The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-14
JAPSES PART IN WAR
REVIEW OF WAR ACTIVITIES CIV
EN- FROM TOXIC sY AMERICAN
Nippn Is Sending Munitions 10 Rus
sia, food to France and England
and Money to Al Entente Allies.
Aids in Troop Convoy.

TOXIC. since lHt ltN Oh HluE tdll
in November 1914 Japans part In the
great war seems much less conspic.
uous than that of the other allies; so
that some might fancy that in the
meantime Il has been doing little to
hasten the day Of victory That this
is not so win be clear from the brief
est survey Of its operations
During the early stages of the war
Japan's part was to assist In patrol
ing and guarding the waters OF East
Asia. the South Seas and the coast Of
South America, and though It did not
succeed in meeting any OF the enemy
ships, its navy had much to do with
driving the enemy into a position
where IL was effectively dealt with by
the British squadron
i Japln's assistance I'm conveying the
+ Amaze troops TO Europe was Of i'm
men3e Importance In the scheme Of
Transportation at time when the
Emden was still at large And then
after the capture OF Tsingtau, in con-
junction with the British troops. in
which the navies OF Japan and Great
Brit1,l co-operated, and after the cap
I turc Of the German South Sea pos
sessions and the clearing OF enemy
ships from the Pacific, the japanese
navy settled down TO patroIling the
waters east of Hongkong
II was no slight responsibility to
keep watch on the various enemy
ships interned In Chinese, Philippine
and Dutch East Indian ports. and re-
Gently The japanese have been In
pursuit of an enemy raider operating
in waters near Singapore Thus ef.
fectNcly TO have secured the safety
of ncitrll and allied shipping ON the
Pacific. Is in itself no small matter
10 world commerce.
Sending Supplies to Allies.
But Japan has done and is doing
good deal more than this. Its steady
supply Of munitions to Russia espec.
tally In the day OF emergency, as well
as its dispatch of provisions to Rus
sla and France and England. has un.
dOubtedly done much toward keeping
up The efficiency OF the allied often.
siye
II Is estimated that Japan's total
supplies TO Russia alone have reached
as much as i00.0O0,0OO yen in value.
consisting chiefly Of guns. with Off.
GERS TO man them, ammunition, army
requirements of all kinds. such as
cloth for uniforms, saddles, kits, as
well as extensive hospital and Rcd
Cross supplies The immense orders
for Russm are not yet all completed.
, and the arsenals and mills OF Japan
are still busy turning out shipments
for that country. Some 10000 men
are working day and night in the gov.
ernment arsenals Of Toxic and Osaka.
while minor naval and military sta.
tions, as well as private factories. are
contributing regular quota To the out.
put
To England and France Japan has
been shipping provisions for the
troops, such as flour beans. peas and
timed goods This year, owing to
war pressure Japan's copper output
leapel from $4,000 tons to lOS.OOO
tons. some go per cent OF which went
20 Russia, 20 per cent to England and
the rest 20 France with the exception
OF what was used at home
AZ the same time. Japan has been
doing something to suppress enemy
trade, though so many Japanese mer.
chants We're mixed up with German
business that IL was very difficult To
bring about the desirable result with
expedition without permanently iujur.
Ing it not running a considerable mum.
Der ot firms No doubt. Chna's break
with Germany viii facilitate Japln's
otiorH In this direction. as German
merchants In China did an In their
power 20 keep up trade with their Jap.
ancsc connections Americas attitude
to Germany will further tend to de.
orcsc German trllc with Japan. ass
no doubt German agents in that coun.