President Roosevelt made sure there were resources to defend the Philippines, especially in 1907 when tensions were high. He planned strategy with the Army and Navy and sent supplies of coal, military rations, guns and munitions. The Oct. 23rd, 1907 Puck magazine cover shows President Theodore Roosevelt defending the nation of Japan from attack - Roosevelt is wearing a military uniform with the Japanese Imperial seal on his hat. He holds a rifle and confronts two rolled-up U.S. newspapers labeled the ‘"Sun"‘ and ‘"World"‘ who are also holding rifles and confronting Roosevelt - "In the magazine caption", Roosevelt stated that the war talk predicting a future conflict between the U.S. and Japan was based entirely on these incendiary newspapers, which sought to increase their sales, and for that reason, these newspapers had attacked Roosevelt's representative Minister William Howard Taft, who Roosevelt had again sent to Tokyo to promote improved communications between their two nations. Much of the confrontation was sparked by racism shown against Japanese Americans living in California.