Doheny Actuated by "Japanese Menace of 1921"
Washington, Dec. 10.
Gross-examined in the oil -conspiracy case, Mr. Doheny asserted that in 1921" the Elk Harbour storage contract. He that Admiral Robison, chief of Naval Bureau of Engineering, had appealed to him on patriotic grounds to ensure that the American Navy: had an adequate supply of oil in Hawaii lest "the Japanese threat" should materialize and the United States find itself in the position of Belgium when invaded by the Mr. Doheny added that Admiral Robison had confided to him that' the United States Government had called the Armament Conference for the purpose of having the other batlons confront Japan.
Adverting to the $100,000 loan made to Senator Fall, then Sceretary of the Interior, the oil magnate insisted that that was merely a per-anal transaction not connected with the pending off contracts.—Reuter.
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