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Show JAPAN WILL SEIZE ALL V:tlBSHlK-'ttM mwmmm Germany Required iotijiliverAqJa-pan, iotijiliverAqJa-pan, All Territory Leased at , Kiao Chau. Toklo, Aug. 17'. Japan sent an ultimatum ul-timatum to Gormany. Saturday night at 8 o'clock, demanding tho withdrawal withdraw-al of Gorman warships from tho Orient Ori-ent and tho evacuation of Kiao Chau and giving Germany, 'uutll Sunday, August 23, to comply, .with the demand. de-mand. Otherwlsijo. ultimatum stato Japan will tskeVfttloiM Tho general expectation Is that tho ultimatum fjU'bp followed by war. 3m Takaakl Kato,'tnaJopanese foreign mlnistor, slmultdW wIth the dls-patch dls-patch of tho ujtltdajium, conferred with George WgutWIe, tbo American Ameri-can ombassadorVn'r111150 l, 1J,m n- broad statomenbloylated to assuro tho United Stotyiliat' American Interests In-terests In tho ffjfy4 would 4)d safe guarded and thtpt'oKrlty of China upheld. it: '; Owing to doubW.bether communications communi-cations with nvTOUViVore OBBurcd, .Japan In order katymra tho arrival of tiio uUlmatuffrowarded It to rtor'il'n by six V&iuihels, Including 'Washington, Loiti)9A.l Stockholm. Mio 'governmen6jnotir.ed Count Vcn Ilex, aornihH''.nbnBaa,lor to Jhpnn, and Hke$i$ tho time limit for a reply until ySVGul 23t w, . m 'a fen Paris, Aug. 17. A dispatch received re-ceived Sunday by the Havas agency from Namur 3ays that n momber ot tbo Belgian civil guard arriving in Namur from Ulnant, declared that n battle was raging In the environs ot DInant between tho Fronch and Ger-niuus. Ger-niuus. He guvo no details, Trains from Namur to DInant aro being stopped at Gellnden. FRENCH IN HIGH SPIRITS Paris, Aug. 16. An official note Issued by tho war olllco confirms the report of-a batlo at DInant, Belgium. Belgi-um. It says: .-t'A division ot German cavalry supported sup-ported by some battalions ot infantry attacked l3lnant; today. The French davalry-'re"pillsed(tho Gorman troops, who-otlred lii'.dfsorder. ''ThoFrunclCtrops captured spnio hundreds ot. Gorman cavalry horses, which -word Immediately sent to the roar to eorvo as romounts for tho French cavalry. "The high spirits ot tho French troops greatly encournged tho Del-glans." Del-glans." (Continued on pngo four) I JAPAN WILL SIEZE ALL GERMAN POSSESSIONS , IN THE PACIFIO ' (Continued frbm page one) "W DINANT VICTORY IMPORTANT ' LomlonTAug. 16. A farusscls dls-patch dls-patch to the- Exchange Telegraph '.Company says: "No German movement Is reported toward llrussels and there does not .seem to be further fear of such an advance. The German tactics appear to have been badlyJUlsofgnnlied' by tho reslstanco ,ot tho I-tcgo forts, which are still perfectly1' intact and Jfro resisting courageously. ' "Since Friday, the advance of the "French has been" hastened and has become very determined with the result re-sult that the French victory at DI-nant DI-nant will prove important. "The Belgian army Is strongly intrenched in-trenched to the north, and tho Ger-man Ger-man attack on Haclen and Dlest has been broken up. It is therefore Bate to concludo that the position of the allies Is excellent. Every day thht has passed has strengthened their chance of final victory." |
