The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-18
AN ULT|MATUM FROM
JAPAN TO GERMANY
Demands Removal of Warships
and Evacuation of Kiau Chau.
GIVES KAISER ONE WEEK.
Japan Will Act After sunday, August
23-War is Expected to Fol
low Then.

Japan Will Act After sunday, August
2S-War is Expected to Fol
low Then.
Toxic, Aug. 16.-Japan sent an
ultimatum to Germany Saturday
night at s o'clock demanding the
withdrawal of German warships from
the Orient and the evacuation of
Kiau Chau and giving Germany un-
til Sunday, August 23, to comply
with the demand. Otherwise, the
ultimatum states, Japan will take
action.
Kiau Chau, from which Japan has
demanded the withdrawal of Ger
many, is a town on the paninsular
of ShanTung, China, leased with
adjoining territory by Germany in
protectorate. The German territory
has an area of about 200 square
miles. Germany also controls an
extended waterfront. Tsing-Tau. the
seaport in the territory controlled by
Germany is strongly fortified
The general expectation here is
that the ultimatum will he followed
by war.
Takaaki Kato, Japanese foreign
minister, simultaneously with the
dispatch of the ultimatum, conferred
with George w. Guthrie, American
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.
VIA AMERICA
Owing to doubts whether com.
Japan to insure the arrival of the
ultimatum, forwarded il to Berlin by
six channels, including Washington
| London and. Stockholm. The govern
ment also notified Count Won Rex
German ambassador to Japan, anC
| likewise retarded the time limit fol
I reply until August %.
Count Okuma, the Japanese pre-
mier, today invited the peers, news
paper men and leading business meI
IN Toxic to come to his Office a
noon, at four and at six O'Clock il
the afternoon, respectively, when n,
made known to them the terms O
the ultimatum and 2nnounced tina
he would give out the negotiation
in connection with the alliance.
The ultimatum follows:
we consider it highly importan
and necessary in the present situa
tion to take measures to rcmov
the causes of all disturbances of tn
peace in the Far East and to safe
guard the general interests as con
tcmplated by the agreement of tn
Britain.
In order to secure firm am
enduring peace in eastern Asia, tn
establishment of which is the ain
OF the said agreement, the Japal
imperial government believes it t
be its duty to give the advice to tn
Imperial German government t
carry out the following two propo
b sitions.
DEMANDS MADE.
First-To withdraw immediatel
from Japanese and Chinese water
German men-of-war and armed yes
sells OF all kinds and to disarm a
once those which cannot he so with
drawn.
"Second-To deliver on date nc
' later than September 10 to the In
perial Japanese authorities withou
condition or compensation the Ell
tire leased territory of Kiau-Cha
with a view to the eventual restore
ton of the same to China.
"Third-Tbe Imperial Japanes
government announces at the sam
time that in the event of it not r,
l ceiving by noon on August q
1914, an answer Nfrom the Imperi;
German government signifying il
unconditional acceptance of tn
above advice offered by the Imperit
= Japenese government Japan will l
compelled TO take such action as 81