Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-08-21
JAPAN ORDERS
GERMANS OUT
ULTiMATUM DEMANDS REMOVAL
OF GERMAN FORCES IN CHINA
BY AUGUST TWENTY-THIRD.
To ABANDON KIAUCHAU
RESTORE PORT AND CONTIGUOUS
TERRITORY TO cELEsTiALs
UNCONDITIONAL
Western newspaper Union News Service.

Western newspaper Union News Service.
Toxic. Aug. 17.-Japan sent an ulti.
matum to Germany Saturday night de-
manding the withdrawal of German
warships from the Orient and the evac-
uation of Kiauchau and giving Ger
many until Saturday. August %. to
comply with the demand. Otherwise
the ultimatum states that Japan will
take action.
Japan demands that Germany. not
later than Sept. 10, deliver to the jap
anese authorities. without condition or
consideration, the entire leased terri
tory of Kiauchau, with view to the
eventual restoration of the same to
China.
Treaty provides that whenever, by
attack or action. or any power i'm
perils the peace of eastern Asia, and
either Great Britain or Japan shall be
Involved in war on that account,
Great Britain and Japan shall join
forces and fight for the restoration
of peace.
American government assured by
guarded. but United States officials
regard ultimatum as one uf the grav.
est developments in the war situa.
tion, as it brings the great military
power Of the Far East into a range of
conflict heretofore held within Europe.
The general expectation here is that
the ultimatum will be followed by
war. Takaaki Kato, the Japanese for
eign minister, simultaneously with the
dispatch OF the ultimatum, conferred
with George w. Guthrie, the Ameri-
can ambassador, and made to him a
broad statement calculated to assure
the United States that American in
terests in the Far East would be safe
guarded and the integrity OF China
upheld.
Owing to doubts whether communi.
cations with Berlin were assured.
Japan, in order to insure the arrival OF
the ultimatum, forwarded it to Berlin
by six channels. including Washing
ton, London and Stockholm.
The government also notified Count
Won Rex. German ambassador to
Japan. and likewise retarded the time
limit for a reply until August 30.
Count Okuma, the Japanese premier,
invited the peers, the newspaper men
and the leading business men OF Toxic
to come to his office at noon, at four
and at six O'Clock in the afternoon, re.
spectively, when he made known TO
them the terms of the ultimatum, and
announced that he would give out the
negotiations in connection with the al
lance.
Inspired utterances express regret
at the inability to maintain neutrality,
but say that Great Britain the ally of
Japan is compelled to defend herself
against the aggresslons of Germany.
1t is pointed out that Germany is max
ing preparations day and night at
Kiauchau, where it is storing provis-
ions. while its war ships are securing
the seas of Eastern Asia, 10 the great
detriment of commerce, and that its
converted cruisers are seizing English
merchant vessels.
The statement in the Japanese ulti-
matum that Japan proposes to return
Tsing-Tau to China is regarded hope
fully by Chinese officials.
Such actions, 1t is argued. are di.
rectly calculated to disturb the peace
of Eastern Asia, and. accordingly, af-
ter full and frank communication with
Great Britain, Japan has found herself
compelled to send an ultimatum to
Germany.
AS it is not considered likely that
Germany will comply with the Japan
ese demands, preparations are pro-
ceeding for campaign by force of
arms. The British regiments in China
have received instructions to hold
themselves in readiness for the trans.
portation.