The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-22

Japan does stand pledged to return
Kiao-chow to china. and she has COM
mitted herself absolutely and most dis
tinctlv on this subject The ultimatum
addressed to the German Emperor by
Baron Kato on the part OF the Mikados
Government contained the following as
sertions:
We consider 1t highly important
md necessary in the present situation
to take measures to remove the causes
Of all disturbances Of tho. peace In tho
Far East and to safeguard the gen
cral interests as contemplated by the
agreement OF alliance between Japan
and Great Britain.
In order TO secure Arm ana en-
during peace in eastern Asia. the es-
tahlishmcut of when Is the aim OF
the said agreement the imperial
Japanese Government sincerely be-
lieves IL to be It's duty TO give the
advice to the imperial German Gov
eminent to carry out the following
two PROPOSE ions:
/ To Withdraw Immediately from
Japanese and Chinese waters Ger
man men-o'-war and armed vessels
of all kinds and to disarm at once
those which cannot be 80 Withdrawn.
2 To deliver on n date not later
than September - to the imperial
Japanese authorities without co..di-
ton or compensation the entire leased
territory OF Kino-chow, with view
TO tn. eventual restoration of the
same 10 China.
Immediately following the Issuance OF
tbs ultina.um Count Okuma, Premier of
Japan voluntarily gave assurances 10 nus
country as the friend Of China that Japan
had no Interior aims In regard TO kiao-
chow or other Pacific possessions or Ger
many I have before me "A despatch pr
h,. I'M TugglHN August
IS, three days after the Is uance OF the
ultimatum. I'm which THE SUNS London
correspondent quotes the British Official
news bureau as follows:
The Govern ents of Great Britain and
Japan, having been communicating with
eac other, ar OF the opinion that II Us
| necessary that each should take action
to protect the general interests In the
! Far East concentrated by the Anglo
/ Japanese alliance. keeping especially lr
/ view the independence and Integrity o,
/ CHINA. as provided by that agreement
Further than this, THE SUNS usually
very we'll informed and reliable Londor
commemorative makes this statement:
81 have the best authority for saying
| that the Japanese Government has re-
heated TO Sir Edward Grey, the British
/ Foreign Secretary, the assurance con
tanned in the ultlmatum TO Germany
namely, that Kiao-chow when surrendereC
by or taken from the Germans VIII be
restored to China
The clause in the Anglo japanese al
lance referred to in the British Offica
news bureaus statement (Which emanatet
directly from the London Foreign Office
is paragraph Il OF the preamble. which
/ says:
"The preservation of the common In
terests OF all Powers In China by insurins
the independence and integrity Of tn
chinese empire and the principle OF equa
, opportunities for the commerce and In
dustry OF all nations In China"
The very day THE SUMS London cor
respondent expressed the British offi
clai Endorsement OF Japans honorable In
tentions toward China Herman Riddle
uttered in his newspaper fears and sus
melons which were very generally enter
tained. saying. 1T is possible that tn
first change of territory as result OF tn
war will be "A transference from German.
to Japan OF the smiling watering plac
OF Tsng tao"
why" asks Mr., Rldder. does Japal
want the German leased territory Klao
chow" and he answered his own question
thus: Because with the control OF Por
Arthur and kiao-chow Japan would dom
mate the Gulf Of Chill and the Who'll
of the Shantung promoutory, Japan need
IL to protect her interests In souther
ManChuria'
These suspicious were indignant
secuted in statements which were &C
cepted as coming directly from the Japa
nese Government Indeed no loophol
through which doubt of the bona fide char
actcr Of her intentions miSht possbl
: creep In seems to have boon left ope
by Japan. Japan's entry into the grea
war was n specific assertion that GEL
many's presence on the Shantung littorf
was In indetensihle violation Of the In
tegrity OF China. Germanys presence
Tslug-tao and In Kiao-Chow was In fla
> grant violation of the integrity Of Chin!
II is a we'll known fact that many hlg
: Ch'use o'-cials have always felt tn;
China has been under no obligation