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Show JAPAN MAY OPEN WAR ON KAISER ADVISES GERMANY TO WITH- DRAW FROM JAPANESE AND CHINESE WATERS AT ONCE. Ultimatum Giving Germany Until August Au-gust 23 to Comply With Demand Is Expected By Japanese to Result In War. Toklo. Japan sent nn ultimatum to Germany Saturday night at 8 o'clock, domandlng thu withdrawal of German warships rrom the orient an.l tho evacuation or Klau-Chau, and giving Germany until Sunday, August Au-gust 23, to comply with tho demand. Otherwlso, tho ultimatum states, Japan Ja-pan will tnko action. Tho genernl expectation hero is that tho ultimatum will bo followed by war. Takuakl Kato, tho Japancso for-elgn for-elgn minister, simultaneously with tho dispatch or tho ultimatum, con-rerred con-rerred with Goorgo W. Guthrie, thu American ambassador, and mailu to him a broad statement calculated to assuro tho United States thnt Amerl-can Amerl-can Interests In tho far enst would bo safeguarded and tho Integrity or China upheld, Owing to doubtB whether communications communi-cations with Ilerlln weru assured, Japan Ja-pan In order to InBuro tho arrival or tho ultimatum rorwarded It to IJur lln by six channels, Including Washington, Wash-ington, London and Stockholm. Tho government also notified Count von Hex, German ambassador to Japan, and llkowlso retarded the time limit for a reply until August 23. |