AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8943, 8 October 1907, Page 2

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

War Not Possible. Press Association. —Copyright. London, October 7. The New York correspondent of the Times declares that the majority of sober minded Americans do not believe in the possibility of war with Japan. President _ Roosevelt certainly does not entertain such intention. He honestly believes that the cruise of the fleet in the Pacific will do the fleet good, and possibly accelerate further uaval appropriations. New York, October 7. The Secretary of the Navy declares that the battleships Indiana, lowa, and Massachusetts will remain in the Atlantic. Seven other battleships are being constructed, aud of these the two last will bo completed in 18 mouths. The Pacific Fleet. New Yoek, October 7. The cruisers Tennessee and Washington start for the Pacific on the 13th instant. Sixteen battleships aud six destroyers, leave in the middle of December, calling at Trinidad, Rio Jauerio, Puuta Arenas (Argentine), Callao (Peru), Magdalena Bay (Columbia), and San Francisco.