Show JAPAN MAY OPEN WAR ON KAISER ADVISES GERMANY TO WITH DRAW FROM JAPANESE AND CHINESE WATERS AT ONCE ultimatum giving germany until august 23 to comply with demand Is expected by japanese to result in war tokio japan sent an ultima ultimatum tuni to germany saturday night at 8 demanding the withdrawal ot of german warships from rom tho the orient aaa the evacuation 0 of o klau chau and giving germany until sunday august 23 to comply with the demand otherwise the ultimatum states japan will take action the general expectation here la Is that the ultimatum will be followed by war takaaki kato the japanese foreign minister simultaneously with the he dispatch of the ultimatum conferred with george W guthrie Gu thrle tho the american ambassador and made to him a broad statement calculated to assure the tha united states that american interests in the far east would be safeguarded and the integrity of china upheld owing to doubts whether communications with berlin were assured japan in order to insure the arrival of the ultimatum forwarded aitto it to der lin by six channels including washington loudon london and Stoc stockholm liholm the government also notified count von ilex german ambassador to japan and likewise retarded the time limit for for a reply until august 23 |