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fltust 29th, 1028, at the postolfioe at
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Takotna, Alaska, March 5, 1932.
SEWARD MAYOR WARNS
AGAINST INVASION OF
ALASKA BY JAPANESE
(Seward Gateway.)
Visualizing the helplessness of
.Alaska if invadfed by a foreign coun
try, Don Carlos Brownell, mayor of
Seward, gave the following interview
to the Gateway, in which he sounds
warning to the Government and ap
peals for immediate protective mea
sures:
“There is one point on which all
Alaskans agree, i. e., that there is an
* , -appalling lack of knowledge in Con
gress, and throughout the States, of
Aaaka’s . requirements and dangers,”
, Mayor Brownell stated. “We try con
stantly to arouse interest in our great
Territory, but response is very, very
slow, and so we hope and pray each
.year that something may occur to
focus attention on a need. That
'‘something’ has now materialized,
with menacing force, in the form of
•possible trouble with Japan, growing
-out of the present situation in China.
“It is a tirrie for straight-from-the
shoulder talk, and I propose to do so.
“The United States did more to
start Japan on the upward road to
civiilzation than al the rest of the
world put together, and then turned
around and did more to restrain Ja
pan from exercising her new powers
and fulfilling her new ambitions than
.all other countries combined.
“American pressure prevented Ja
pan from keeping the fruits of her
Russian war; from despoiling China
in the past; from immigrating to
North and South America; from
equality in naval strength; from es
tablishing coaling bases any place in
the Pacific. We have constantly
wounded her pride by anti-Japanese
agitation and laws in the Western
States. In fact, the United States!
started Japanese civilization and in
dustrial pots to boiling, then insisted
on holding the lids on. The result isj
-an implacable resentment and hope;
for retaliation. There is a universal |
belief that WAR WITH THE U. S.
IS COMING SO SOON AS JAPAN
IS READY!
“First, Japan wants an outlet for
.her excess population; second, sup
plies of raw material. She is not
after markets or foreign subjects.
Her premier spoke the truth when he
said Japan did not want Manchuria,
obligating her to care for the millions (
of Chinese there. She can not colo
nize Manchuria, for the Japs have
long passeil the stage where they can
compete on equal terms with the Chi
nese in tilling the soil. Chinese have
been pouring into Manchuria by the
millions anil there is no room for the
Jap colonist. All Japan wants there
is control of mines and other raw ma
terial; an unhampered hand in ex
ploiting resources. Labor can never'
migrate to countries having an over
supply of their own, especially when
the wage scale and level of living is
lower. Japanese cannot go to Siberia
for geographical and climatic reasons,
$nti the impossibility of holding the
country against Russian attack from
the west.
“Well, what then? It has been sug
gested niftny times than Japan wants
the Philippines, but here the China
and Manchuria objections apply. The
islands have ail the labor they can
use at just as cheap a wage. The
Japanese do not want the Philippines.
“In the countries of South America
where Japs could thrive, there are re
strictions, and Japan cannot" use force
without running up against the Mon
roe Doctrine,
“So Japan is shut off in all direc
tions and she rightfully regards
Uncle Sam as holding the lid on her
boiling millions, but knowing that the
pot will boil over some time soon, she
intends to burn Uncle Sam’s hand as
much as possible when the explosion
comes. So she expects war with the
United States and has been prepar
ing for the supreme struggle for
years. Foreign residents of Japan'
will all tell you that there has been
feverish preparation, both ■ on land
and sea, for a great war. She is now
armed to the teeth, and for whom ?
There is not the remotest possibility
t>f a European country invading Ja
pan or seriously disputing her Orien
tal activities. Then why has Japan
almost ruined herself financially to
build a navy equal to ours, and a land
force far superior?
“Japan’s present subjugation of
Manchuria and Shanghai, and even
war with China, would not justify her
immense military preparations, and
especially the naval, for her old
strength of the Russian wartime
would be more than adequate for any
Chinese or Russian trouble. Japan’s
indifference to our protests now; her
flouting of the League of Nations,
and disregarding other treaties, is ev
idence that she intends to undertake
Still graver operations than any that
could arise in China. What intent is
she hiding? There can be but one
conclusion—an expected war with the
United States.
“Now just taek a look around the
Pacific ocean and see what large sec
tion of land has the most to offer
Japan, that she could easily take and
hold indefinitely. Just one—Alaska!
“For years I, and other Alaskans
who have given the matter thought,
have wondered why Alaska was never
mentioned as a possible price for Ja
pan. It must be just one of those un
explainable oversights that our na
tion is ever guilty of. But not Japan!
I believe she has had her eyes on
Alaska for years as the one holdable
objective in a war withe U. S. But
Japanese statesmanship has led the
American scare of invasion to every
other spot but the one she really in
tends to grab. To seize the Philip
pines would be getting a hornet’s
nest, costly and of no permanent I
value to Japan To take Hawaii would
mean the loss of many war vessels
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and men, useful only as a naval base
for operations against the Pacific
coast, and Japan is wise -enough to
know that a coast offensive could not
be maintained for any length of time,
costing more than it would be worth.
“But poor defenseless Alaska could
be taken and completely occupied
without the loss of a man, or ship,
and could be held for years, after a
quick mining of the harbor entrances.
And what a prize it would be for
Japanl i
“Japan needs coal; Alaska has an
unlimited quantity of all kinds, avail
able by rail to Seward on a wonderful
mountain-locked bay which .a iday’s
laying of mines in the narrow en
trance would make impregnable: to
any fleet.
“Japan needs fish foods; Alaska’s
coast is the greatest salmon, ground
in the world.
“Japan wants meat; Alaska..has a
million reindeer ready for, slaughter,
and grazing room for ten million.
“Japan needs copper; Alaska has
unlimited uantities with railroads and
machinery ready to bring it to _ tide
water.
“Japan needs gold; Alaska ^produces
millions .a year.
"Japan needs timber; Alaska has
100 years’ supply.
“Japan needs agriculturaljgrqund;
Alaska has millions of acres. ;
“Ten million Japanese could thrive
in Alaska, and the available, ra wma
terial would also half supply Japan’s
needs.
“Endless other advantages cpuld be
mentioned, but it is needless.
“Within a week after declaring war
on the United States, Japan will .have
seized Seward and Cordova, landing
ten thousand men to operate the,r.ail
roads to the coal and copper. _ They
will quickly mine the quarter-mile
entrances to the harbors,, .making
them safe against recapture by. our
fleet. The rest of Alaska could be
leisurely occupied and fortified. Jap
anese ships are all coal burners,, and
half of their fleht could be perma
nently operated out of Seward, need
ing no suppies from Japan.
“Washington and Oregon are.with
'.n easy striking distance from Sew
ard, but Japan will not wage an of
fensive war on the United States, only
just enough to assure . keeping our
fleet at home while she preys on our
commerce and firmly establishes her
self in Alaska.
“Let Japan occupy these, wonderful
harbors for two weeks and the United
States could not dislodge her until
we had constructed a navy twice the
present strength. Our rugged moun
tains and stormy seas render airplane
offensives on towns almost .impossi
ble from the south. ,
“Japan has superior fightlnf air
plane strengt hthan we: and could,
quickly establish a strong base at
Seward to use against alb.naval op
eration the U. S. fould try.
“Now, all 1‘ve said may. seem far
fetched to unthinking people, but
there 1 senough evidence.in its sup
port to justify our apprehension. Jap
anese fishing and sailing, schooners
are thoroughly at home in Bering Sea,
and evidence has appeared at times
showing that one or more members of
the crews were naval officers., Japan
ese preparations here for the pro
posed “goodwil. flight” across.-.Alaska
ast summer yielded her exact data on
all onr aviation facilities, both water
and land. -
“I was very glad to see in Liberty
magazine the statement from General
William Mitchell that ‘the key point
to the whole Pacific is our Territory
of Alaska.’
“One hundred warships at Hawaii,
where tens of millions of dollars have
been spent on land fortifications. And
not even a gunboat in Alaska waters!
“Not a piece of field artillery with
in 700 miles of Seward! Not a sol
j dier or marine in Alaska proper, with
the exception of a small detachment
at Chilkoot Barracks!
“Not a dollar spent in harbor forti
fications!
(Continued on Page 8.)
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