Japan.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 70, 25 March 1915, Page 5

Japan.

THE PART SHE IS PREPARED TO . r , PLAY_,.^«««. QUARTER OF A MiLIION MEN READY FOR EGYPT. United Press Association. (Received 1.25 p.m.) Sydney, March 25. Japanese hies contain a statement that Dr. Ariga, judicial adviser to Yuan-Shai-Kai, says Japan would intervene in the war energetically and immediately if it would appear that the German victory would nullify the importance of the capture of Tsing-tao. The best sphere for Japanese intervention was Poland, but she must seriously consider whether or not there was reason for Japan lending assistance against Turkey. England’s unfettered possessions of the Suez Canal was a question of life and death to Japan. She has a quarter of a million men ready for service in the Canal zone, and the Japanese are willing to follow British directions in the struggle in Egypt and renounce the initiative in these operations. Japan is ready to play the same part in Egypt as the Indians had done in France. BRISK BUSINESS r AT NAVAL DOCKYARDS. United Press Association. Sydney, March 24. The captain of a Japanese steamer reports that the naval dockyards at .Nagasaki and Kobe are working at full pressure building warships for other nations and carrying out big contracts. The construction is rapid. It is estimated that twenty small vessels will be ready for delivery, in a month’s time. THE POSITION IN CHINA. Pekin, March 23. The Japanese are erecting extensive barricades at Mukden and Dalny. The Conference with China has progressed. Four out of seven demands relating to Manchuria were settled almost in accordance with Japan’s wishes.