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(JAPAN PLEASED
WITH SELECTION
OE SPECIAL ENVOY;
TOKIO, July 16. —General satisfac-l
I
tion expressed in Japan at the ap-'
pointment of Viscount Kikujiro Ishii.
formerly minister for foreign affairs,
as special envoy to the United States in
connection with the present war. The j
appointment was made personally by
Emperor Yoshohito, by virtue of a spec-'
ial ordinance by which Viscount Ishii
is designated as temporary ambassador
extraordinary. The service of installa- '
tion was attended by Premier Count
Terauchi, Prince Takatsukasa, grand
chamberlain, and others.
It was expected that the commission
would leave for the United States on
July 3 on the steamer Shingo Mara and .
spend some three months in that coun
try, visiting Washington and other cit-,
ies. The delegates who accompany i
Viscount Ishii were selected with spec
ial reference to their fitness. They in
clude Vice-Admiral Isamu Takeshita,
who was formerly naval attache at
Washington and who was detailed as
captain of the Japanese cruiser Izuma
when that warship participated in the
festival at San Francisco some years
ago; Major General Shoichi Sugano,'
who has been attached to the general
staff since 1915 and who has been mil
tary attache at London; Matsuzo Nagai
of the foreign office, who has been em
bassy secretary at Washington, and
consul general at New York and San
Francisco; Commander Shiokyc Ando;
Major Seiji Tanikawa and Tadanao
Imai of the consular service.
The selection of Viscount Ishii as
chief envoy is welcomed by the press
even of the opposition, because he was
foreign minister of the cabinet of Mar
quis Okuma, which was supported by
the ccnstitutional or opposition party.
The Terauchi ministry is praised,
therefore, for its broad-mindedness in
choosing a diplomat of rather anti-gov-,
ernment leaning. The selection wasj
r.ade, however, regardless of party con
siderations and was based solely upon
Viscount Ishii’s fitness and capacity in
advancing a unified Japanese policy in
the oresent world crisis.
Marquis Okuma personally voiced his
satisfaction and expressed the opinion
that the commission would contribute
nuch towards cementing the cordial re
lations between Japan and the United
States and assist in clearing away any
misunderstanding entertained by the
jJnited States about Japan’s policy to
wards China.
The primary object of the commis
sion is one of courtesy in conveying the
appreciation of the Japanese govern
ment at the action of the United States
in joining the ranks of the Entente
allies, of which Japan is a member, but
in a broad way the commission will
discuss questions of co-operation be
tween the United States and Japan in
the future conduct of the war. Great
Britain, France, Russia and Italy all
having dispatches commissions to the
United States, Japan weels that it is
fitting for her to follow in their foot
j steps.
There is likely to be an exchange of
j views on the Far Eastern questions
I generally and even on th esituation in
hussia, which is a source of consider-
I able anxiety. It is not unlikely that
1 tire Chinese question which continues
troublesome, will be considered and
| that in a general way the commission
! will seize the opportunity to further a
I project of co-operative understanding
! with reference to political affairs in the
j Far East.
Viscount Isliii, who speaks both Eng
| lish and French easily, has had a long
! career as a diplomat He was secre
! tary at Paris and at Peking and was
I among the ranks of the besieged dur
j ii.g the Boxer troubles in China. After !
j having been recalled to the foreign of-I
fice as chief of the section of tele
graphs and then as director of the bu-!
reau of commercial affairs, he was dis
patched to San Francisco and Van- 1
couver in 1907 to investigate the anti-.
Japanese movement there. In 190 She j
was appointed vice minister for foreign l
affairs, and in 1912 was designated as
ambassador to France, which post he
filled with eminent success until he
was selected to be foreign imnister ini
the Okuma cabinet. He was still in!
Paris in the early period of the war and
is thoroughly familiar with the Euro
pean war situation.
American Citizens.
In practice there is no such thing
as a "citizen of the United States.”, 1
Such “citizen" is about as mythical as '
the mermaid. In order to vote, for in- *
; Bt ance, one must bring his citizenship (
i down to the concrete and become a 1
,i citlzen of New York, or of some one I
of the other states. You cannot vote 1 -
m New York unless you are a citizen ‘
of New fork; and the same is true ot ‘
i a!1 tl)e other nates. The “citizen of ■
I the 1 nited . ales' is a very vague <
gentleman.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEFL
GERM liING
SHORT OF WEAPONS
FOR SUBMARINES
WASHINGTON, July 16.—There is .
I
reason to believe that the German
torpedo supply is weakening, says a
statement issued at the Navy League
headquarters.
The increasing frequency with
which press despatches report mer-1
chant ships as successfully dodging
German torpedoes, says the state
ment, suggests to the technically
trained mind that the German torpedo
is detoriorating- in speed and hence
in accuracy of fire at long range.
At the outset, the statement con
tinues, the eGrmans were extremely
careful to conserve their torpedoes.
Merchant ships were sunk by gunfire
! wherever possible. But the armin?
of merchant ships and the constant
improvement in the Allies’ system of
defense against submarine attack has
driven the subrnarines under water
and they are now forced to use tor
pedoes in almost every attack. The
increase in the number of sub
marines has further added to the
strain upon the German stock of tor
pedoes.
• An analysis of reports on subma
rine attacks now indicates that this
precedented expenditure of torpedoes
is beginning to tell upon the effec
tiveness of the U-boat warfare. The
Germans are pressing their subma
rine campaign with all possible
vigor and the number of attacks on
merchant ships appears to be increas
ing. Also the zone of submarine
operations is constantly widening.
Yet this increased fury with which
the U-boat warfare is being waged
has failed to increase the merchant
ships sunk. The Germans apparent
ly are being forced to constantly
greater efforts to maintain their
average of sinkings and even so are
slipping back slightly.
The explanation of this offered by
certain naval experts is that the
Germans are being presed for time in
the construction of torpedoes that
they can no longer maintain theix
! speed and their accuracy of fire. It
is estimated that the German torpedo
has lost nearly ten knots in speed
from the standard torpedo used at
the outset of the war.
It takes normally six months to
' construct a torpedo and costs many
thousand dollars. There is also a
' chance of Germany running short in
! some material essential in their
manufacture. Whether this has oc
curred is not known but the con
clusion has been reached that the in
dividual German torpedoUs losing in
efficiency.
The U-boat warfare as now being
waged, it is said, was undoubtedly
not thpught out and prepared for by
j Germany before the war. Therefore
the stock of torpedoes was not suf
ficient for the purpose. The deficien
-1 cy has been made up by increasing
the output of torpedoes. But with
I the tremendous land operations she
has essayed, Germany could not have
devoted a maximum of labor or ma
terials to the making of torpedoes.
Had she done this it is not doubt
ed she could have kept up the sup
ply. But sacrifices in the torpedo
supply were made to satisfy the folly
of the Crown Prince of Verdun.
Xaval experts ar rightly con
tinuing to stress the vital importance
of attempting to destroy the power
of the submarine by some new de
velopment in naval strategy. No de
gree of deterioration in the effective
ness of German torpedo attack would
lessen these efforts at effective war
fare against the submarines. Yet the
interest of naval experts has been
attracted by this recent record of
performance of the German torpedoes.
Tliey are wondering wjhether Ger
many can stiandf much longer the
strain of this staggering expenditure
of torpedoes.
COTTON MARKET I
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July 16, 1917.
Good middling 26 l-4c
Fully middling 26c
Middling 25 3-4 c
COTTON FITCHES JIAKKET.
The New York cotton futures mar-!
ket was quoted at the ' open and
loon. Open Noon. [
January 25.35 25.35'
luly ...r. 27.30 27.10'
Ictober 25.60 25.26
Jecember 25.41 25.21
Monday's Closing.
lanuary 25.18
darch 25.34
Inly 26.90
October 25.19
Ue: ember 25.10
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many cotton mixed fabrics are being Hk
puHnto men’s clothes. Such clothes lose
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