MOVE EASTWARD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 6

MOVE EASTWARD

GERMANY'S NEW PLANS BERLIN TO TOKIO. JAPAN'S PART DISCUSSED. GERMANY ORGANISING RUSSIA. ' AX APPEAL TO THE ALLIES. (Australian aad N.2 (sable Association) (Rec. Feb. 27, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. "British and: [French newpapers are discussing Japan's attitude toward Russia in view of the Bolsheviks' shameful capitulation. The Daily Chronicle says that Japan's refusal to send troops to Europe is natural and' inevitable. Japan is not a European nation, but now Russiau Asia looms before German amlbit.ion as one of the spoils of war, the situation is different. If th e Allies can come to a practical agreement "with Japan, the latter may take a military part in the common struggle. (Rec. Feb. 27, 1.30 p.m.) PARIS, Feb. 26. The newspapers generally express the opinion that it is time for Japan to act. The German peril in the East is too real to be ignored. Le Temps says that Germany's new dream is a road from Berlin to Tokio, instead of Berlin to Baghdad 1 . Japan understands the danger to the people of Russia and Siberia. It is no longer sufficient to police Siberia. The war mpstnbe..waged there. Every day German' influence is dragging the keys of Vladivbsfock westward. M. EfrcnofT (Minister of Justice in Kerensky's Cabinet) addressed a moving appeal to the Allies. He that the Russians have lost 5.000,000 killed during There had been a dearth of medicines and clothing and :ofe every kind of industrial machinery slnce* 1914. Distress among the Russian people is unimaginaible. Th e brutal question is "whether Germany shall organise Russia against the Allies or the Allies organise Russia against Germany. GERMANS IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. CAMPAIGN OF PROPAGANDA. /Rec. Fdb. 27, 11.20 a.m.) BERNE, Feb. 26. Adolf Friedann, German resident in Murich, openly declares that every German in neutral countries-, including is required' by the German: Government to work and spy or do propagandist work. He adds: All Germans in' Switzerland' have fulfilled' the obligation very loyally and patriotically. Swiss newspapers indignantly rejoin that Friedmann's candid statement shows the formidable scope of espionage and propagandist organisations, inasmuch as approximately 40,000 Germans are at large throughout Switzerland. RECENT STRIKE IN GERMANY. SOCIALIST SECRETARY IMPRISONED. (Rec. Feb. 27, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. Advices from Stettin state that the secretary of the local Socialist League has been court-martailled and sentenced to five years imprisonment for attempted treason during the strike.