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Show U. S. Power in the Pacific I Steadily, but quietly, the Uni-! ied Staies is strengtnening its iorces in the deiensive triangle ji tne Paciiic wnicn reaches irom Alaska to the Pnilippines and acK to the Panama Uanal. Late last montn Secretary of War Summon announced that the Army was transferring six Air Corps units to Seward, Alaska. He pointed out that Doth pursuit and L'O.Tioers were going to tn.s oase, within easy flying distance me main trans-Pacnic group. Addit.onal squadrons oi the .atest and best pursuit planes nave teen sent to the Philippine uilancis and it is reputed that tne Army recently rusned live bomo-ers bomo-ers to the Pniiippines and Hawaii, Ha-waii, s;ir. e of them presumaj.y mended for aircraft carriers. .Me ileet, stationed at Honolulu, s being gradually sirengmened as new ships are commissioned. It has been operating on a wai-as;s wai-as;s lor many months and is believed to be ready for instant action. These facts indicate that, so long as the British Fleet remains n ueing, this government nas little fear of an attack in the At-. At-. antic Ocean. The disposition of our fighting strength demon- Mates mat the situation in tne Far East is critical and that the united States is preparing to act mnudiately and energetically if a serious situation develops. u m;gnt be well to call attention atten-tion to reliable estimates of the r.aval situation in the Pacific where the experts believe the Japanese Navy is nearly as strong as the combined Pacific naval strength of the United States, Britain and the Netherlands. For several years, Japan has been feverishly constructing warships and no one knows the exact .'trength of the Japanese Navy. Most experts .believe that this is the line-up in the Pacific: Battleships: Japan, 10; U. S. and others, 12. Cruisers: Japan 44; U. S. and others, from 41 to 51. Aircraft Carriers: Japan, 6; U. S. and others, 5. Destroyers: Japan, 12G; U. S. and others, from 104 to 141. Submarines: Japan 69; U.S. and others, from 70 to 114. In the air, Japan has a present superiority over the United States. Sta-tes. Its air force ranks fifth in the 'world, being below those of Germany, Britain, Italy and Rus-s Rus-s a. While definitely outranking the United States in quantity of planes, the Japanese air fleet is not considered equal in quality. Most reliable sources indicate hat the first-line strength of Japan's Ja-pan's a r arm is about 4,000 com-ni. com-ni. planes. About hair, it is hough t, are bombers, and tne .ml are fighters. In addition, ' aj.au is credited with about UK; trainer plan is. The United States, on the other hand, has i.DOi) combat planes, including ' oinben; and fighters and about 1.000 train ng ships. Our total is divided between the Army and he Navy, the Army having 1,700 '(.inlia'. planes and 2,300 trainers. The Navy has 1,200 combat planes Hid l,1; 00 trirners. There are few accurate figures available as to plane production, bill il is believed that the Japanese Jap-anese ai" producing about 4,000 planes a year. This pro'luetiou .'.'ill be injure:! by the embargcu s which have been placed on cer-'ain cer-'ain supplies and .materials in Miis eounlrv. Regardless of what Ihe pnxluel inn rale is at this I . in", the United States, it is cerium, cer-ium, has a great advantage over Japan. |