Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-12
CHINA IS GIVEN
48 HOURS TINE
Japan Sends UItimatum to
Republic.
MAY END WAR IN EUROPE
Attaches at Legation Told to Leave
-Mikado's Note Gives Nation
Short Time to Comply
With Demands.

London. May IA Japanese ulti-
natum to China cables the Tokyo
correspondent of the Central News.
grants delay of forty-eight hours. 3"
Washington. April China has
given her final reply to Japan. She
exrects an ultimatum TO be presented
and VIII 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
liveliest concern In Washington and
London. II is gratifying TO Berlin.
because IL Japan and China become
involved in war the former can no
longer supply munitions of war to
Russia Cut off from the Japanese
supply. Russia will not be able to
continue vigorous offensive against
the Germans and Austrians Thus.
the allies will be weakened Nor is
ii expected that the close relations
between the British and Japanese gov
ernments will maintain. The former
certainly will not back it's ally in a
war of aggression against China.
! At the moment when Japan is
seeking to remake the map Of the far
East it has leaked out that Paul NJ
Reinsch, the American minister to
China, win come home the latter part
OF this month. There are reports that
the minister has been recalled and
will not 20 back TO 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 ard 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
pens2te the former for damages. re-
csiving In return colonies In Africa
In view of the larger interests of
Great Britain in the far East. It is
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 it
not to go to war with China. but 50
far as present developments indicate
the result has been nil. Either the
Tokyo government has determined by
force to obtain compliance with its
so-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 a game OF bluff. Those
familiar with Japanese diplomacy
scout the possibility Of a surrender
by the Tokyo ministry.
Everything Of an authoritative char
acter that has come from Peking es-
tablishes that President Yuan Shi Kai
has decided to accept war rather than
humiliate his country by acceding to
demands which destroy It's sovereign
ty, In this attitude he is backed up
by practically all OF the people.
That China alone can successfully
resist the Japanese is Of course i'm
possible, An army OF 100000 men
has been created. but It is short of
ammunition and two Of the three
arms and cartridge factories are at
points accessible to Japanese men-of-
war 1t is believed In Picking. how
ever, that resistance will be valuable
in arousing the people and that the
great interests OF foreign powers will
cause rem to intervene. Japan has
a m-uion troops ready for service.