Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-12-28
DO NOT SHARE PESSIMlSTIC
FEELING REGARDING EAST.
JAPAN MAKES HER REPLY
island Empire Answers Russian Repre-
sensations But in No Way in the
Nature of an Utimatum-Asks
Gar to Reconsider and Makes No
Tangible Concession

st. Petersburg, Dec. 22.-The Off
Gals OF the foreign Office do not share
the pessimistic feeling regarding the
situation in the far east, which now
seems to be general. They say there
is no reason to doubt the coming OF
peaceful settlement of the difficulties
over which Russia and Japan are at
variance.
Japan Makes Mild Reply.
Toxic, Dec 22-Japan's reply TO Rus
STA was handed to Baron de Rosen yes
terday afternoon at a conference be-
tween the Russian minister and For
eign Minister Komura at the Russian
legation.
Sixty military engineers have been
dispatched to horea TO replace the civil
telegraph operators attached to the
Japanese telegram lines on the peni'-
sula. 1t is officially asserted that the
step taken has no military significance.
Japan's reply is in no way in the ma
ture of an ultimatum, but she asks
Russia to reconsider certain essential
points in her reply to Japan. Baron
de Rosen is now sufficiently recovered
20 resume the negotiations. 1t is gen.
orally understood that Japan asks Rus
STA to reconsider her reply. The re,
ply contained no tangible concession,
inasmuch as il excluded japan alto
gether from the Manchurian question
and proposed an equal position for the
two powers in Corea.
No War for Several Weeks.
Berlin, Dec. 22.--War in the far
east is regarded in official quarters
here as improbable for several weeks,
for the reason that Japan will con-
tinue to negotiate and Russia's pol
icy is understood to be simply to 'sit
tight and hold on" to make no spe-
cific promises concerning the terri
tories in dispute and meet an attack,
if Japan will be satisfied with moth
ing else. Russia will let nothing go.
Japan must be content with that or
fight. This attitude, it is believed. is
approved by the car, who is not will
ing that Russia should take the ag-
gressive. The cars advisers are con-
WINGED that Great Britain will not be
involved.
Uneasiness in London.
London, Dec. 22.-Business on the
stock exchange yesterday opened fat
on the far eastern situation. Japan
csc fell half point, consols went
down three-eighths and Russian
stocks declined half a point Japan
ese-Russian war risks at Lloyds rose
TO 35 guineas per cent. to the end of
January and IS to the end of Febru-
airy.
Cargo insurance jumped from 5 to
20 shillings. The owners of two car
goes already half way to japan found
difficulty in effecting insurance even
at the latter rate.
Lord Rothschild, while declining
to venture an opinion as TO the out
come of the Japanese-Russian crisis.
said to the Associated Press:
zone Of the most important factors
is whether America will seize the OPP
portunity to press her claims for
open ports in Manchuria If she does
so it would certainly help a peaceful
solution. l have heard of no suggest
ed loans, either Japanese or Russian
What they would have to do in case
of war is hypothesis | do not care
to discuss. So far there is no war
and the present conditions are quite
puzzling enough without endeavoring
to prophesy."