Chapter X: California a Remote Insular Province 277

More easily accessible from Japan by sea than from
United States by land, in case of war--Mountain Ranges
bound it north, east, and south--All plans for defense
of California with a Navy or coast fortifications are
futile and a delusion--Bombardment of English towns and
comparison of English Coast and California
Coast--Japan would, if war were declared, seize Alaska,
Philippines, and Hawaii--Would then transport an army
of 200,000 to California--Railroad tunnels and bridges
being destroyed by dynamite would render relief by
United States impossible--Reliance on Panama Canal too
uncertain--Quickness with which occupation of
California would be accomplished by Japanese--Huge
military difficulties in the way of United States
reconquering it--Mountain passes would be fortified by
Japanese--Railroad bridges, culverts, and tunnels
across deserts would be dynamited--To recapture a
single mountain pass more difficult than capture of
Port Arthur--Death and Desolation are Supreme in the
Southwestern Deserts--Japanese would rapidly colonize
all vacant lands in California--The way to make the
Pacific Coast safe is for the United States to colonize
it first with a dense population of intensive
cultivators of the soil.