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Suppose there had not been a Spanish/American War, how would this have affected the Japanese plans for the Pacific?
If the Phillipines, is still Spanish - does Japan need to worry about the US, (I'm not sure of the status of Hawaii).
In this situation how much smaller is the US Pacific Fleet - with no western pacific commitments?

For the sake of the discussion, should you wish to join in, assume Spain was neutral in WW1, and its prosperity is less than France - more akin to Italy, and politically more stable. So it should have a Navy - how big is likely?
And whilst in the past there has been friction with other Euro Empires - British, French & Dutch at this time relations are good.
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