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Show JH HOT 5fl TROOPS 10 EUROPE Will Gladly Assist Entente Allies, However, With War Munitions. PAIUS,.Nov. 1, 4 a. m. While Japan will be unable to send troops to the European theater of war, she will gladly assist the entente allies as far as she can financially and lend them the support sup-port of her arsenals, according to ( ount Oluima, the premier, who was interviewed inter-viewed at Tokio by tho Matin's correspondent. corre-spondent. . "There was talk last Novem.hci of Japanese 'forces fightim: in lairope Count Okumx is reported to have said. "To have done that wo should have had to send 4U0,ou0 men, expecting to lose 2D0,nou of them and replace them with L'uO.UOO more. We have not the necessary transports, for we should have wanted 2,01)0,00(1 tons of shipping and our commercial fleet aygreHted, onlv 1,00(1,000. In the face of these figures Croat Britain and France understand un-derstand the impossibility of the operation. opera-tion. "Our sympathies beinp; as strong as ever, we 'should wish to give France our financial support at least, and thus, perhaps, hasten the end of the war. Japan is not a great, financial power, but we have certain resources. We have just covered twice over a government govern-ment 'loan of 30,000,000 yen ($lo,000,-000). ($lo,000,-000). and that probably would make the issue of a second loan difficult, but to prove our sympathy for France wo should be happy to give our aid, however modest. "The impossibility of sending troops westward does not prevent us from giving giv-ing the allies naval and military support. sup-port. Our arsenals arc mobilised as in time of war. We plav also the role of sentinel in the far east, preventing our enemies from fomenting revolt among the warlike Mussulman people who-might who-might be tempted to profit from your difficulties. We also are doing everything every-thing necessary to guard against damage dam-age to the trans Siberian railway, wherehv our supplies reach Russia. The principle back of all Japanese action ac-tion is that while our allies are fighting we shall not allow them to be attacked from behind." |