The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-19
CHINESE ATTACK RUSSIANS.
cassini says Danger of Conflict With
 Japan Seems so Have Been A versed.

Cassint says Hanger of Conflict With
 Japan Seems so Have Been Aversed.
 London, Oct. 19.-C Cabling from Tien Tsin the correspondent of the Standard says the Chinese governor of Shan. Si province reports that General Tung Flu Slang is attacking the Russians in Mongolia. The correspondent explains that this possibly refers to sorflA inter- ference with Russian surveying parties on the Urga- -Kalgan railway litie.
 Paris, Oct. 1S.-Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador to the United
 States has been interviewed on the far eastern question: The ambassador said that the danger of a conflict. which
 was real a few days back, seemed to have been ayerted and that if ever a conflict came it would not be provoked | by Russia. Continuing, Count Cassni said:
 Our rights in Manchuria are unde- niable. We made the country, which
 until quite recently was mere haunt l for bandits. We now have a vigilant l police there and. moreover. we have
 built the railroad. This does not mean that we intend to annex Manchuria,
 but having incurred enormous expendit-
 ures and possessing immense interests there we insist that these be safe l guarded and we expect to realize onr legitimate benefits. The powers under- I stand this so we'll that none. except l possibly Japan, seriously contemplated insisting that the evacuation be effected ] October 8. Russia cannot eyacuate I Manchuria before obtaining the guar
 antee to which she has right from
 China and all Europe, including even Gret Britain, recognizes that it's inter-
 ests aer united with those of Russia" I St. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.--A newspaper lpublished at Port Dalny is authority flor the report that the British minister Ito Japan, Sir Claude Macdonald, has undertaken to mediate between Russia and Japan, and, having secured Japan's
 consent to, the following proposals, is tnow negotiating with Russia These lproposals are that Russia shall restore
 Manchuria to China and that the prin- lcipal Manchurian towns be opened to foreign trade. Russia is to withdraw all
 her troops from Manchuria with the ex-
 ception of the railway guards; she is to lrenounce her forestry concessions on
 both sides of the Yalu river, as we'll as the Yongampho concession, and the whole country south of the Yalu is to
 be admitted as belonging tt the sphere of Japan.
 St. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.-A special
 commission under the presidency of the czar has been formed to consider affairs in the far east. It includes the minis : ters of the interior, finance, foreign af- |, fairs, war and of the navy, and Viceroy lAlexieff; other members will be named lby the czar. The commission will con- , slider budget proposals, measures to de. . lvelop trade and industry, and proposed |. alterations in the laws.
 London, Oct 19.-In a despatch iron
 St. Petersburg, the correspondent 0 the Daily Telegraph asesrts that Coun . Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign minis
 ter, is strongly in favor of an amicabl
 settlement with Japan. The core spondent says also that Count Lams dorff. whose influence over the ezar i extremely slight, emphasizes the dan 5 ger of external complications and tn eagerness of the United States to prof 5 by a favorable opportunity to insis , upon the fulfillment of Russia's pledge lrespecting Manchuria.