The Penn's Grove record., 1903-07-31
JAPAN GROWING UNEASY
Cranborne Says Britain is Anxious
For Manchurian Settlement.
Russia and Japan Reported to Be Max.
ing Preparations For War In
the Far East.

LOndOn.-ln the House of Common
Joseph Walton, q Liberal, who strongl,
favors an extension Of British trade b,
means of c0l0nia. development, accused
the Government of a succession of hu
initiating surrenders in China. H,
said the time Lad arrived for facing til,
situation in Manchuria.
The Under Foreign Secretary. Lore
Cranborne, in reply, said that British
trade in China was still increasing a
a satisfactory rate, and he was conf
dent of securing a full share of railway
and other valuable concessions. TIL,
Government, he said, was fully aware
or the position of Manchuria. The
great difficulty up to the present tim.
IN negotiating with Russia was tha1
Great Britain had yet been able
to ascertain exactly what the Russian
Government wanted, and the fact re
NAMED that Manchuria was still occu
pied. Russia's failure to fulfil her un
dertaking, he said, was s~atisfactory
neither to Great Britain. Japan. mol
the United States.
Our ally, Japan" Lord Cranborne
said, rs becoming uneasy at the pro
longatiOn of the occupation of Man
churia, and we are equally anxious fol
some kind of a settlement. There are
certain elements out Of which an agree
ment ought to be possible, and il Rus
STA is prepared to give due weight te
ou treaty rights and commercial in
t~erests, she will not find us irreconcila,
BILE to compromise"
Lord Cranborne's remarks were the
subject of special comment because OF
the presence in London Of the French
arbitrationists.
The Daily Nails Toxic correspond.
ent sends rather an alarming view oil
the situation in the East to his y
He says that Russia's retention OF
Manchuria, the increase Of her fleet,
the dispatch of reinforcements to Man,
churia, the southwark movement OF. the
occupying army in Manchuria, and the
defiant conduct on the Korean frontier
alarms the japanese. many Of whom
are convinced that it would be better
to fight now than risk the eventual
loss of Korea and the relegation OF
Japan to a secondary place. He says
the Japanese are accommodating stores
and negotiating the purchase of ships;
that a squadron is off V~ladivostock, tc
which port Russian vessels have been
sent as a ~precaution. and that both
fleets are ready for action at any mo.
ment.
He says that a perusal of the ST.
berian press reveals the aggressive
spirit of the Russian military party:
that the Russians believe they will
lose prestige if they give way now with
the result that their Far Eastern EN-.
pire will be lost and Japanese influence
will become predominant. The appoint.
ment of Marquis Ito as President OF
the Privy Council, the correspondent
says, is favorable to peace. but Russia
must retreat. or there will be very
grave danger Of war. He says the
Japanese believe that France and Eng.
land will join in the expected conflict,
which diplomats at Toxic think might,
If once begun, continue for years, In.
volving disastrous results to Japanese
finance and the creation of a sort OF
Balkan difficulty in Korea. He adds
that confidence is shown in the Anglo.
japanese alliance.
The Standards Tien-Tsin correspond.
II says that since the 10Th Of the
month there has been an incessant in.
crease in the concentration of Russian
forces at Port Arthur and elsewhere.
many who were ostensibly emigrants
being in reality soldiers. He adds that
there is not the slightest evidence that
Russia intends to withdraw or moder.
ate her policy.