Japan

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 76, 27 February 1918, Page 5

Japan

THE HOUR STRIKES.

WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL.

Presß Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received 8.45 a.m.) . Paris, February 26. The Echo de Paris says: "Japan's hour strikes. She alone will be able to check Germany's Eastern penetration. She is anxious to intervene when the signal is given."

THE PEACE OF THE PACIFIC.

COMMON INTERESTS OF THE ALLIES.

Press Assoriiation-r Copyright, A ustra» i lian and N.Z. Cable Association. . (Received 9.30 a.m.)

Sydney, . February 27

The, Japanese Consul-General, in a lecture here, referring to the war, s'ajd: "You may .rest assured that ; Japan during and;after the war will be found protecting a general peace in the the Pacific with all her power indefatigably, and energetically, so that Justice. and the. common interests of mankind shall prevail, instead of brutal militarism.

He said there was a strong desire in Japan as well as in Australia and New Zealand, that the German Coir onies in the Pacific should not be handed back, to Germany. If they . were, the peace of ,the Pacific could not be regarded as secure from the operations of threatening and dangerous .elements. ;

JAPANESE AMBASSADOR LEAVES PETROGRAD.

Press Association—Copyright (Router's telegrams.)

Tokio February 25. Official: Ambassador Uchida and his staff left Petrograd yesterday. \ The Foreign Minister, speaking in the Diet, said that should a RussoGerman peace actually be concluded, it goes without saying that Japan will-take decided and adequate steps to meet: the occasion. The withdrawal of the Ambassador was due to the unrestricted conditions in. Petrograd. It does not mean a rupture. Regarding the Russians' separate v.ice, the fullest understanding exists with Britain, America, avl the other Allies. , . • .