Show BREAR WITH GERMA N seizes all german ships at shanghai and puts crews on shore under guard young china resent reent I 1 keisers kaisers Kal Kai tera sers order to make t the he wo word rd germana Germa nl dread dreaded ie d in china for a C century e n t u ry washington american minister at on march 14 reported to tho the alata department that china had severed diplomatic relations with germany and that the german minister had been landed handed his passports advices advises to the navy department said that china has taken possession ot of alt german merchant mer cliant ships in shanghai about six in number placed their crews on shore under guard and placed armed guards on the vessels chinas cainas severance of relations has been expected hero here tor for weeks the action of the tha united states in breaking relations was received with acclamation by chinese officials and press particularly young china feeling against germany has hag run high not only because scores of chinese on tile the way to europe have hava lost their lives through Ger german ratin submarine obe operations rations but from the memory ot of the laisers kaisers kai sers order to the boxer punitive force to make the word german dreaded in china tor for a century and the seizure by germany of the whole province of shantung for the murder of two missionaries sion aries narles seizure of the german ships may be taken by germany us as an act of war as aa in the case of portugal chinas cainas action may be foll followed owea by seizure of gorman german property in china which Is very extensive in addition to all abo concessions ces held by tho the germans in chinese cities which it ft Is presumed will ho he seized as quasi public property there are extensive private german bol holdings dings in china latest figures figure s a show how there are about german civilians scattered throughout the republic I 1 ic but it Is not known whether they will be interned chinas cainas aati action on ls Is expected mohave to have far reaching effect on far eastern history as it aligns her with japan and the other entente powers german trade which before tho the war had become the most dangerous competitor to british and japanese business bu alnesa in china amounted to about 20 per cent of japans trade and offered a tempting prize tor for tho the latter |