The Arvada enterprise., 1914-08-27
KAISER IGNORES
JAP ULT|MATUM
FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR
DECLARED ON GERMANY
By MlkADO.
CHINA PORT BL0CKADED
ENGLISH, FRENCH, JAPANESE
AND RUSSIAN SHIPS ATTACK
GERMANY IN ORIENT.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Peking, Aug. 25.-The blockade Of
Using. Tau. the fortified port Of the
German possession OF Kiao-Chow, has
begun. British, French and Russian
vessels Of war are taking part with
the Japanese In the movement.
The Germans have dynamited all
the tall structures here which might
be OF any assistance to an attacking
fleet in giving them sighting points.
They have also destroyed the railroad
bridge at the boundary of their leased
territory and they have razed the
Chinese villages within the territory.
The inhabitants OF these villages have
been partially compensated.
Up to the present time only British
regiments have received orders to CO.
operate with the Japanese in the oper-
ations against kiao-Chow on the land
side. The French. however. are eX-
pecting orders to assist the British.
There probably will not be more than
two or three regiments from each
nation.
! No reliable Information has reached
here yet rs to any Japanese landing
on the kiaoChow territory.
| From Toxic comes the report that
unanimous approval OF the war. which
is calmly and dispassionately dis.
cussed. summarizes public opinion.
| The newspapers express regret Ovci
] hn Suif of
many and urge the public to refrain
from exhibiting resentment toward the
Germans in Japan.
The Japanese print messages to
cheer the fighters in their army and
navy. who hope they will be quickly
victorious. An imperial messenger
went to the shrines OF lse to inform
the spirits of the imperial ancestors o,
Japan's declaration OF war.
slav Hosts Garry Ruin to Prussia.
] London. Aug. 26.-Thc host OF Rus.
sian soldiers that has poured across
the German boundary is gathered in a
huge wave. preparing to hurl itself
against the big German iortrcsses
that stand In the path to Berlin. Tae
cars armies are taking entire posses
sion OF the country as they advance.
and the army leaders announce that
as they sweep over Prussia they viii.
leave behind them n Russian province.
/ 1t is reported here that the great
war plan of all the allies is to make
central Germany the great battlefield
OF all Europe.
] The Russian advance Is expected to
| force the kaiser to withdraw his
| troops from Belgium and France in
order to defend his own country Thea
Germany will be caught In the teeth
OF n wise and squeezed from the map
OF Europe.
Toxic Aug. 2i.-Gcrmany having
failed 10 reply within the time limit
. to Japan's ultimatum that she surren
der iao'Chow. the Japanese govern.
mcnt sunday afternoon ordered the be-
ginning OF operations on land and sea.
The time limit on the ultima,um ex'
pired at noon.
The imperial rcscript declaring war
upon Germany was issued last even.
Ing. II officially inaugurates hostil
tiles In the Far East as u result OF
Germnny's failure to reply to the ia.
pan ultimatum.
Count Won Rex. the German ambas
sndor, has been handed hts passports.
II" probably Will leave for America
either on the Minnesota. sailing Aug.
~. or the Manchurin. which departs
Aug. 20. George W. Guthcrie. the
American ambassador. viii represent
Germany. The diet has been called
! In special session for Sept ).