South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
JAPAN FACTOR IN
RUSSIAN VICTORY
Country to Far East Ships
More Ammunition Than
United States.
nteruatlonaI Nevs service

international News Service.
WASHINGTON. March 31.-At
war and yet more prosperous than
ever before i'm her history.
That. in nutshell. describes the
japan OF TODAY. as judged by the
statements pat out by the japanese
government itself together with the
commercial reports forwarded the
department OF commerce here by its
agents abroad.
Japan. with the exception ri the
United States is now probably the
most prosperous nation in the world.
And 30 Is AN due 10 the war.
Ii Is 20 Japan. more than any
other factor. that should go the
credit for Russia's colossal drive
through the Caucasus through ASH
attic Turkev and which now bids
fair 10 extend 20 Constanunople it's
self After the Russian hordes had
been thrown back. broken and In
disorder by Eon Hindenburg in PO-
land. the allies realized that unless
something could bee done by the
ear as factor in the struggle was
about due 20 take thu count True.
there were yet untold thousands of
Russians who had never smelled
smoke-big strappinR fellows able
10 withstand untold hardships and
Of unquesIoned courage.
Nothing To Fight With.
But they had nothing 10 fight with.
That was why Won HindenDurs. mill
tary wizard though he is. was able
to 50 easily send them Keeling back
from. LODI 10 Warsaw. then take
Warsaw. then Brest Litovsk and
other OF the great Polish fortresses.
Japan was appealed TO. and quick
TO see the advantage not only TO
her allies but 20 herself. hmm ediately
so. busy with the result that the
tOlume OF munitiOn now being sent
ont Of Japan is as great. If not great
or, than that OF the United States.
Japan put the car on his feet
and ena bled him to come back And
at the same time Japan was de-
veloping an industry that not only
is netting her millions. but which
may prove OF untold value to her in
the not far distant future, The Russ
sian misfortune was the stimulant
that has sent the Toxic government
Keeling ioyously with war PROSPERITY.
Streams upon streams Of shells.
guns, shoes. uniforms and other
things have poured into Russia and
still are pouring.
Outstrips United states.
Japan has outstripped the United
States in graphing with the dye
industry. which before the war was
practically monopolized by Germany.
The government has Tended it's sup
port TO manufacturer Of syntehetic
dyes ard medicines with the result
that a sf.OOO.O0O corporation has
been organized and its stock over
subscribed approximately 500 times
And Japan has taken care that the
interested parties are strictly Jap
auese subjects.
What she has done IN the dye sit
uation is merely an example Of what
she Is doing I'm other industries. The
cement market of the far east is
now practically controlled by Japan.
where before the war Germany was
supreme. Japanese paper mills. &C
cording 20 reports of American
asc"ts there. are scarcely able to
take care Of the orders
Japan is the only nation that has
prospered through her entrance into
the world war And she is the only
heiliSereut that at the end OF the
war VIII be able TO show balance
on the right side of the ledger.