JAPAN.
JAPAN'S ASSISTANCE. A SPLENDID RECORD. Received August 31, 7.30 p.m. London, August 31. Mr. Robert Machray, in the Nineteenth Century, comments or Germany's past subtle unfriend!) policy with Japan. He considers Japan's great ivar contribution to the Allies consisted in munitioning Russia during the last year and was equal to £20,000.000. Prior to the fall of Warsaw .Japan supplied 750,(!00 rifles, and after August mobilised all her industrial resources, thus enabling 1 the Russians to renew the offensive in June. Japan made 8,000,000 yards of cloth, releasing '2,000,000 from stores, besides guarding the Eastern seas and convoying British transports to Suez. Japan also supplied many rifles to Lord Kitchener's army, guns for the British navy, ind was still making guns. Japan's munitions were costing half the price ehr.rged by America. Japan had also released ten million in golfl in New York for the purchase of British bonds. Japan had also 'bought five millions of Russian bonds. He quotes many other illustrations of Japan's great assistance to t'he Allies.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1916, Page 5
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