Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-09-02 | Page 5 | Japanese Admiralty Give Reason of War

JAPANESE ADMIRALTY GIVES REASON OF WAR London, Sept. 2, 3:4C a. m. A six-column six-column article prepared by the Japanese Japa-nese admiralty, giving a summary of tho activities of the Japanese navy in tho present war, appears In the Times this morning. The summary Is pr?,ued by th,s statement: Tho national policy of the Japa- neso empire has always been the maintenance of peace in the east. That policy has never undergone any change and never will. iWhen the action ac-tion of Germany compelled our ally, Great Britain, to declare war, the incessant movements of German warships war-ships in eastern seas became a serious ser-ious menace to the international trade of Japan. The peace of the far east was at that moment In the greatest great-est possible danger. Japan first approached ap-proached Germany with moderate advice. ad-vice. On the refusal of the latter, Japan found herself unavoidably involved in-volved In the war." oo