Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-08-23 | Page 11 | German Action in 1895 Brings on Present War

GERMAN ACTION IN 1895 BRINGS ON PRESENT WAR LONDON Aug 2 7 36 p m "From my fairly intimate know edge of the Japanese, Jap-anese, I fe t certain that as soon as war broke out they would jo n in driving the Germans out of Kiaochow said S r Val entine Chlrol former director of the for e gn department of the T mes, in a state ment on the s tuatlon ton ght. b r Valentine was in the fl plomatlc service for a ong time and haa trav e ed extensively He has written much on the far eastern quest on and s looked on as an au hor t whose words carry weg t in a the chancellories of Europe The Japanese e con nued would probab j 1 a e done t, e en f he e had been no Anglo Japanese reaty and e en if the Japanese go ernment had tried o ho d back popular fee lng wou d ha e ns ted The share wh ch Germany took Russ a and F ance n compe ng he Japanese o evacuate Port Arthu n S after he r v c ories ove Ch na ne e has been forgotten or forgi en Could fot Forgne I was In Japan then and in the ourse of a conversation with Prince Ito a grea state-man usua y bo reticen and eser ed brought h s fist down on he tab e and exclaimed "German we s a never o g e Russ a ooka on us a a u u e al the fa easL France ii of cou e a and has mpor an possess one and anc ent nte -ests in eastern Asia w e can understand their a on. Bu for Germany who a ways professed such genu ne friendship and has no special In erests in theso regions, 1 to Jo n hands w th them and stab us , In the back her nterventlon was odious. and gratuitous. Mo eo er Japan be eved I rea ly b nk hat German ns ga ed Ru a. Count Okurna the presen prem er says : fo n h s book Fif T a s o Mode n Japa i. and 1 ha e no d ub s o j r g t up o he R so Jap ne e war t ! was part of the Gen a ai pe o s po c j to encourage Russ ana he As atl ven ures in order to weaken her pos on ' in Europe and intensify Ang o Russ an j antagonism I Compare too the text of Japan a 1 ti matum to Gern any with the tet of wie ultimatum addressed by Germany to