Japan.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 6, 7 May 1915, Page 5

Japan.

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ULTIMATUM. Cnitkd Press Association. (Received 11.15 a.m.) New York, May 6. The Tokio correspondent of the Associated Press states that an official announcement was made this afternoon that Japan had sent an ultimamatum to China. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR WITH BRITAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER Times and Sydney Sun Skbvioe. (Received 11.41 a.m.} London, May 6. The Japanese Ambassador was closeted with Sir Edward Cray at the Foreign Office, but no official details of the developments are obtainable in London. MARTIAL LAW ENFORCED. United Press Association. London, May 6. Japan has declared martial law in the Kwangtung Peninsula and on the South Manchuria railway. "JAPAN DOES NOT DESIRE WAR." (Received 8.55 a.m.) London, May 6. j The Japanese Legation does not confirm the news of the ultimatum. Latest unofficial advices from Tokio. state Ithat the ultimatum was withheld in order to prove that Japan does not desire war. CHINA LESS CONCILIATORY. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, May 6. The Times Tokio correspondent is authoritatively informed that the tone of the Chinese reply precluded further conversation. China not only refused the Yangtse demand, but did so in distinctly provocative language. Since its presentation of the Japanese modified demands, the attitude of China is less conciliatory.