The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-05-15

London. Nay IA japanese ulti-
matum to China. cables the Tokyo
correspondent OF the Central News.
-grants = delay OF forty-eight hours- :
Warrington. April China has
given her nnal reply to Japan She
expects IN ultimatum to be presented
and viii reject Il. japan then must
mako good her threat to use force or
hack down
This. In . nutshell. h the situation
In the far East IL has aroused the
hveliest concern In Warrington and
London II 10 gratifying TO Berlin.
because II Japan and China become
involved In war the former can NO
longer supply munitions Of var to
Russia Cut on from the Japanese
supply. Russia viii NOS b able to
continue . vigorous ofIensive against
the Germans md Austrians. Thus.
the allies win BE- weakened Nor 10
II expected that the close relations
between the British and japanese gov
ernments viii maintain The former
certainly viii not hack its ally In Q
war Of aggression against China
AZ the moment when Japan 10
seeking to remake the map Of the far
East II has leaked out that Paul ~.
Reinsch, the American minister to
China. will come home the latter part
of this month There are reports that
the minister has been recalled and
win not go back to Picking.
Some diplomats 90 90 far n to be-
lieve that q Japanese war ON China
would lead to q settlement Of the Eu-
ropean strife In order that the powers
may be In a position to take care OF
their valuable interests In the far
East.
In Europe, these same diplomats
say, q deadlock has been reached In
northern France and Belgium. This
deadlock can be broken only at .
heavy cost In men and money. Ger
many is willing to withdraw from Bel
GUM and northern France and to COM
pensate the former for damages. re-
ceiving in return colonies in Africa
In view OF the larger interests Of
Great Britain in the far East, II 10
claimed she would be justified In
stopping the European strife In or
der to give attention to them.
The United States has been using
its influence with Japan to induce II
not to 60 to war with China. but 30
far as present developments indicate
the result has been NIL Either the
Tokyo government has determined by
force to obtain compliance with its
so-caIled modified demands, or It will
make the threat and then postpone
action. The government here II in
clined to believe that the Japanese
are engaged n game of blum. Those
familiar with japanese diplomacy
scout the possibility Of surrender
by the Tokyo ministry.
Everything Of an authoritative char
acter that has come from Picking es-
tablishes that President Yuan Shi Kali
has decided to accept war rather than
humiliate his country by acceding TO
demands which destroy its sovereign
ty. In this attitude he is backed MP
by practically all Of the people.
That China alone can successfully
resist the Japanese 10 Of course i'm
possible. An army Of 100000 men
has been created. but II II short Of
ammunition and two Of the three
arms and cartridge factories are at
points accessible to Japanese men-of-
war. II IL believed in Picking. how
ever. that resistance win be valuable
in arousing the people and that the
great interests Of foreign powers will
cause them to intervene Japan has
q million troops ready for service.