JAPAN HAS 250,000 MEN
TO HELP IN EGYPT. DEFENCE OF THE CANAL. (Receivedlo.sa.ifl.) SYDNEY, this day. Japanese files just received contain a. statement by Dr. Ariga. (Judicial Adviser to Yuan Shih-Kai}y-who said that japan, would interfere in the war energetically and immediately if it would appear that a German victory would nullify the importance of the capture of "Tsing-tao. The best sphere for Japanese intervention would-be Poland, but it -must seriously be considered whether* or" niit there was reason for Japan lending assistance against Turkey. England's unfettered possession of the Suez Canal was a question of life and Japan, and she had a-quarter of a. million, men ready for service in the Canal -zone.' . The' Japanese were willing to 'follow ; British"directions in the struggle in Egypt and renounce the ffiitiative. In such operations the Japanese would be ready to play the same part in Egypt as the Indians were playing in France.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 72, 25 March 1915, Page 5
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