China and Japan

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 5

China and Japan

THE ULTIMATUM SANCTIONED. London, May (i. The Em;:cror sanctions the uitimatuu, to China. The Times' Tokio correspondent is authoritatively informed that the tone of the Chinese reply preclude! further conversation'!. China not only refused the Yangtze (leiuar.d, lint did so ill distinctly provocative language. Since the presentation of the Japane.-e modified demands tile attitude of China ha; hern conciliatory. The .Japanese Legation does not eonfirm the alleged sending of an ultimatum. 'latest unofficial advice; from Tokio state that the ultimatum has been withheld in order to prove that Japan docs not want war. The Japanese Ambassador is c'oscted with Sir Edward Grey at the Foreign Office. No official details of 'developments are obtainable in London. . New York, May i>. The Associated Press Tokio correspondent states that an official announcement this afternoon says that Japan has sent an ultimatum to China. CHINA WILL YIELD. » Received May 7. ti.-W p.m. Washington, May fi. It is oflieially announced that China has been given until .Sunday to reply to Japan's ultimatum. It is believed China will yield by force majeure.

GERMAN INTRIGUE. AT TIIE BOTTOM OF THE TROUBLE. Wellington, Last Night. A Wellington resident, who has been in close touch with the East during the last few months, had some interesting light to throw on the Chino-Japanese quarrel when interviewed to-night by a Times reporter. Advices he lias received from China during the past few weeks disclose that Gorman influence in th:>t country has made considerable confusion in administrative affairs since the fall of Tsing Tao at the hands of the Japanese. The (iernian influence has been directed in Pekin at the state of the Chinese official administration, with results that have led to constant quarrelling and disruption. The President of the Public. Yuan Sliih Kai. lias been at bay with his arch-enemy, Dr. Sun Y'at, Son, the latter, it has been abundantly proved, having fostered his desire to be ruler of the Chinese Empire, supported by the German official set. 11l fact, inquiries go to show that Dr. Sun Yat Sen has been working hand in band with the Germans for many years, and ha; had German capitalists in America supporting his intrigues. So far the cards have fallen against Yuan Sliih Kai, who has always desired friendship with the Japanese Government. In January ran Shih Kai left Pekin for Formosa, o-ten-ibly to consult Japanese represent:- (i' es. There has been no advice that he hps yet returned to China. Dr. Morrison. Rritish Adviser to Yuan Sliih Kai. is supposed to have left China again cfter his return in December and to have i'i>-ii:ce-sfully alter,v,ifcd to restore "\ ran Sreh Kai's counsellors to a saf!;fai"t :ry frame of mind in their !>'::< ions With l'f Kim Yat Sen. From the Tb'ifi-h and Japanese point of view, the situation in China had reached brea!:ii;<r Inf. rom .i, «„ tlial U„. t ; m ,, had arrived for Japan, backed bv !!ritain and Iscr-\!!i«, to sav that German influonre in China must be eliminated. U LTIMATU M PRESENTED. Received May 8. 2.2 ft a.m. Tokio, Mac 7. An ultimatum has been presented, and a reply is demanded in forty-eight hours.