The Washington times., 1915-09-05
New York Merchants Hear
100000 Troops Are Being
Sent to Front.
MOST OF THEM VETERANS
Large Proportion Are Members
of Artillery Corps and All
Well Supplied.

Japanese merchants of New YORK
city have received information that
Japan has begun the sending or an
army Of $4,000 to 10000 men to the re-
lief Of the harassed Russians.
The New York Press today says ad-
vices received by reliable Japanese
business men Of the metropolis are that
q large number Of Japanese troops al
ready have been entrained at Vladivos-
tok for the long journey, Via the Trans
Siberian railway. to Petrograd.
It has been reported for some time
that the allies were pressing Japan to
send her troops into action In the Euro
pean theater of war. but the Orientals
were declared to be reluctant because
. of public sentiment against a more ac-
tive part in the conflict.
If Japan Is now Serding a half mil
lion men to the Russian relief, as heard
by Japanese merchants Of New York,
the preliminary movements have been
adroitly handled.
Troops Are Veterans.
The troops, it is said. are veterans OF
the recent campaign against Tsingtau
or the war with Russia. They are
equipped perfectly and amply supplied
with ammunition. An extraordinarily
large proportion of the fighting force Is
Of large caliber, which are also bei"g
transported by railroad, with ample am
munitfon. according to the, report, for
try try to nIse stop the a German lei nam drive m toward
Petrograd, and artillery and ammuni-
tion are what the Russians need the
most.
Baron Hayashi was quoted in Paris as
saying: ''The world will be astonished
when 1t knows what we have done.
what We are doing, and what we are
willing to do. The Russians are nearest
them anu W" e"'' 'e '''oS' 'Se'u' u
This quickly was interpreted by mill
tary critics to mean sending an army
to the Dardanelles. Japanese here say
their countrymen are needed more ur-
gently on the eastern front, and have
responded to this call.
Russia, short Of munitions, Is hard
pressed. 'She is bent on checking the
German drive before winter sets in.
Winter. she knows. Is her best ally, as
1t always has been. and II the Ger
mans do not get to Petrograd before
the freeze, they cannot try again until
spring. BY spring Russia expects to be
amply supplied with ammunition and.
guns. and to be match for the in
vaders.
Must Be Saved.
But Petrograd must be saved at
once. Hence the call for the Japanese
The price in this instance is surmised
to be a free hand in Manchuria and
territorial concessions in the Far East.
besides backing in China.
The arrival of the Japanese army.
however, will not mark the first ap-
pearance Of the soldiers Of Nippon in
the European conflict. Only a few
months after the beginning of the war
Japanese drill sergeants and artillery
men appeared to develop the unframed
Russians. The Cars artillerymen ap-
pea red to need this traihinp eSpecjallv
and throughout the war Japan has kept
considerable number Of expert gun
ners in the Cars domain.
In few Instances they have actually
served the guns at the front but most
ly they have been busy at arsenals and
artillery bases. training recruits in the
handling Of field guns and howitzers.
PETROGRAD. Sept. 5-Czar Nicholas.
in a personal appeal to Russian muni-