Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-15
PLENTY OF TALK
But Very Little Action Materi-
Allies in Far East.
Russia Keeps on Rushing Men to Her
Manchurian Ports.
Japan Wide Awake and a Clash May
Soon Come.

London, Oct. ia despatch from
Kobe, to the Daily Mail, dated, Oct. IA,
says:
THE Russian minister and Japanese
foreign minister conferred. today. 1t
is reported that council of the Elder
statesmen (veterans outside the cabi-
nett, adopted a resolution. yesterday.
to the effect that Japan cannot tolerate
any Russian move endangering the in
dependence of Corea. Russian military
activity at Yongampho and beyond the
Yalu river continues"
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the same paper says that Russia claims
under her treaty with China the right
to retain troops in Manchuria' as the
robber bands constitute danger to the
Russian railway.
The correspondent learns that Gen.
Kuropatkin, the Russian was minister
will shortly retire.
The Morning Post claims to have eX-
cellent authority for the statement that
Japan has no intention of issuing an
ultimatum, but has asked Russia for
an assurance that she is not asking to
include Corea in her sphere of influence
L uC hSSOtldllOLS have DeeH eXle1luCu
over long period. Russia at one point
offered to give satisfactory under
standing not to support any demand
for the evacuation of Manchuria.
Janan. declined to give an undertaking,
being determined to keep the two ques-
|tiods separate.
The correspondent of the Morning Post
at Che Foo. telegraphing under date of
oct. IA, says that the rumors of an i'm
pending war continue but it is impossible
to obtain authentic information In the
event of an outbreak the opinion in Che
Foo is favorable to the success of the
Japanese navy. 1t is believed that the
newly equipped Chinese troops would al
ly themselves with Japan in any cam
paign against Russia which she might
undertake in Manchuria.
The Russian torpedo flotilla far exceeds
in actual number any official admission
Many of them have been completed and
equipped at Port Arthur.
The Che Foo correspondent of the Daily
Mail reports the continued noticeable ex-
odus of Chinese and Japanese residents
from Manchuria. where the Russians are
displaying marked military activity. A
dispatch from Pekin to the same paper
says in well-informed Japanese quarters
it is asserted that Japan viii not calmly
accept the @present situatiens--IItetfssia has
suggested that the maintenance Of the le-
Cation ,4Hsguartisi in PENN III MS fongars
necessary.
The Times correspondent at Toxic tele-
graphs that the Japanese residents of
Wiju. Korea, alarmed at the movements
of the Russian soldiers,A nave sent away
their wives and children.
A Toxic dispatch to the Times says that
the Russo-Japanese negotiations are pro-
ceeding- there and there is no reason at
present to apprehend any but peaceful
issue.
The Times correspondents in Russia
send elaborate accounts of military prep
arations and the hurrying of troops to the
Far East. They. state that two army
corps with an aggregate of 1O0,00C men are
being modified and dispatched through
Siberia in all haste.
1t is stated that the war ministry has
already demanded an extra credit of g.
100000 roubles for these preparations
Reserve officers are being refused pass
ports abroad and there seems no doubt.
the Cars visit to Italy is as much due
to the Far Eastern crisis as to the So
cialiStS.