WHAT JAPAN COULD DO
A NUT FOR AMERICA TO CRACK. Cy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, January 20. The United States' representative Mr. Humphreys, speaking at Detroit, said Japan could seize Seattle, Tacoma an<} Portland, the five trans-continental railway routes, the Bremerton navy yards :uid fortify the mountain passes before the United States could despatch 75,000 troops to the Pacific Coast. The United States navy would be helpless, because it would be needed for the merchant vessels, and the army would be too small for quick and adequate protection.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 23 January 1911, Page 5
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88WHAT JAPAN COULD DO Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 220, 23 January 1911, Page 5
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