Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — ANXIOUS IO AVERT RUPTURE IN EAST [ARTICLE]

ANXIOUS IO AVERT RUPTURE IN EAST

China Makes Late Concessions to Japan. TERMS REJECTED BY TOKYO Visits Exchanged by High Diplomata Mikado’s Envoy to Present Ultimatum Today. Peking, May 7.—The Japanese legation lias informed the Chinese foreign office that Japan will be unable to accept the further concessions offered Thursday by China, and will present an ultimatum before three o'clock this afternoon unless the twenty-four demands are accepted by China without qualification. Peking, May 7. —Japanese envoys yesterday continued their efforts to bring about acceptance of the Tokyo demands to prevent the necessity of presenting Japan's ultimatum before the time o’clock this afternoon. China offered more concessions, but these were refused. The secretary of the legation visited the foreign office and informed Vice Minister Tsao Yulin {hat the legation had received the ultimatum from Tokyo. Offers More Concessions. Tsao Yulin immediately visited the winter palace, the residence of Yuan Shi Kai, and, after a conference with the executive and other members of the government, conveyed to the Japanese legation these further concessions:

China reiterated, regarding Shantung province, that she would grant Japan everything that already had been granted to Germany there by treaty. China agreed to grant Japanese the right to work mines in south Manchuria and eastern Mongolia; that all disputes between the Japanese in Manchuria, of whatever nature, shall bo under Japanese jurisdiction; that schools and hospitals may lease land from the Chinese, thereby reserving land ownership; to grant a concession to Japan to build the Nang Chang-Chaochow-Fu railway, if Great Britain consents to the release of China from the negotiations begun concerning this railroad two years ago. The Japanese claim they requested the concession for this railroad in 1907Stipulations Not Withdrawn. The three stipulations China made to the demands in the nature of counterproposals last Sunday were not withdrawn by China. These were that China asked the right to participate in an international conference for a rearrangement of the altered status of Shantung, indemnity for the losses incurred in consequence of the Tsing Tao campaign and the restoration of the status of Shantung as before the war. It is said that the Chinese government has resolved to communicate with the United States, Great Britain, Russia and France on receipt of the ultimatum and that the nature of this communication will depend upon the nature of the ultimatum.

Japs Send Ultimatum. Tokyo, May 7.—-Official announcement was made here that Japan had sent an ultimatum China. It is understood that the Japanese - ultimatum demands acceptance by ' China of the Japanese demands within a time limit, which expires at G p. m. of Sunday, May 9. The Kokumin Shimbun states that in its ultimatum Japan stipulates that China must accept unconditionally the Japanese demands. The newspaper says in an extra edition that this was decided upon by the imperial council' Private advices have reached Tokyo from Peking to the effect that Yuan Shi Kai, president of China, is anxious to avoid a rupture. These dispatches are ’declared to be reliable.