PEREMPTORY DEMAND.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1867, 29 September 1913, Page 7

PEREMPTORY DEMAND.

THREE DAYS TO DECIDEi

JAPANESE ULTIMATUM TO CHINA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. September 28, 6.5 p.m.) London, September 27. Japan has delivered an ultimatum to China, demanding compliance with her domands within three days. These demands include the parading of General Chang Hsun's troojis before the Japanese Consulate at Nanking. Ten warships, filled with bluejackets, are awaiting, in the vicinity, a reply to the ultimatum, while 750 Japaneso troops are proceeding to Hankow. Shanghai, September 27. ' The Japanese Consul at Nanking has ordered all residents of his nation within the Consulate, where machine-guns will protect them. It is now stated that General Ohang Hsun has not apologised. Peking, September 27. British merchants, regard the Japanese activity in the Yangtse district with anxiety. Adventurous Japanese have secured from the rebels important contracts and concessions, including the iron minos at Anhui, and an extension of mining concessions in Hanan. AGGRESSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE NEIGHBOUR. JAPAN'S ACTIVITY IN KOREA. Bf Telegraph—Presi Asßoolatlon-Oopyright "Times!'—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, September 27. Expert observation bliows that Japan' is making remarkable expansion in Korea. Wherever the Japanese Administration obtains, the people are; happier and more prosperous. By comparison the Chinese Administration is still enveloped in sloth and slackness. People in Peking are wondering how long this petrified regime will last, with the nation in Buch immediate proximity to an aggressive and progressive race. RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA. London, • September 27. After vainly requesting China to restore order on tho Caravan routes in Western Mongolia, Russia has occupied Tchougoutchak and Kobdo, placing that region on the same footing as Urga.