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U.S. NAVAL MANOEUVRES.
UNDERLYING PURPOSE OF SHAM ATTACK ON HAWAII,
PLAYS AND PATRIOTS,
ONE PHASE OF THE THEATRE. WHIMSICALLY DISCUSSED.
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In a few days the American naval forces out in exercise knowp officially as "Army and Navy Joint Problem No. 1," which has apparently been preceded by a strate gical exervise known as Fleet Problem 3." The second of these manoruvres was. as far as we know, designed to test the power of the American feet to locate an
Freed that a countess is no laughing matter, operations against the American coasts
we cannot tell. The Countess Maritza the Brst-with which we are more im
to Roumania, and there turdiately concerned-is intended to see passed on how far the defences of Hawaii can resist the Ministry of Education, which is, by a a combined expedition of battleships and most appropriate arrangement, charged landing parties. Pearl Harbour, the sen with the censorship of comic opers, will tre of the strategical chess-board, is to not have her on the stage at all. She is be attacked by a "blue" force composed forbidden because of the book, which of the sole American battle fees, that makes fun of Ronnais and of Rouwarian is twelve American battleships, in three national customs.", We know nothing divisions, six divisions of destroyers, about the Countess Maritz's" libretto, division of submarines, a squadron of both casual acquaintance with other comic ausiliaries and minelayers known as the operas made in Vienna does not anggest Bect base force and a powerful ex that it is likely to hit Roumania a very peditionary force formed out of the
hard knock. marine corps. There is, at first sight,
It was long since objected by some nothing very remarkable in this, Hy the
atriots of Montenegro that "The Merry Washington Agreement the Lited States widow wronged their fatherland. But was expressly granted the right to keep it Fortifications at Hawaii, and it seems until they told us so we had never thought natural that these defences should be test of the compositing as related to anything ed from time to time. There is no need real. Sone nations are becoming extra- to comment in the strategical iraport ordinarily sensitive now-a-days. A while ance of Hawaii it is the only protected age England read with bewilderwent that base which the United States possesses Trishmen were making noises at a perform- away from its own coasts. Why, thes,ance of "The Playboy of the Western should these manoeuvres have caused suel World, because they thought it an insult genuinelarm in the Japanese Press to Ireland. It has been reported that The matter has to be looked into rather Bulgarians are very angry with Mr.' minutely.
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PURPOSE OF THE MANOEUVRE.
Some time since our own censorship con- erived the remarkable idea that Japan would be annoyed if "The Mikado" were revived while a Japanese prince was visiting this country. We would get for the world that Dublin or Bucharest should put on plays likely to provoke a breach of the peace, or that one country should be iscourteous in its theatres to another. But must we surrender to the dismal faith that a light-hearted treatment of national customs, traditions, foibles, is insulting?
The country which cannot hear to be uile fun of has, like the individual of that temper, a rather precarious dignity, For how many generations have the French aul English theatres been making game of the stage the stage Englishman and Frenchman? We are not the worse friends
IMPLICATIONS TO OURSELVES.
In the first place, it is very remarkable that there should be such a complete dis parity between the attacking and defend
Forees. Hawail is to be assaulted by naval force which nù possible, opponent could muster for such a purpose, and de fended by a few submarine flotillas. If later the scouting flect intervenes to pro- Let the base, the attacking side will still have a very great naval prepoutlerance. The most casual inspretion of relevant facts shows tint this is not a combination of circunstances which could possibly Deeur. The purely defensive character of the Japanese navy proves it to be intend- ed primarily for the protection of Japanese, waters, at if the Japanese Naval Staft-possessed with madness were ever to send an expedition against Pearl Earbour, they could not possibly assemble a forve equivalent to the "blue" squadron, which is rather more powerful than the whole Japanese fleet. There is, therefore, at overwhelming assumption
A word should he added on a question that the American Naval Staff are playing ague of strategical hazard with heavily which it would be idle to ignore. Are loaded dice. The hasir assumption of the lessons of these fleet exercises these maneus res-that America's most likely to be of any inportance to our selves? The answer is that they may important overseas lase is to he left to se
vertainly be so. The American Navai defend itself with a garrison, a few res Board has just presented a series of res vists, and a submarine Antilla-does not
commemulations to the lovemment, which stand a minute inspection.
include a proposal to increase the cruiser Strength of the United States Fleet to the 3:3 rati. It will be remembered that a tentative suggestion of this kind was made at the Washington Conference and that the British delegates refused to Consent to it, for the obvious reason that if the esiser tonnage of the two ovies were brought to a numerical equality the Amerien Navy would, in fact, he superiar to ours, and that our Fleet would no A one-Power longer be mabtained at standard which is the basis of our whole policy.
SOME ANTECEDENT FACTS.
It is impossible to adjust these man suvres to a proper perspective with- at making a brief survey of what has prended them and of the naval con: troversy which is now raging in the United States. Last year the American feet carried out an elaborate series of exercises in the Caribbean Sea. Their purpose was to test the power of the American Beet to defend the Panama Canal against a fleet of equal strength moving to attack it from the Western Athote circumlocution which de- ceived nobody.
If, then, the lessers of these pre- sent mankuvres are intended to give force and emphasis to the report of the Naval of these Board, they will ring Forward an issue When the official report
be discussed in MARPUVECs was issued it was found that which will have to the lessons to be drawn from them this country with all the good temper and were identical with the arguments if all the firmness of purpose at our com- Press campaign which had just been atart- mand.
er hy a certain Mr. Shenrer. The Ameri- con fieet was, said, to be weaker that, the British, and a vast programme of recon- struction was urged in very undiplomatic language. The political signicance of these manosIVERS ws, therefore, up- doubted; they had been designed to assist a campaign for more building, and the lessons to he learned from them had
If been determined beforehand. tecedent circumstances are any guide, et a. the Japanese haye, therefore, every rnson to fear that these Hawaiian manouvres are the first move in n paign which is of ill-ammen to themselves.
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Their underlying purpose is not difficult to guess. Some months ago Major. (leneral Lejeune made an elaborate state- ment about the purposes for which the "If." said marine corps was intended. he, we contemplate a naval advance or progression. the possession and be cupation of naval bases becomes an essen- tial part of our plan.
On both Banks of the Pacific are minerous islands suitable for utilisation by an enemy. All must be egyped up a gun- gress is made."...
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Language this throws a beam of light on the present question. Assume that the blue force, with its auxiliaries and landing parties, is really the Ameri cao Fleet: assume, further, that Hawaii, with its weak defences and submarine fotilla, is some undefended Japanese possession, garrisoned at the last mo ment, and what becomes of the present manoeuvres? They simply appear as in exercise in that stately progression into distant waters which, Major-General Lejeune tells us, is part of the American war plan. The Japanese authorities, who have always maintained the most strict, the most scrupulous, and the most honour- able standard of public conduct, have quite rightly allowed the matter to pass unnoticed; batt Japanese people, who have always dreaded the appreach of a great Western Power towards their gates, are genuinely alarmed at the obvious im- plications of these fleet manŒUYTON
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