JAPAN'S MILITARY AID.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1917, Page 7

JAPAN'S MILITARY AID.

ASKED TO SEND MILLION MEX. REASONS FOR REFUSAL The United States is urging Japan to send Ijig armies to Europe to assist in beating the Teuton Empires. This was practically acknowledged by State Department officials to-day. When the Ishii mission was in Washington Visooimt was asked by Secretary Lansing to recommend to Tokio that an nrmy of at least a million Japanese be s?nt to the Russian front. At that time (says the San Francisco Chronicle) Von Hindenburg's legions were making their victorious advance on Riga, the disorganised Russian revolution was in "full swing, and things looked black for the Allies on the eastern front. Ishii had no authority from his Government to promise troops, and nothing \va9 done. The Japanese Government .was I ressing the United States at that time for removal of the embargo on steel, as lack of that material had =hut down many shipyards in Japan. Finally the exports license board agreed to allow Japan to have steel, and in return Japan agreed to place a large number of ocean carriers at the disposal of the Allies, to transport supp'.iej to Kurope. The sending of troops was leit. for further consideration. Japan got the steel on promises to aid with ships.