Evening star., 1914-08-19
.APANASKSU.S.
TO ACT FOR HER
Requests Taking Over of Mi
kado's Embassy in Berlin
''in Emergency"
Japan hes asked the United States to
take over her embassy in Berlin. ''in
case Of an emergency
Ultin1afum Is Delivered.


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Official information has come from Ber-
I'm that the Japanese ultimatum. had been
delivered to the German government, and
It was intimated in the diplomatic dis
patches that war between Japan and Ger
many was not unlikely. The japanese
minister at Berlin. apparently foreseeing
such an eyentuality. asked Ambassador
Gerard to be prepared to take over Jap
Anese interests in Germany.
The President received from Emperor
William a long message. transmitted
through Ambassador Gerard, the con-
tents Of which were guarded closely. but
which. was learned. expressed the
grateful appreciation Of Germany for the
tender Of good ofIices made by the United
States.
: The German emperor. In addition, TOOK
occasion to point out at some length the
causes Of the present war, and argued,
1t is understood. that at the very time
he was trying to mediate between Austria
and Servia she Russian mobilization be-
gan.
His statement is said to follow the lines
OF previous oficial utterances from Ber-
lin. 1t was this message which Emperor
William wrote while sitting with Am
bassador Gerard In the picturesque palace
garden. In the midst Of his war maps.
Kaiser's Message to President.
White House officials denied that the
message contained any protest concern
ms the attitude of the American press
toward Germany. 1t was confined en-
.tirely to statement of the German en-
peror's position. OficiaIs admitted that
there was nothing In 1t which could be
construed as an indication of gwisatf.er or
not the emperor would at any future
time accept the tender Of good Offices.
The Japanese ultimatum demanding
Germany evacuate Kiao-Chow and with
draw her fleet from the Dhient, was
uppermost in the attention rof ofiicial
Washington, Notwithstanding the null
titude Of activities which the European
war situation has brought on all gov
eminent departments.
Discussion was general as to how the
interests OF the United States might
ultimately be affected. and while there
was careful reticence on all sides, 1t
was obvious that feeling Of relief fol-
lowed the assurances given at London
that should Japan take action against
Germany, such activity would be con-
fined to the China seas and German
territory In eastern Asia and not against
German insular possessions In the middle
Pacific. where also the United States
has islands of strategic Importance.
Copy Of British Note.
Baron chinda. the japanese ambasea-
dor, had a conference with Secretary Bry-
an late yesterday. but declined to talk
about It, Coiville Barclay, charge daft
faires OF the British embassy. called I'M
mediately afterward and left with the
Secretary a copy Of a note from the Brit
ish government announcing that any ac-
ton taken by Japan would be confined to
German territory "in eastern Asia" The
note was similar to that announced by
the British information bureau.
Mr.. Barclay said after his visit with
Mr. Bryan that every assurance had been
given for the preservation of the in
teerity OF China and the safeguarding OF
American interests in the far east. He
expressed the opinion that the declaration
that aggressive action would be limited to
the China sea and the protection Of Jap
anese shipping was to be literally inter.
preted.
Tho German charge d'anaires. Haniei
Won Haimhausen who also saw Mr.
Bryan, said that II was greatly to be
regretted that Japan had raised an issue
in the far east. as Germany had been alb
solutely willing to neutraiize that entire
section and keep 1t out OF the field OF MIL.
itary operations.
He expressed the view that this would
have been the most humane course and
would have restricted the area OF con-
flict to the real theater Of operations n
Burr !. But whatever the outcome might
b &S6o Kiao-Chow. he felt that II woult
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