New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-14
HOW JAPAN'S navy
AIDED THE ALLIES
Splendid Work Of Warships
Shown in Official Report

Interest in Japan's share in the ma
val operations of the great war has
been general among Allies and AM
orleans. Censorship that has obscured
her splendid participation IS now
lifted and an official publication has
been made by the Japanese navy de-
partment The report quite long,
and includes many details that can
not be mentioned in the following
summary:
When Japan entered the war. Aug
ust %. 1914, the imperial navy
nroroptIv co-operated with the lavies
Of the Allied nations The sphere of
2 ctivit1- Of the Japanese fleets grad
uaIlv expanded from the China sea to
| the North and South Indian oceans,
, on the Pacific as far as the western
coast of America on the South seas,
EN- attracting the South Pacific ocean. on
the west from the southern coast of
Africa as FAR as the Mediterranean
ard OH the north to the Siberian
coast. These naval activities are
classified under the following heads:
/. Operations in the direction of
Tsingtau: ,. Operations ~ the Eas"-
ern sea and the China sea; g. Opera
crations in the Indian ocean: f. OPP
trat!ols in the Pacific ocean; s. OPP
@"0tions along the west coast of AM /
erica; s. Operations in the Mediter-
ranean sea; 7. Operations in the di-
"oction of Russian maritime prov !
iNccs.
These provinces involved the block |
ado and reduction of Kiaochow, the !
obstruction of enemy warships rowing !:
&c Orionta1 seas; the conveying of !
.roCp transports from Australia and !
New Zealand to Europe; the protec-
: Nf a 4Jo.o
side area, and warfare against enemy
submarines in the Mediterranean.
The report goes into details of tho
laval service in the mediterranean. Il
may be explained that the Allies de-
cided that tho French and italian
facts and & part of the British feet
should bottle up the Austro- Hungar~
an war vessels in the Adriatic, and
hat the British and French close the
tEGrdanelles. AT the same time, de-
2froyers and other special duty ships
Of the Allies were to give battle to
.7cmy submarines wherever met In
: work the duties that fell upon
i" pancse warshipS were especially
>'lificult and hazardous.
The taking of Tsingtau was an sa-
tnrprise of considerable magnitude,
>,herein eight enemy ships were sunk
ard three Japanese and three trawl-
ors were lost
Among other incidents in the Jap
&ncse naval operations were the bot
ling up of the German warship
Ceier in the port of Honolulu. leading
to its final internnent the melting out
Of the same fate to the Prinz Eitel
Frederick: the cooperation with the
British fleet which destroyed Won
specs ships in the Falkland island
we're forced through the naneuver of
he Japanese fleet, and the pursuit of !
the raider Emden which was ult-
0Iatcly destroyed by the British cruis-
~ Sydney. The Emden was the last /;
seen of the German flag in the ORR !
entail waters.
The Japanese navy, while cooper
ating in the warfare has also exerted |
efforts complying with the requests OF |
the Allies, to secure and furnish war
vessels, arms and ammunition and |
other necessaries of war. To Russia /
three vessels were transferred, and !
for France the Japanese navy built ? !
destroyers
The report concludes thus:
ITO sum up, the Japanese navy has
shown it's dignity on seas and oceans )
of the whole world, except in north |
European waters and Atlantic. Com
pared with the activities of the Jap
anese navy in the Russo-Japanese
war, there have not been spectacular
results; but duty faithfully performed !
has characterized every act. Despite
the fact that Germany and Austria
invaded and occupied the territories of
their neighbors, they were compelled
to sue for an armistice because of
their exhaustion-due to the eff
cheney with which the seas were pa
trolIed by the navies of the Allies,
beca use even the daring deeds Of
their submarine comma lders could
not release them from the ever
tightening blockade which cut off
their imports and led to their COM
plete isolation from the rest of the |
world. The Japanese navy is to be
congratulated for the part it played
in cooperation with the Allied navies
and for the important service that
contributed much to the common
cause Of human liberty"
PRAISES Allied NATIONS