The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-08-20
GREAT SACRIFICE DEMANDED BY THE M|KAD0

Toxic, Aug. 16-Japan has sent ar ultimatum to Germany de.
handing that she withdraw her warships and evacuate Kiau-Chau.
Unless Germany Internationally accepts by August 90 Japan will
take action.
The news that Japan has sent an ultimatum to Germany is off
cially confirmed.
Simultaneously with the announcement of a despatch Of an I'LL
timatum by Japan to Germany which is expected here to be followed
by war, Takaaki Kato, minister of foreign affairs, conferred with
George w. Guthrie, the American ambassador, and made a broad
statement calculated to assure the United States that American in
terests in the Orient would be safeguarded and the integrity Of
China upheld.
Kiau-Chau, from. which Japan has demanded the withdrawal
of Germany, is a town on the peninsula of shangtung, China, leased
with adjoining territory by Germany in 1898 and soon afterward
made a protectorate. The German territory has an r Of about 200
square miles. Germany also controls an extended water front. Using
Tau, the seaport in the territory controlled by Germany is strongly
fortified.
!, Japans J pltmatum to Germany, in which it gives the kaiser !.
and carries with it a menace which William II will do well to heed.
Russia the entrance Of the Jap into the conflict would seem to wrest
away from him any chance he might have Of ultimate victory:
$4,000 troops were already loaded upon transports waiting for or
could Be thrown into China With within one months st time. 10 : Hsn
Germany! rnyL possessions nm in China are the lure which is drawing
part Of the great Chinese empire on the Yellow sea. The approach to
strongly %ss1 Ssi forafi edf From g ch sna9Iga IN hliRS o Z v Gsg e Japanese ns P troops 5s
are stationed da q is is a distance e Of only 57 miles Port Arthur, lJapae-
rectly north Of the German Chinese possessions and commands that
powers to respect the neutrality Of China there IS little doubt that
G 9sfat p graaa Ghi a a t terrifery VIII Il g Dlnf s at ANY l aggr fsooos 10 5sp pa t nay
navy G IN espel1n Eth the &C ei is Gn;n.s. nos,...ion would !. +u.,,.
eIInan s OSS Oh us CnInese possessions WOULD be a terrible
blow from a commercial standpoint. If it is expelled it will lose the
trade o fthe valuable province of Shan Tung and the trade which
filters down to the sea from the Hwang Ho or Yellow river. Japan
would gain accordingly and would have a feothold in China which
than France and England would welcome the Jap in China in pref
erence to the ambitious regime of the German. Japan's merchant
marine is negligible and the mikado desires room for expansion rath-
er than commercial supremacy upon the sea: It is imperative that
Japan have more land, as it's millions Of inhabitants are nearly
crowding one another into the sea. Korea and Manchuria were the
guerdons for which japan wrestled with Russia but the lure Of rich
China is the incentive which now causes them to send the ultimatum
to Germany.
Japan stands fifth in rank among the navies of the world and
the effectiveness of their gunnery and ability Of their admirals to
maneuver was startlingly demonstrated in the Russo-Jap conflict.
japanese naval officers received their training in the majority of in
stances in the naval school of Annapolis and those who did not were
purpose. Japan today has nine modern battleships, five cruiser bat
teships, 13 older batteships, IL frstclass cruisers, 10 secondclass
cruisers, nine third-class cruisers, five gunboats, 60 destroyers, 81
torpedo boats and Is submarines. The roster of officers and men is
s., 1854 in times Of peace, but this number is increased in times of war
to 114,0O0 men.
Count Ito, Count Togo and Viscount Inouye are the admirals of
the Japanese navy and their genius has already been proven.
Japan's land forces are an even greater menace to Germany if
the kaiser fails to heed the Japanese ultimatum. The mikado has
more than 100000 trained fighting men, the majority of whom saw
service in the Russoyap conflict. In addition to this it also has a
reserve force Of 100000 unorganized, but available for duty. Prince
Yamagata, Prince Oyama and Count Oku are the japanese field
marshals IN dthey have written their names large upon the pages Of
war history.