! proving China's army and navy arc now under way, and a party is on the wav to San Francisco for that pur- ! pose. Tho majority of the newspapers urge closer relations between Japan p.ud China Tho Kokuml Interviewed Prince Tao. who stated that China's program was for an army of thirty -six divisions. China's fighting force will be two million mil-lion men In five years. At present China's navy consists of .Tl vessels. 1 mostly ineffoclive, of 33,000 tons, and ' tb. pri'iee rcgt'Df plans to have an cf- j llclont navy in nine years. Discussing the proposed neutralization neutraliza-tion of Manchurlau railroads, suggest- ed bv Secretary Knox, Prince Tao stated to the lojo Shlmbo that China had a heller chance of recovering that district than If tho neutralization had been accomplished. Ho believed the American program would have converted con-verted Manchuria Into an Oriental Balkan. |