Peking, Oct. 16.
Japanese diplomats have declared that the war between Japan and ti Germany broke out because Germany hed refused to give the assurance that the German squadron in East Asia would be instructed to keep quiet.
We are authorized to} is i declare that such a demand has never been made. On the trary, before the Japanese ulti tum was delivered the Japanese Charge d'Affaires in Berlin had been informed that the (German squadron would abstain from any hostile operation, if Japan remained neutral, No answer has been received to this communica tion.
Great Britain refused to disarm her two gunboats Widgeon and Teal in Szechuan, The boats are till flying the British battle flag and the crew is said to have been sent away to take part in the siege of Tsingtao.
The "Peking Gazette" reports that the Japanese are trying to borrow the workshops of the Tientein-Pukou Railway to repair the loodmotives of the Shantung Railway. It is stated that China will probably not comply with thi sire, The "Osaka Mainichi" reports, that the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Kato, has asked the Japanese Government to establish a consulate in Tsinanfu.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.