Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14
CHINA FACING WAR;
ULTiMATUM SENT BY JAPAN
GIVES 4a HOURS TO COMPLY
WITH DEMANDS.
MAY END EuRoPE's WAR
If Mikado's Government Ehforces
Threat Germany and Great Britain,
as Well as Russia, viii Be seri-
ousIy affected.

London, May IA Japanese ulti-
ma.um to China" cables the Tokyo
correspondent of the Central News,
grants a delay of forty-eight hours"
Washington, April China has
given her final reply to Japan She
expects an ultimatum to be presented
and will reject it. Japan then must
make good her threat to use force or
back down.
This, in a nutshell, is the situation
in the far East. 1t has aroused the
liyeliest concern in Washington and
London. 1t is gratifying 20 Berlin,
because if Japan AID China become
involved in war .he former can no
longer supply munitions Of war to
Russia. Cut off from the Japanese
supply, Russia will MOI be able ITO
continue a vigorous offensive against
the Germans md Austrians. Thus,
the allies viii be weakened Nor is
it expected that the close relations
between the British and Japanese gov
ernments win maintain. The former
certainly will not back its ally in .
war of aggression against China.
At the moment when japan Is
seeking to remake the map of the far
East 1t has leaked out that Paul NJ.
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
will not go back t Picking.
Some diplomats go so far as to be-
lieve that a Japanese war on China
would. lead to a 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, a deadlock has been reached In
northern France and Belgium. This
deadlock can be broken only at a
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, it u
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 il
not to go to wal with China, but sc
far as present developments indicate
the result has been nil. Either the
Tokyo government has determined BY
force to obtain compliance with it,
s~o-called modified demands, or it will
make the threat and then postpone
action. The government here is in
clined to believe that the japanese
are engaged IN c game of bluff. Thos'
familiar with Japanese diplomac,
scout the possibility of a surrende
by the Tokyo ministry.
Everything of an authoritative char
acter that has come from Picking es
tablishes that President Yuan Shi Ka
has decided to accept war rather thai
humiliate his country by acceding b
demands which destroy its sovereign
ty. In this attitude he is backed u
by practically all Of the people.
That China alone can successful,
resist the Japanese is of course i'm
possible. An army of 500, 900 me,
has been created, but it is short o
ammunition and two of the tire
arms and cartridge factories are a
points accessible to Japanese memo
war. 1t is believed in Picking, how
ever. that resistance will be valuabl
in arousing the people and that tn
great interests of foreign powers wi
cause them to intervene. Japan ha
a million troops ready for service.