Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-30
DESPERATE But NOT HOPELESS.
,ut,do's Government Must Strike II
Russia Does Not Accept the
Propositions.
MOST pEsslMIsTlc PREDICTION
s. Petersburg Novoe vremya Says;
oThcre is No War Today; Tomor'
row There May be War.

perlin Dec. 3O.--The Lokal Anzeiser
without reserve says:
,erho Japanese government has m
tormed the representatives OF 'he pow
o.. at Toxic that the situation az inns
noment is unbearable and that japan
IN. s,rlke IL Russia does not accept
Ana nroposition Japan has suo'h'.'eu,
~ Iapan cannot longer wait Tor d i'h'"
decision.
SITUATION Is DESPERATE.
paris Dec. Colt is learned in Dip
,omatic circles that the Japanese gov
srnment has informed the foreign dip
ionats that the situation with respect
10 Rusisa is desperate but not hopeless
II Ia believed this information was COM
m,,nicated TO the French government
Tor presentation at St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG PEssIMIsTIC.
9, Petersburg, Dec. 3O.--The foreign
dlspatches received here yesterday af-
ternoon are reflected today In more
uessmistio editorials. The NoVoe
vremya begins its leader wlth'
There is no war today, tomorrow
there may be war;
The paper rather Realistically directs
attention to the fact that wars marked
the opening OF the seventeenth, elgh-
tenth and nineteenth centurls.
The NoVoe Vremya nevertheless sun
processes faith In peacelul se'tie-
ment, saying
I'VE believe Japan viii not place Rus.
sa in a position where to yield would
appear to be renunciation OF the de-
Tense Of her vital interests In the far
east. Russia does not desire war put mo-
body in Russia Will permit the Japanese
or other nations to execute Il dlplo.
matte dance upon Russias peaceiui
disposition In firm consciousness Oh
her power Russia viii await events
BELIEVES THERE WILL BE NO
WAR,
Berlin Dec. 30--The foreign Office
continues to assure inquirerers that the
German government does not believe
war will issue from the Japanese-Rus-
sian controversy. This Is also the view
Of the press, whether derived from OIL
clal sources or as Independent opinion.
The Japanese legation believes and
hopes Russia Will grant Japan's just
requests. Count Won Osten-Sacken, the
Russian ambassador, has been accept
Ing invitations in unusual nNmbers, APP
bearing at breakfasts. receptions, am
ners and balls, serene and confident al
ways taking 1t as an impossibility that
the situation In the far east is even
grave, Others OF the diplomatic corps
seem to be without news and express
general ideas, the easy and safe one
being that "hostilitles are quite I'M
likely and that each side is testing
It's adversary TO the breaking point.
Everywhere there is anxiety for au-
Moritative news that shall bring the
period OF suspense to an end
The mobilization of the japanese
navy Is at least partially attributed,
according to "a VladyostocK dispatch
. the Cologne Gazette, TO open acts OF
hostility on the part of the Coreans to-
ward Japanese, probably necessitating
active measures OF defense of Japan's
interests in southern Corea.
me Cologne Gazette considers that
.hls dispatch Is an admission that ia
pan mas a good claim to defend her
interests In southern Corea by force OF
arms and controverts the rumors 10 the
enect that Russia would regard the
landing OF any considerable Japanese
force in southern Corea as a casus bell
me paper concludes:
me attitude of Russia on this
question may Therefore be regarded as
further concession on her part"
JAPAN Guys wARsHIps.
london, Dec. 3O.--Japan this evening
,,Tulpleted The purchase of the Argen-
tune warShlps Moreno and Rivadavia,
building Genoa. Italy, for which Rus
"a also was negotiating.
NO NEWS OF RUssIA's REPLY.
London, Dec 3O--It was said at the
mielgh Office this afternoon that up to
Ms tlme the officials had received no
muulation Of the nature OF the Russian
tPy TO Japan but they were still hope
'ui oil peaceful solution.