Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-10
RUSSIA HOLDS ALOOF
Is Said to Have Refused to Re.
ceive Official Communica.
ton from China.
SPECIAL ENVOY RooKH1LL SILENT
Washington officials Believe That the
Negotiations Referred to Relate
Only to Manchuria.

London, April S.-Both Japan and
Russia La,e emerged from cover and
their PREPARATIONS for war are being
made 50 openly it is clear that both
nations expect an early outbreak of
hostilities. LII Yokohama public proc
lamations We're Issued today that indi-
cate Japan's attitude only too clearly.
Orders We're transmitted to shipping
companies, according to cable dis
patches to The Daily Mail, to hold all
their vessels In readiness for transport
service.
Washington, April S.-The admins
tration is perpleXed over cable dis.
patch from Mr.. Squiers, now in charge
of the American legation in Picking.
This dispatch, according to a publica-
ton yesterday, said that the Russian
minister refuses to receive official
communication from Chinese commits.
sioners," which carried the Inference
that diplomatic relations between the
two countries interested would be
broken off. The officials are very re-
ticent about the matter and decline
to affirm or deny whether 1t is correct
~ stated. They will go only SO far as
to admit the receipt of dispatch
whose purport was not clearly under
stood. for which reason 1t was not
| given to the press for publication.
| Another cablegram which reached
here from Mr.. Rockhill. the special
commissioner of the United States,
engaged In conducting the peace
negotiations. made no reference to the
alleged refusal of the Russians to re.
ceive official communications from the
Chinese commissioners. AS Mr.. Rock
hill is in position to know promptly
what develops between the ministers
and the peace commissioners, 1t is be-
lieved he would be prompt to report
q step of such farreaching importance
as the published dispatch from Mr.
Squiers would indicate. At the Rus
sian embassy no information on the
subject was obtainable.
Relates to Manchuria Alone.
1t was said there that no commune
cations had come from the foreign
office at st. Petersburg since the Rus
i cAuh AOtC VI SGNSiuA wy oiiSCS WAASA
declared the governments intention
regarding Manchuria, copy of which
was handed to Secretary Hay. The
impression of the officials ut the en-
bassy was that no special significance
attached to the Squiers dispatch. Ac
cording to them 1t simply meant that
the Russians had discontinued further
negotiations ut this time on the Man
churian question alone, which, for the
time, is held in allegiance. This was Ii
accord with the spirit of the officia
publications of the government on the
matter, which asserted that remaining
faithful to Its original and oft-repeated
political programme regarding Man
churia, sit will quietly await the
further course of events" Absolutely
no consern was felt at the embassy or
the subject, the officials apparently
being perfectly satisfied that the com
munications referred to relate entirel!
to the Manchurian question.
II Report Receives no Credence.
In other diplomatic circles the re
port failed to receive credence, on tn,
general theory that the interests Of tn,
Russian government In China were
too great and farreachlng to permit
the severance of diplomatic relation.
at this time when substantial unity
on many of the matters of negotia
tions were so promising.