JAPAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1918, Page 5

JAPAN.

ANXIOUS TO INTERVENE. WHEN SIGNAL GIVEN'. Paris, Feb. 20. The Echo de Paris says that .Japan's hour will strike. She alone is able to check- Germany's eastern penetration, and she is anxious to intervene when the signal is given. i, STAT EMENT BY CONSUL. Sydney, Feb. 27. . The Japanese Consul-General, lecturing here and referring to the war, said: "You may rest assured that Japan during and after the war will be found protectin" ■the general tav.-e in (he Pacific with all her power, '•■ ' ' ':>blv and energetically, so tha' _ "id the common interests of-. -.-ill prevail instead of brutal >: lie said i--". v.as a strong desire '" Japan as well as in Australia'and New Zenh< nd that the German colonies in the Pacific should not bo handed back to Germany. If 11—y were the peace of the Pacific could not be regarded as Becure from the operations of threatening and dangerous dements. ' IMMEDIATE ACTION FORECASTED. United Service. Received February 27, 11.20 p.m. London, Feb. 20. The Times forecasts immediate and drastic Japanese action in Russia. I , ___ AN ENIGMATICAL REPLY*. Received Feb. 17, 10.30 p.m. London, Feb. 2(5. Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the prospects of an AngloJapanese military convention, Mr. Balfour said that if the question meant a convention upon' reciprocal military borviccs a convention was not likely.