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CLASH TO FOLLOW EXPIRATION OF JAP ULTIMATUM
Great Battle Between Germany and the Allied Forces
TIE LIT EM ES IB GERMANY
FIS TB ANSWER JAP ULTIMATUM,
HOSTILITIES ARE NOW IMMINENT
Reported That Japanese Fleet in Readiness to
Begin Operations at Once—Germany Forts to
Resist to the Utmost
At Ten O’clock Last Night the Time For Germany’s Answer
Expired—The Opinion Was General That Germany Would
Ignore Japan’s Note—Early Capture of Kiaochow Seems
Assured
Washington The time limit for the
Japanese ultimatum to Germany, demanding
the surrender of Kiaochow, expired at 10
o’clock tonight, without any answer having
been made by the German government
through the state department.
No notification that a reply had been
transmitted through any other channel had
been received at the German embassy here
at that hour.
JAPAN READY TO BEGIN OPERATION
London, 2:30 a. m.-A Tien Tsin dispatch
to the Central News says it is reported that
the Japanese fleet, accompanied by a large
number of transports conveying troops, is
near Kiaehow, in readiness to begin opera
tion immediately the ultimatum expires. The
German warships and forts are prepared to
.offer the utmost resistance.
Expired at 10 O'clock,
Washington. The tme limit on Ja
pan* ultiiuatum to Ocrmtiuy, demand- j
mg Hiat the Chinese territory of Klao
ehow held ■ (in many he eorreiuternd
and that urrmaii crulaere in Far
Eastern waters lie disarmed, expired
at 10 o'clock tonight, eastern time, or
noon Sunday, Toklo time.
An that hour approached atate de
part merit and diplomat le. offlciale here
watched for a poaetble reply from
Germany to he transmitted to Toklo
through American channel*.
Bo fur ae *'•« known no such mes
na»c had been forwarded through
other channels, and the opinion was
general that Germany would Ignore
Japan'a note, leaving the Initiative to
Japan.
Baron Chlnda. Japanese ambaeea
dor to tho United States, transmitted
through the elate department today a
meamige to Mr. Foniknsha, Japanese
charge d'affglica at Berlin ordering
him U> leave the Gorman capital at
4 a. m tomorrow. If • that time he
had received no reply from the Her
man government to the ultimatum.
The Japanese charge Was Instructed
to leave the Internets of Japan In the
hands of the American embassy.
The next atep on the part of the
- Japan government. It was generally
anaunird here, would he to attack
Klaochow. At the Japanese embassy
It was reiterated that Japan would
carry out to the letter the terms of
her ultimatum.
The United States.
The United states. In the foie of
An Interested hut neutral spectator,
was per pa red to tranamlt any com
munications from ths two govern
ments. •
Discussion here today turned on the
future of Klaochow. as Its early sur
render or capture seems assured. Ja
pan Is expected to redeem Its prom
ise to her ally. Great Britain, and to
the United States* to turn this ter -
ritory over to Chine at s reasonably
early data
The dtecuealcn has been raised In
Tokto aa to whether Japan would not
he relieved from the execution of this
pledge If through Germany's refusal j
to meet the terms of the ultimatum,,
Japan Is put to the expense and tmu- ]
Me of taking Klaochow by force. In- I
time lions received In official circles
here, however, are that many Japan
ese statesmen believe the time has
come when efforts must be made tu
regain the confidence of the Chinese
people In Japan's Intentions. Also it
Is deemed necessary for the success
ful development of the larger politi
cal plane of Japan In the Far East
that ahe should retain the good will
of the United States
Jap Trade with U. 8.
It has been shown that, contrary to
common belief. Japanese trade with
tbg United Btetee I* more than double
In volume the entire Chln»-American
commerce Last year Japan sent Into
the United States markets goods val
ued at Ml.tSJ.ooo and received Amer
toan goods to the value of IJ?,T41,000.
while In the same time Chinee# ex
port* to the United Btetee were 18.-
788,000 end American exports to China,
ti 1.318.114.
In view of these considerations. It
Is generally believed here that the Ja
pirn government will follow out Its
announced program to the letttr and
restore Klaochow to China ag early
aa poesUisx
Kill German
Cavalry in
Fight
London. A Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam saya a largo detach
ment of German cavalry wero annihi
lated In the suburbs of Mallnes. Bel
glum, Friday afternoon. They were
n et suddenly by a squad of Belgians
In motor cars armed with machine
guns. Moat of the Germane were
killed. A handful surrendered and
weremad* prisoners
Imperial Chancellor to
the Associated Press
Now York The Aaoetatod Press has
r< et\ cd the following message
through the German embassy:
"Berlin. The Associated Frees.
N • w York:
"Germany t* completely cut off from
the rest of the world and neither can
si ltd out news nor receive it The
empire therefore ts unable to defend
Itself against the falsehoods propagat
ed by the press of hostile countries It
only can defend Itself by Its deeds The
German people will be profoundly
grateful for every effort to disseminate
the real truth.
"VON B ETH MAVS - H01.1.W KG
"Imperial German Chancellor.*
"UNCLE CHARLIE'MS IN
SOUTH GEORGIA PREACHING
Sayg Evangelistic Meeting* in
That Section of the State
Been Successful.
Word received In Augusta hv friend*
of "l'ncle Charlie" Wilkinson, the
evangelist. Indicate that he has been
holding iin%e.saful meetings during
the spring and summer In South
, Georgia.
He Is now at Broxton. Oa.. one hun
dred and eighty-six miles from Am*
, gust a. and states that he finds that
| * h, “ people there are Interesting thern
»e)voa a greet deal In his preaching.
National Lawn Tennis.
Newport. R. |.—With M E. Mc-
I lenighlln and K N. Williams second,
! of the American Davis cup team, and
A F Wilding and N. E Brooke, of
the winning Australasian cup team aa
contenders, together with nearly every
stats end sectional tltleholder In (he
country, the national lawn tennlc
championship which begins here cn
Monday la expected to prove aa In
teresting aa the recent International
matches
Drawings for the all-comer*' tour
nament today disposed an entry list
|of 118, or tea leas than last year.
Namor and First View ot Belgian Troops Concentrating There
l'*L ■- — —
NAMUR.
The photograph above is the first to he received in the United States of the mobilization of the Belgian
troops at Namur to resist the invasion of the Gorman army. Below is s hown a view r of the city of Namur
across the River Meuse. How the Belgians defended the city of Liege and how they are still holding the
Liege forts is now known and applauded throughout the civilized worl d. The defense of Namur will prove
even more stubborn than that ol Liege. At Namur the Belgians will b e reinforced by the French and the
English and It Is doubtful if the German army of the Meuse which had planned pushing on to France in shortest
possible space of time, will ever get beyond Namur.
Bitter Commercial War Starts in
England Against Germany
and Austria
London.—A bitter commercial war
Rgainet Germany and Austria has
been Inaugurated in England. It has
the loyal support of press and public.
The London chamber of commerce
committee at a private meeting Sat
urday discussed this anti-German
trade campaign The commercial In
telligence branch of the board of
trade has a skilled staff working on
lists of German Imports and It calls
attention of manufacturers to trans
fer lines which Germans sell heavily
In England: Electrical appliances and
apparatus. Iron and steel, wire, stone
anil earthenware, chlnaware, cutlery,
hollow ware, cotton hosiery, woolen
and worsted piece goods, cotton prints,
furniture, leather, gloves, and boots
and shoes.
It Is estimated that 812.000,000 worth
of German dynamos and motors are
sold annually In British territory.
Suspend Patents.
The hoaTd of trade hss arranged for
the suspension of German and Aus
trian patents In England, wherever
manufacturers want to make use of
them In the public Intereet. The drug
manufacturers are preparing to cap
ture the great trade which German
chemical concerns have enjoyed In
England.
2420 Passengers and
6,000 Sacks of Mail
Seven Hundred of the One Thousand One Hundred in Steer
age Were Americans Who Could Get No Other Accommoda
tions—Many Hardships Be fore Taking Steamer
New York—The White Star liner
Baltic arrived Saturday from Liver
pool and Queenstown with s,tso pas
sengers and nearly 8,000 sacks of tjtall.
The passengers Included more than
1.600 American refugees, who reached
either Queenstown or Liverpool from
the continent after suffering many
hardships.
Seven hundred of the 1,100 steerage
passengers were Americans, unable to
get accommodations In the first and
second cabins. One of the passenger*
was Mis* Florence Ralph of Buffalo,
who at the outbreak of hostilities was
studying music in Berlin. Bhe heard
the emperor deliver the speech In
which he said hie sword had been
forced Into hie hands by hi* enemies.
A* he said It, Miss Ralph de'lared, he
petted the hilt of e heavy sabre hang
ing at hi* side and tear* came Into
his eye* The Germans cheered ths
emperor's speech until he told them to
go to tho churches and pray.
Tim# te Be Solemn.
"The day before 1 left Berlin.'' ene
said, "the authorities Issued orders
that no parades should be allowed and
that any persons found singing patri
otic songs would be arrested. The
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
All English chambers of commerce
have been advised of this opportunity
and urged by the London chamber to
interest manufacturers In concerning
German business Germany shipped
more than $17,000,000 worth of stock
ings to England last year, as well *8
much underwear. Furthermore Ger
many has enjoyed an extensive Can
adian trade in women’s suits and cot
ton goods.
Capture German Trade.
All tUe dally papers and trade Jour
nals contain letters, articles and edi
torials, setting forth how to capture
this German trade. Buyers are urged
to boycott German goods after ths
present stocks held by English mer
chants are exhausted.
The treasury has announced that
the government will not permit Brit
ish firms to deal with German and
Austrian firms located In hostile ter
ritory; also that contracts entered
Into before the war with firms In hos
tile territory cannot be carried out.
The English papers are making an
especial attack on the German tnamt
fact---ers of the Christmas cards and
toys. All parents are ruged to deny
their children playthings made by the
enemies of the empire.
Idee. I understand, was that the gov
ernment wanted to Impress upon the
people that 1t was a time to be solemn
and not to be over confident."
Samuel Untermyer, the lawyer, said
that Amerk-an women, who were
forced to taka passage In the steer
age, sat at tablet sandwiched among
foreigner* of the kind usually found
In steamship steerages. In the steer
age were fifteen Americans who had
been arrested In Ormany and Russia
as spies
Filled With Wounded.
Dr. R. Pollock of San Antonio, Tex.,
was a steerage passenger. He was 'n
Liege Aug. Ist and 2nd and said the
etreets were filled with wounded men.
He eatd there seemed to be few- phy
sicians In ths town. He himself
dressed the wounds of several men.
Miss A. Nelson of Brooklyn, a
steerage passenger, rode from Berlin
to A '-ge In a freight car. Bhe lost
all of her baggage. Jewelry and money.
The Baltic was convoyed by the
Rrttlah cruiser Essex from the middle
of the Atlantic to a short distance
outside the three-mll# limit. All the
passengers praised the British gov
ernment for Its eforts to ease herd
ships of stranded Americana.
IS SPECIALS
FDR CANADIANS
War Recruits Begin Their
Start For Quebec Camp.
Eight Thousand Men Ready
Wlnnepeg.—Western Canada troops
began entraining today for Valcartier
Camp, Quebec. The big movement
through and out of Winnipeg begins
tomorrow and will continue all day
Monday. Fifteen special trains have
been ordered to convoy nearly eight
thousand men with equipment. De
tachments also are coming from Van
couver, Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton,
Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon, Bran
don, Portage La Prarles, Kenora, Fort
William and Port Arthur. Ac these
points they have been drilling for a
week. Two thousand are leaving Win
nipeg, Including Infantry, cavalry, ar
tillery and ambulance men with
bands.
FRENCH WOUNDED SAY
BULLETS DON’T HURT
Parle, 12:50 p» m.—French wounded
being cared for in Paris hospitals fre
quently remark that their bullet
wounds are not painful. In a large
number of cases men who had been
shot are not aware of the fact until af
ter the engagement was over. One
man declares he did not know he had
been hurt until the next morning He
then discovered a ball had gone throug
his arm. The only outward Indications
were two dark spots on the skin euch
as might he mode by a lead pen dl, one
on earh side of the arm. The men In
the hlspitals pass the time gaily and
spend many hours listening to ac
counts of the progress of the war read
aloud by one of their number.
B REIURNIIIG;
Sill ARE PENNILESS
“Campania’’ and “St. Louis"
Dock at New York From
Liverpool With British and
French Ambassadors
New York—The Cunard Litter Cam
pania and the American Line steamer
Ht. Louie arrived tonight from Liver
pool, filled to their utmost capacity
with returning Americans. The Cam
pania brought *45 caoln and S 4&
steerage and the St. Louie had 668
cabin and 468 steerage passengers.
Many paosengers wero penniless and
had only the clothes they wore.
Passenger* on the St. Louis includ
ed the British ambassador. Sir Cecil
Arthur Bprtng-Rlee, and the French
ambassador. Jules J. Jusserand.
In the Irish Channel the Campania
passed about twenty sub-marines,
which the passengers at first thought
to be whales. Tht# morning about
forty mltea -west of Nantucket, a
| British cruiser passed her. The 8l
I Louis saw the some cruiser.
SINGE RUSSIAN WAR,
JAPS HATED GERMANS
Mikado’s Subjects Have Never Forgiven Them For Part Play
ed Nineteen Years Ago in Evacuation of Port Arthur
London, 7:46 p. m.—“ From my fair
ly intimate knowledge of the Japan
ese I felt certain that as soon as war
broke out they would Join in driving
the Germans out of Kiaochow," said
Sir Valentine Chirol, former director
of the foreign department of The
Times, in a statement Saturday night.
Sir Valentine is looked upon as an
authority whose words carry weight
in all the chancellories of Europe.
“The Japanese,” he continued,
“probably would have done it even if
there had been no Anglo-Japanese
treaty, and even if the Japanese gov
ernment had tried to hold hack, popu
lar feeling would have insisted. The
share which Germany took with Rus
sia and France in compelling the Jap
anese to evacuate Port Arthur in 1895,
after their victories over China, never
has been forgotten or forgiven.
Shall Never Forgive.
"T was In Japan then and in the
course of a conversation Prince Xto,
that great statesman, usually reticent
and reserved, brought his fist down
on the table and exclaimed:
“ 'Germany we shall never forgive;
Russia looks upon us as a future rival
In the Far EsTst. France is, of course,
her ally and has Important possessions
and ancient interests in eastern Asia;
we can understand their action. Rut
for Germany, who always professes
such genuine friendship and has no
special interests in these regions, to
Join hands with them and stab us in
the back—her intervention was odious
and gratuitous.’
“Moreover, Japan believed, I really
think, that Germany instigated Rus
sia. Count Okuma, the present pre
PROTEST BY BRITAIN
ON SU OT GOAL'
LADEN ’FRISCO SHIP
Clearance Refused By U. S. Authorities For Steamer Mazat
lan—Cargo Intended to Replenish Fuel For German
Cruiser Leipzig
Washington,—The British govern
ment will consider It a direct violation
of American neutrality If the tramp
steamer Mazatlan, denied clearance at
San Francisco, Is permitted to sail
with coal for the German cruiser
Leipzig.
Colville Barclay, charge d’affalrs of
the British embassy here, took the
matter up today with the state de
partment. He was Informed that the
question was already under consider
ation by the department and some
phases of it before the department of
justice.
Mr. Barclay said he felt It unneces
sary, In view of this, to lodge a formal
protest. The British embassy believes
the I,elpz lg la using San Francisco, a
neutral port, as a coaling station
through the medium of such ships as
the Mazatlan and claims It Is as direct
a violation of neutrality as though the
Leipzig put into port herself for coal.
The Leipzig has coaled once at San
Francisco and under neutrality laws
may not coalat an American port
Rgaln for three months.
Clearance Refused.
Ban Francisco,—Clearance papers
OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF
NAVAL SITUATION
Washington,—The British embassy tonight made public the follow
ing official summary of the naval situation received today from the
London foreign office:
"The floating trade of Germany has been brought to a standstill by
the operations of British cruisers in different parts of the world. The
German fleet Is unable to Interfere or to set their commerce free, owing
to the British main fleet which Is cruising In full strength and prevent
ing any interference with the cruisers. Already about seven percent of
the total German tonnage Is In Brit Ish hands, another twenty per cent Is
sheltering In neutral harbors and the remainder either la In German har
bors unable to move or endeavoring to find security. British shipping,
with the exception of less than one per cent which was In German har
bors at the outbreak of war Is actively pursuing its business on all the
great commercial routes.
"The German sqifardon In Chin a has been rendered Ineffective by the
constant pursuit by the British squadron in Far East. Trade In China,
therefore is unaffected.
"The Austrian squadron In the
before the combined Anglo-French
about to send strong detachments
adjoining seas in which the naval
"Great numbers of the sea-faring population of Great Britain are of
fering themselves for service In the fleet."
ORIENTAL SEA ROUTES.
Tokio.—The chamber of commerce has announced tha* Oriental Eu»
ropenn sea route* are safe, except in the neighborhood of German pos
sessions. The route from Japan t< Beattie Is declared to be safe, but by
way of Honolulu it is advlsuble to steam to the north and to maintain
vigilance.
The Japanese government U expected to make an important decla
ration Sunday.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23.
mier, says so in his book, 'Fifty Years
of Modern Japan,’ and I have no doubt
it is so.
A Paraphrase.
“Compare, too, the text of Japan’s
ultimatum to Germany with the text
of the ultimatum addressed by Ger
many to Japan in 1895. It is clearly a
direct paraphrase-. The curious ex
pression that ‘The Japanese govern
ment believes it to be its duty to give
advice to the imperial German gov
ernment’ to withdraw from Kiaochow,
is borrowed almost textually from tne
1895 ultimatum which many described
as advice given to Japan to ‘renounca
possession of Ldao-Tung peninsula as
new proof of sincere friendship.’
“The bitter irony with which Japan,
after nineteen years, now turns the
tables on Germany, speakß for itself.
Public Opinion.
“All Japan wants Is to ell mina/e
from China the root of German influ
ence and I am perfectly well i(yrare
that any action which would estrknge
public opinion in the United States
Is Incompatible with the Anglo-Jap
anese alliance, which was specially
revised only three years ago, so as to
exclude suen possibilities and positive
assurances have been given all neu
tral powers having possessions in the
Far East.
“Japan, no doubt, wishes to secure
her seat in the council of the powers
when the war ends and also to in
crease her prestige with China. But
as far as the people of Japan are con
cerned, it is memories of past injuries
rather than dreams of future ambi
tions which at present fill their
minds.”
were refused the steamer Mazatlan toi
day by order of the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington. The Mazatlan Is
German-owned and Is laden with coal
originally bought by the German con
sulate here for delivery aboard the
German cruiser Leipzig at sea.
Much perplexity has clouded the
case of the Mazatlan. While the ves
sel was still flying the German flag
her attempt to deliver the coal was
halted by the port authorities. She
was then placed under the Mexican
flag and representations were made
that the coal had been eold a firm of
Mexican commission merchants for
livery In Guaymas, Mex.
Daniels Won’t Talk.
Washington,—Secretary Daniels re
ceived a report on the Mazatlan today
dined to discuss It. Certain circum
stances, not disclosed here were un
derstood »o be the hast* of the treas
ury department's action in refusing to
clear the ship.
The steamer Is being held while the
state department decides the question
of neutrality and law Involved.
Adriatic has retired Into the Adrlatlo
fleet which ts so superior that It la
to any part of the Mediterranean and
forces may be required.