ARMY OR NAVY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13424, 11 July 1911, Page 2

ARMY OR NAVY.

WHICH SHALL PREDOMINATE? TOKIO, July 7. ' A controversy is now raging between Hie adherents of the army and of the navy, the settlement of which may mean either the life or the death of the' Katsiua Ministry. The supporters of the navy, convinced that that branch of the service is the one upon which the security of the country depends, are. determined lo secure a big increase in the naval vote, while those avlio swear by the armv are just as resolutely urging the claims of the land forces. Tliis strange light for precedence is developing into one of the most remarkable struggles in the political history of Japan. The army advocates have already succeeded in having included in the Fstimntes an appropriation of seven millions lor a new division in Korea, and uoav the navy supporters are demanding a supplementary vote of £110,000,090 for the construction of new ships.