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.RUssIA's SIDE OF The CASE.
Has No Intention Of siszing Man
ehuria.
WISHES ONLY TO PREsEVE ORDER.
Statement of the Situation Made
to Ambassador Mccormick by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ports to Remain Open
to All.

Washington, April 29.-Ihe state
department. has received a dispatch
from Ambassador Mccormick, at st.
Petersburg, to the effect that the
Russian minister for foreign affairs
has assured him that the published re-
ports of the proposed convention be-
tewen Russia and China relating to
Manchuria are absolutely incorrect,
and there is no foundation for the re-
port tbat Russia demands that China
Shall refuse the requests of other Pow
ers for treaty ports and consulates in
Manchuria. He has been assured that
the Russian Government has no inten-
tion to exclude other countries from
advantages now enjoyed in Manchuria,
or to confer exclusive privileges upon
Russians; that the United States may
be sure that nothing will be done to
close doors now open, and that Amerl-
can commerce and American capital
are those which Russia most desires
to attract. It is understand also that
similar assurances we're received by
the Secretary of State from his Excel
lency, the Russian ambassador, yester-
day afternoon.
These advices have done much to re-
move the feeling of anxiety and appre-
hension which was aroused In Wash
ington by the first reports from Pekin
of Russia's intention to dominate Man
churia. The officials are glad to take
the Russian disclaimer just as it
comes, without stopping to raise any
point as to whether there has rot
really been complete change in the
Russian demands rather than an error
| in the critical statement from Pekln.
| There is no disposition to be hypercriti-
cal, but the fact that nothing is said
about Russian evacuation, according
to the original treaty, will, of course,
justify our Government in keeping a
close watch On North China and Mon
golia as well sa Manchuria.
ANOTHER RUSSIAN DENIAL.
st. Petersburg. April pa semi
official note on the subject of Russian
policy towards Manchuria, just issued,
characterizes the demands ascribed tc
Russia in the dispatches from Pekin
as being simply inventions, as already
cabled to the Associated Press on
the authority Of the Russian foreign
Office.
| No change has occurred, " says the
note, 'sin the intentions of Russia
with reference to Manchuria. The ex,
change of views about to occur be-
tween the Russian minister and the
Chinese Government can relate only te
the measures to be adopted for insur
ing the preservation of order and tran
guilty after the Russian troops have
marched out of the province. Russis
has absolutely no intention to place
impediments in the way Of foreign
trade"
RUSSIA EvACUATEs MUKDEN
| Yokohoma, April 29.-The Japanes'
foreign Office today published a tele
gram announcing that Russia hac
completely evacuated the Shing- -Kns
Province of Manchuria. No details O
the evacuation have been received
from Russia officially. The same an
nouncement from the foreign Office
says: "Japan appreciates America
moral support" Shing-King is th'
Chinese name for the province o:
Mukden, the capital of which, the city
| of Mukden, is also the capital o
| Manchuria.