Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1917 — Japan Hoards Gold to Build Up Resources. [ARTICLE]

Japan Hoards Gold to Build Up Resources.

Field Marshal Count Japanese premier, has told the perfectural government that the accumulation of gold by Japan should be employed in developing the domestic weath and in strengthening the«foundatiQh of Japan’s resources in international exchange. The premier said the war threatened to involve the whole world. The participation of the United States, he declared, was particularly satisfactory to Japan, “because it materially strengthened the ties of interest binding Japan and America.” Field Marshal Terauchi said he believed the political change in Russia was seriouslyimportant but that it did not affect Russia’s hostile attitude toward the common enemy. ,