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Show IfAPAN WILL SEIZE ALL POSSESSIONS OF i GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC AND ORIENT SIXTH MONARCH TO JOIN IN WAR AND HIS EMPRESS Yoshihito, young emperor of Japan, which, has virtually declared war upon Germany, and his coniort, Sada-Ko-Kujo FRO! BLAMONT jKmk Official Account Describes M "N the Affair as Particularly r2W'j Yfe Brilliant on Part of Sol- . diers of France Sjri A 3&M W tsflfellj- LOVDOV Aug 16 -Ad spatch from " &W& Paris to Reuter s agency say. the of ZiT A U Wtlt AtlMtllSi fic al account of the fighting on Friday (tfm& fc M't l3gifeS -t feWll ! and Saturday between the French and lISiti "fi -J" W?'' vffe&PIaj German troops at Blamont and Clrey Vf V iSJ Cf' adds the affa r was a particularly brll wMtT r irfe hant one The German force cons sted Lfe!5? kJT M51iS of a Bavarian army corps "When the jL, - A&B&UlC? SSiSMk Germans occupied the northern he ghts VJX lflW f iji 'Sl' the French troops executed a grand "'PSs?' ffab flanking movement which decided the raJftJB commander of the Bavarian army corps "SfS$ tSn to ret re in the d rection of Saarburg Jvj'E3? fg MM jfJ$, " Tj$S$ jt I " The engagement was a very hot one iPiB P- SI The morale of the French troops was tjSl? rWtM I I ?l excellent. In the coarse of Friday the f'p lk I t: US GERMANS FIND OUT mtk ,JlSl! New,papers Anm Wi,h f,i'M Accounts of the Result of WKCM Liege Battle SSvK LOTOON Aug 17 3 30 a m -The cor OvSiS-S S respondent of the Chronicle sends an In sJfejT&Tts g? tervlew with an unnamed American busi " ne s man who has Just arrived at the French capital from Berlin bv wav of Ultimatum "Advises" Germany to Withdraw Warships From Japanese Japa-nese and Chinese Waters Wa-ters and to Disarm Such Vessels as Cannot Be Withdrawn. MOVE TO "KEEP PEACE" IS PLEA Germany Also Required to Deliver to Japan Without Condition or Compensation All Territory Ter-ritory Leased at Kiao Chau by Noon Sunday. WASHINGTON Aug IS Ow ing to cable interruption, Japan has not heen able to deliver its ultimatum ultima-tum to Germany and the United States will undertake to communi cate it to Berlin. TOKIO Aug 16 Japan sent an ult matum to Germany Saturday night at 8 o clock demanding the withdrawal of German warships from the Orient and the evacuation of Kiao Chan, and giving Germany until Sunday August 23 to comply wjth the demand Other wise the ultimatum stateg Japan will take action The general expectation is that the ult matum will be followed by war Takaaki Kato the Japanese fore gn minister s multaneously w th the dis patch of the ultimatum conferred with George W Guthrie the Amerl an em bassador and made to h m a broad statement calculated to assure the Un ted States that American interests in the far east would be safeguarded and the integr ty of China upheld Owinf to doubts whether commum cations w th Berlin were assured Jap an in order to nure the arr val of the ultimatum forwarded it to Berlin by sn channels nclud ng "Washington London and Stockholm The govern ment also notif ed Count on Eex Ger man embassador to Japan and hkew so the t me 1 nut for a reply until Au gust 3 Gnes Out Isegotiations Count Okuma the Japanese premier today invited the peer the newspaper men and the lead ng business men of Tokio to coma to his office at noon, at 4 and 6 o clock m the afternoon re spect vely when he made known to them the terms of the ultimatum and announced that he would give out the neot at ons in connection with the al liance The ultimatum follows We cons der highly important and necessary in the present s tua t on to take measures to remove the causes of all d sturbances of the peace n the far est and to safegiard the general interests as contemplated by the agreement of all ance between Japan and Great Brita n In order to secure a firm and en dur ng peace in eastern As a the estab hment of wh ch s the a m (Continued on Pags Two ) JAPAN TO OPEN IB 01 WISER Ultimatum Requires Germany Ger-many to Abandon Kiao Chau and Send Away (Warships (Continued from Page One ) of the sa 1 a reeu eut the n per al Japanese go e nment s n erely be 1 eved it to be ts duty to give the ad ce to the imper al Ge man government to a ry out the follow ng two propos t ons First To withdraw immediately from Japanese and Chinese waters German men of war and armed vessels ves-sels of all kinds and to disarm at once those which cannot be so with drawn Second To deliver on a date not later than September 15 to the imperial Japanese authorities with out condition or compensation the entire leased territory of Kaio Chau with a view to the eventual restoration of the same to China The mpenal Japanese government announces at the same t me that n the e ent of t not rece ving bv noon on August 93 1914 an answer fron the imper al German govern ment s gn fy ng ts uncond t onal acceptance of the abo e adv ce of fered by the imper al Japanese gov ernment Japan w 11 be compelled to I talce such, action as she may deem necessary to meet the s tuat on Insp red utterances express regret at the mab 1 ty to ma nta n neutral ty t but say that Great Br ta n the ally of I Japao s compelled to defend herself I ' aga nst the aggress ons of Germany Moreover t is po nted out that Ger many s mak ng preparations day and night at X ao Chau where it is stor ng prov s one wh le its warships are Bcour ing the seas of eastern As a to the gTeat detr ment of comn erce and that its converted cru sers are se z ng English merchant vessels Such action it is argued are directly calculated to d sturb the peace of east ern As a and accordingly after full and frank commun cation w th Br ta n Japan has found herself compelled to send an ult n atum to Germany ' The1 Japanese war office summoned all newspaper men at 1 o clock th s afternoon in or ler that they m ght re ce ve nstruct ons n regard to he pub ' 1 cat on of news of a state of war s com ng n force Creates Profound Impression The te-tt of the Japanese u t matum has created a profound imp ess on a though It had been prod cted that Japan was making readj to partlc pate in the war Count Oku ma the prem er and Takaa kl Kato the fore gn m n ster addressed meetings of merchants members of par 1 ament and others and counse ej a cam, attitude They declared that Japan had no amb tion for ter o a aggrand ze ment In a reply to a question propounded by a merchant the fore gn mln ster unequlv ocal y den ed repor 3 that the Un ted States had Interfered In any way In the e tuat on and he added the Un ted S ates t as not I ke y to Later he sad the Amer can government wou d be ful y n formed as to the Japa ese pos tlon Cop les of the Japanese u t n a um to Germany were handed to the Ch nese government and the fore n egat ons todaj Prepares for War As 1 s not cons de ed like y that Ger many wl 1 comp y w th the Japanese de mands p eparat ons are proceed ng for a campa gn by force of a ms The Br t sh regimen s In Ch na have rece vod nst uc tlons to ho d then e e n read ness for transpo tat on The s atement on the Japane e ulti matum that Japan proposed to return Ts ng Tau to Ch na is rega ded hopefu y by Chinese offlc a s The Ch nese fore gn board announced ton ght that Ch na rea Izes she cannot f 0 c b j prevent trans gress on of her ter to y one s how e er strengthen ng the r forces at Ts nan with the v e v on y to regu at ng he Chi nese affairs A protest w 11 be odged if the a es land troops bejond the fifty k ome er m t a oived German troops for maneu era Accord ng to Japanese figures the Ger man troops at Ts ng Tau number 3500 There are seve at hund ed reservists at the various treaty ports It s not known where the German fleet has gone It left port about ten days ago &ith colors |