The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-06
RUSSIA UNABLE ID
 KEEP HER PROMISE Impossible to Evacuate Man.
 churia by October 8 NO TROUBLE IS EXPECTED Japan Will Not Interfere Enough to Cause Trouble. and as Great
 Britain Thinks Same Way,
 War Is Improbable.
NO TROUBLE IS EXPECTED

London, October 5.-No apprehension exists in the minds of the British govern ment or the diplomatists in London that the far eastern situation will bring forth any immediate serious developments. This feeling of temporary security on the eve of the day that Rusisa should, but ad- mttedly will not, evacuate Manchuria, is due to assurances on the part of Japan that so long as the negotiations now pro- ceeding between herself and Russia pre- sent a reasonable prospect that a settle ment would be reached, Japan will take no action hostile to Russia In the matter of Manehuria. It is further learned that these negotiations looking to a final set tlement of the Russo-Japanese spheres of influence in the far east and especially dealing with the situation in Korea, are progressing satisfactorily at Tokio.
 No Treaty Is Signed.
 No treaty however, has yet been signed and it is unlikely that the negotiations VIII be concluded by October 8, the date on which Russia is to evacuate Manchu- ria. Russias failure on that day, how ever. will not precpltate a diplomatic
 
 negotiations covering broadly all the is- sues between herself and Russia, Is will ing to strain point regarding Manchuria in the hope of arriving at satisfactory settlement.
 In all of this the British government acquiesces. Such elements of immediate danger as the far eastern situation pre- sents, appear to be confined solely to the popular agitation in Japan against Rus sia. This, however, is taken Into consid- eration by the Japanese government whose diplomats have warned Russia that while the Japanese government will not allow it's hand to be forced to the extent of entering into hostilities over the Man churian evacuation question, 1t cannot in- definitely prolong the present negotiations at Tokio, in face of the expected popular clamor.
 From the Japanese embassy in Lon don, the Associated Press has secured the following statement of the prevailing conditions
 Russia Can't Keep Promise.
 "We are forced to believe that it is physically impossible for Russia to full fill her promise to evacuate Manchuria by October s, but we do not anticipate a crisis on that account. 1t would be a case of making the lesser include the greater, were we to break off the negotiations now in progress at Tokio, because of Russia's failure to keep her promise on the exact date. So far as is known here, no naval or military preparations have been undertaken by Japan to meet an expected emergency.
 obviously we have made no repre- sentations to Russia regarding the evac- uation of ManchHria, because these would be distinctly out of order until Russia has actually broken her promise. We have hopes that a final settlement may be reached between Russia and ourselves that. will settle once for all our out standing disputes.
 From Japan's viewpoint the crux of the whole situation is Korea. Russia knows that we will fight to the death, rather than let any foreign power oc- cupy Korea. Russia's timber concessions there and the other recent initiative she has exhibited in Korea render the pres ent negotiations extremely difficult, but the horizon shows no cloud so dark as to threaten war. Great Britain, as our ally, is neutrally cognizant of the trend of our present negotiations, all of which look toward peace.