Japan's Position

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 163, 16 December 1914, Page 5

Japan's Position

A TE.'Jll JLK BY THE TIHES. RANKS HUH THE GREAT PnWF.RS. Times iinil Sydney Sun Sc.rv'.ies. Rece.ved 15, 5.45 p.m. London, December 11. The Times, in a leader, says that by shepherding Von Spec's squadron into tl'C water wli-ie they met their doom, O'T .lupaneso al.us enabled us to complete tlii? work <Jiey so glorious l v lic;>an by ('.\|itunn:; 'ising-tao. The c<.-jp.va',>un of the Australian and Japanese squadrons, f.ii'l tlie deference to Australasian susceptibilities that Japan showed in hauJ ; ng over tlie Pacific Islands she had captiiM-d lo the keeping of tlie Australian force, cannot but tend to modify the sentiments of the Dominions which sometimes threatened to raise delicate pro)■lews in the Pacific. It has demonstrated Japan's perception that the preservation and victory of the Entente are the stroi&rst bulwark of her position. By siding in this war with nations upholding tlie principles and of European civilisation, she is proving her right and fitness to take rank with the great world powers. ' ' /