Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
Japan Delivers Reply to the
Russian Government.
rs NOT AN ULTIMATUM
NEGOTIATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT
RESUMED TODAY AT TOXIC.
Baron de Rosen Recovered-Japanese
Will Aim to Meet Russia-Roths-
child Knows Nothing as to Loan.


while declining today to venture an op.n-
ion as to the outcome of the Japanese-R Rus
sian crisis, said to the Associated Press
"One of the most important factors
whether America will seize the opportunity
to press her claims for open ports in Man.
chur1a. If she does SO it would certainly
help peaceful solution. / have heard OF
no suggested loans, either japanese
Russian. What they would have to do in
case of war is a hypothesis do not care to
discuss. So far there is no war, and the
present conditions are quite puzzlng
enough without endeavoring to prophesy.
Japan Seeks Means to Meet Russia
PARIS, December 21.-Reports received
here from both centers of the Japanese
Russian controversy lead the officials to
conclude that the situation, while serious,
does not involve extension of the present
crisis. A dispatch received today from
Tokyo dated yesterday. says that Japan
has not answered Russia's first proposition.
The officials say this shows, first that the
alarmist reports of the English war corre-
spondents saying Japan has answered in
the negative are incorrect; second, that
Japan continues to seek means for meet
Ing Russia's overtures.
On the other hand, another Tokyo dis
patch frankly sets forth the agitated state
of japanese public sentiment and the in
tense feeling against Russia, and also
foreshadows the possible dispath of Japa-
nese troops to Corea, but, it is added. II
this is done, 1t will be with the assent of
Russia, which will relieve the expedition of
having the significance of a war move
against Russia.
The official advices from ST Petersburg
continue to have hopeful tone, and with
advices from Tokyo of the same tenor the
authorities here assert they have good
reason to believe that the situation. al
though serious, has not reached the point
of a war crisis being imminent.
Cargo Insurance Difficult to Effect.
LONDON, December 21.-Busness ON the
stock exchange today opened fiat on the far
eastern situation. Japanese fell half
point, consols went down three-eighths and
Russian stocks declined half a point
Japanese Russian war risks at I.loyds to-
day rose to 35 guineas per cent to the end
of January, and 45 to the end of February.
Cargo insurance jumped from to 20 shil-
hngs.s The owners of two cargoes already
half way to Japan found difficulty in effect
ing insurance even at the latter rate.
Japan's Reply Delivered to Russia.
TOXIC, December 21-Japan's reply to
Russia was handed to Baron de Rosen this
afternoon at conference between the Rus
sian minister and Foreign Minister Komura
at the Russian legation.
Japans reply is in no way in the nature
of an ultima tum, but she asks Russia to
consider certain essential points in her reply
to Japan.
Baron de Rosen Is now sufficiently recov
cred to resume the negotiations.
Movement Of No Significance
TOXIC, December 21.-Sixty military en-
gineers have been dispatched to Corea to
replace the civil telegraph operators at
tached to the japanese telegraph lines on
the peninsula. 1t is officially asserted that
the stem taken has military significance,
What Germany Thinks of It.
BERLIN, December 21.-War IN the far
east is regarded in official quarters here as
improbable for several weeks, for the rea-
son that Japan will continue to negotiate,
and Russia's policy IS understood to be
simply to sit tight and hold on" to make
no specific promises concerning the terri
tories il dispute, and meet an attack, if
Japan will be satisfied with nothing else.
Russia will let nothing go. Japan must be
content with that or fight. This attitude,
it is believed is approved by the czar, who
is not willing that Russia should take the
aggressive. The cars advisers are con-
vinced that Great Britain will not be in
volved.
Effect on the Bourse.
PARIS, December 21.-The feeling on the
bourse today continued depressed, owing
to unsatisfactory reports regarding the
Russo-JapaneSe situation. All internationals
were effected, Russian securities the most
Toward the close calmer feeling pre-
vailed, on the report that Japan was seek
ing to transfer the negotiations to St Pc
terSburg. Industrtals shared in the depres-
sion, Rio Tntos losing II francs
No Hope for Loan in Germany.
BERLIN, December 21-The financial
editor of the Tageblatt says neither Russia
nor Japan can hope for a loan in Ger
many, because the German bankers never
engage in foreign government loans with
out consultation with and the consent of
the foreign office, and the foreign office
will not give this consent. Russian Sc
curities are not in favor in Berlin now A
fresh loan to Russia would not in any case
be made without excellent terms, and not
at all without government approval. The
bankers here think the greatest security of
peace is the difficulty, perhaps the impos-'
sibility, of either Russia or Japan obtain.
ing money in the United States Frances
Germany or Great Britain. !
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