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Show JAPANESE DEM WAR ON GEM ACTION TAKEN AT EXPRATB, B OF TIME LIMIT OF JAPAN? B ULTIMATUM TO KAISER. B Hostilities In Far East tnaugur,,., B When Emperor Issues Reictpt B Calling Upon Citizens of Empr, B to Take Up Arms. B Toklo. Tho emperor of jpaa u B Sunday, AugiiBt 23, declared -war udo. B Germany. H This action was taken at the cxpir B Hon of tho time limit of Japan u M mntum to Germany demanding u, surrender of Kiaochow. B Tho Jnpanese government has w, H dercd the beginning of operation! ci land and sea. B Tlio Imperial rescript declaring u H upon Gcrinnny was Issued Sunda; K .evening. It officially Inaugurates hoi M tllltles In the far east as a rcult o( m Germany's failure to reply to the Ji 1 ancao ultimatum. M Count von Rex, the German embji- H sailor, bus been handed his pasjporu, HI The Austrian cruiser KaUorln Kiln B bcth, which lately was at Tslng Tig, H the seaport of Kiaochow, Is reported H to have sailed. She probably will t) B to a neutral port and disarm. m It Is believed this action will Vtt H Austria out of the war in tho Orient, B although unforcsce'n clrcumstan H may force Jnpan to change this poV M Icy. No nctlon yet has been bkq H relative to Austria, nnd tho foreign ol. H flco has explained that Japan will n- H main friendly unless Austria adopts H( an nttltude which Is regnrded at nt- H fenslve. HI |