San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-03
JAPAN NOT FRETTING.

1OkOnOHd. Inc JAPANESE Iuluh
that when China shall have rati-
fled the treaty Of peace there will
not be any ground for Intervention
on the part of the European pow
ers. The opinion is still held, gen.
orally, that such intervention
would cause a dangerous ferment
in the country and would imperil
the government. The japanese
are in no frame Of mind to rega rd
with equanimity the action of the
powers attempting to deprive them
OF the fruits Of victory"
GREAT LOSS BY FIRE.
BERLIN, May L. A dispatch
from Breslau says: ain the small
Polish town OF Brezesinka sixty
five houses were destroyed by fire
and hundreds of people made
homeless. Three persons were
killed by falling walls and several
others are missing"
NO RUSSIAN-AMERICA TRUST.
NEW YORK, May ga special
cable from st. Petersburg says:
"N. DeWitte, Russian minister
of finance, has signified his disap-
proval Of the scheme for uniting
the interests of the Russian
Petroleum industry, which has
been put forward by the Standard
Oil company.
PREPARING FOR MORE FIGHTING.
BERLIN, May 3.-The Frankfurt
ter Zeitung has a st. Petersburg
dispatch, which says that Japan is
making extensive preparations for
defense. She has modified large
bodies Of troops and has erected
Notifications and blocked impor-
tant coast points with mines. Sew
eral swift steamers have recently
been bought for the japanese gov
eminent in England and America.
Russia, the dispatch says, is still
sending troops to Nladivostock.
WHY SPAIN JOINED.
LONDON, May 3.-The Paris cor
respondent OF the Daily News says
that Spain was easily induced to
join the alliance against Japan be-
cause she feels herself so weak in
the PHILIPPINE Islands. The cor
respondent also says that attempts
are being made to show Holland
that Japan, unless held in check,
will probably become a source Of
danger to Java.
CuTTTIN pApEpc RpTTTcEpENT
New YORK, May ga cable dig
patch from Valparaiso says:
The newspapers in Valparaiso
all have vigorous editorials on the
landing OF the British forces in
Corinto. They express the hope
that Nicaragua will not pay the
indemnity and trust that the
United States will enforce the
Monroe doctrine.
SAN DOMINGO APOLOGIES
PARIS, May 3.-Pincheon, French
Minister to Hayti, has concluded
his mission to San Domingo. He
has received the formal apology of
San Domingo's government and
its submission to Frances demands
for compensation on account Of the
ill-treatment Of the French citi.
zens.
FRANCES UNHOLY ALLIANCE.
PARIS, May 3.-Drudontz Libre
Parole says in leader on the joint
protest: "Since the death ofAlex-
ander Ill, Russia has been treat
ing us in very unhandsome man.
ner. First she dragged us into the
acceptance OF the Invitation to the
Kiel ceremony and is now hauling
us in this affair with Japan so as
to link us in common action with
Germany. Candidly, to borrow
seven milliards from a people and
then play them such a scurvy
trick is not very NICE"
RUSSIA GETTING MAD.
New YORK, April "a special
dispatch from st. Petersburg says:
"There is nothing to be said re-
specting the situation in the far
east. Public opinion and the Rus
sian press severely criticizes the
conclusions of the Pamir conven-
ton, especially in the light Of the
attitude assumed by England to-
wards Russia in regard to the Chi
na-Japan question"
BLOODY FIGHT IN RIO.
New YORK, May ga special
cable from Buenos Ayres says: It
is reported that a state Of siege has
been declared in Rio Janeiro, Bra