Evening star., 1914-08-17

Chau, with view to the eventual
restoration Of the same to China"
TOXIC, August f7.-Japan sent an ulti-
matum to Germany Saturday night at
o'clock, demanding the withdrawal of
German warshfps from the orient and the
evacuation of Kiau-Chau and giving Ger
many until noon Sunday, August o. to
comply with the demand. Otherwise.
the ultimatum states, Japan will take
action.
The general expectation here is that
the ultimatum will be followed by war.
Takaaki Kato. the Japanese foreign
minister. simultaneously with the dis
patch Of the uitimatum. conferred with
George W. Guthrie. the American am
bassador and made to him broad state
ment calculated to assure the United
States that American interests in the far
east would be safeguarded and the in
tegrity of China upheld
Sent by Six Routes.
Owing to doubts whether communica-
ton with Berlin were assured, Japan,
in order to insure the arrival of the ulti-
matum, forwarded 1t to Berlin by six
channels. including Washington. London
and Stockholm. The government also
notified Count Won Rex. German ambas-
sador to Japan, and likewise retarded
the time limit for a reply until noon,
August 23
day invited the peers, the newspaper men
and the leading business men OF Toxic
to come to his Office at noon. at o'clock
and at O'Clock in the afternoon. re-
spectively. when he made known to them
the terms of the ultimatum.
Count Okuma, the premier. and Ia
kaaki Kato. the foreign minister, ad-
dressed meetings of merchants, MEM
bers of parliament and others, and coun-
seled a calm attitude. They declared that
grandizement.
No q. s. Interference.
In reply to a question propounded by
q merchant. the foreign minister une-
quivocally denied reports that the United
States had interfered in any way In the
situation. and. he added. the United
States was not likely to. He said the
American government would be fully in
formed as to the Japanese position.
This ultimatum follows:
I'VE consider 1t highly important and
measures to remove the causes Of all dis
turbances Of the peace In the far east,
and to safeguard the general interests
as contemplated by the agreement Of al
lance between Japan and Great Britain.
"In order to secure a firm and endur-
ment of which Is the aim Of the said
agreement the imperial Japanese govern
ment sincerely believes 1t to be its duty
to give the advice to the imperial Ger"
man government to carry OUT the 1olow~
ing two propositions:
Must Withdraw and Disarm.
"First, to withdraw Immediately from
Japanese and Chinese waters German
men-of-war and armed vessels Of all
kinds, and to disarm at once those which
cannot be SO withdrawn.
Second, to deliver on a date not later
than September Is to the imperial jap
anese authorities, without condition nor
compensation, the entire leased territory
Of Kiauchau. with a view to the eventual
restoration of the same to China.
THE imperial Japanese government an
nounces at the same time that in the
event of 1t not receiving by noon on Au-
gust g. 1914, an answer from the Inn
perial German government s.gnifying its
unconditional acceptance of the above ad-
vice offered by the imperial japanese
government Japan will be compelled to
take such action as she may deem neces-
Sary to meet the situation"
Aggressions Of Germany.
Inspired utterances express regret ot
the inability to maintain neutrality. but
say that Great Britain, the ally Of Japan,
is compelled to defend herself against the
aggressions Of Germany. Moreover, 1t is
pointed out that Germany is making
preparations day and night at Kiauchau.
where it is storing provisions. while its
warships are securing the seas Of eastern
Asia to the great detriment of commerce,
and that its converted cruisers are seiz-
ing English merchant vessels.
Such actions. 1t is argued. are directly
calculated to disturb the peace Of eastern
Asia, and. accordingly. after full and
frank communication with Britain. Japan
has found herself compelled to send an
uitimatum to Germany.
The Japanese war office summoned all
newspaper men at o'clock this afternoon
in order that they might receive instruc-
tions in regard to the publication Of
news in the event Of state of war COM
ing into force.