Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yayin da Daular Japan ta kasance wata ƙasa mai haɗin gwiwa a lokacin, a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1917, wani baturi a Fremantle Harbour ya harba wani harbi a matsayin jirgin ruwan Japan "Yahagi". Gwanin ya fadi a cikin "Yahagi". Clare, a matsayin kwamandan Yankin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yammacin Yamma. Yayin da sojojin Japan suka kama mulkin mallaka na Jamus na Tsingtao
, kuma Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Imperial Japan ta kasance tana rakiyar jiragen ruwa na Ostiraliya da sauran jiragen ruwa na Allied a cikin Pacific, Tekun Indiya da Rumunan Rum, tare da yin aikin sintiri, wasu gwamnatocin Allied, gami da na Ostiraliya, sun ci gaba da haramta haramtacciyar ƙaura ga mutanen da ba na Turai ba, a ƙarƙashin dokokin nuna bambancin launin fata; a ka'ida, duk waɗannan dokokin sun shafi 'yan ƙasar Japan. Bugu da ƙari, gwamnatocin Allied sun dakatar da tayin Japan don shiga ayyukan yaki na gaba a wasu sassa na duniya. Bugu da ƙari, 'yan siyasa da kuma manema labaru a ƙasashen Allied sun rage gudunmawar Japan. Admiral Kazuyoshi Yamaji, wanda ya yi watsi da bayanin Clare, a ƙarshe ya sami cikakkiyar gafara.