China and Japan
JAPAN READY TO FOLLOW BRITAIN
ANYWHERE NEEDED.
Sydney, March 25.
Japanese files contain a statement by Dr Ariga, judicial adviser to Yuan Shih Kai. II 0 says talit Japan would intervene in the war energetically and immediately 'if it would appear that a German victory would nullify the importance of the capture of' Tsingcau. The best sphere of Japanese intervention would be Poland, but she must seriously consider whether there was not a reason for Japan lending her assistance against Turkey. England's unfettered possession of the Suez Canal was a question of life and death to Japan, She lias a quarter of a million men "ready for service in the- canal zone. Japanese al\ willing to follow British directions in the struggle in Egypt and renounce, the initiative in these operations. . The. Japanese are ready to play the same part in Egypt a s the Indians in France,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 246, 26 March 1915, Page 5
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151China and Japan Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 246, 26 March 1915, Page 5
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