The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-13
UNCERTAINTY AS TO War.
NO CONFIRMATION OF JAPANESE
ULTIMATUM.

NO CONFIRMATION OF FJAPANESE
ULTIlLATUM.
Shanghai Reports That an omoiai Dec
Iaration of War is Expected, but That
Place IL Pointed Out as Hotbsd OF
Fakes-Russian Embassy Not Alarmed
over the situation.
London, Oct. 13.-The peculiar expla-
nation of the postponement of the ezar's
visit to Rome lowing to circumstances
over which he has no control is inter-
preted in some quarters to mean that
the threatening outlook in the Far East
ern affairs calls for the emperor's pres
ence in Russia.
There is no confirmation Of the alarm
ist rumors. At the Japanese legation
last night no news had been received
of the reported ultimatun.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Kobe reports that the situation is some
what easier. but that the tone Of the
press is distinctly bellicose, while the
same papers correspondent at Genoa
have been suddenly recalled to Jail their
regiments. -s-. ..s...e =
Other special dispatches describe Rus
sian war preparations and the newspa-
pers, which are intensely interested in
the developments owing to the Anglo
Japanese alliance, are already publish
ing maps and estimates Of the naval
and military forces of the prospective
belligerents and editorializing on the
possibilities of the situation. The great
est attention is paid to the changed tone
of Baron Hayashi, the japanese minis
ter.in London, who Is much less conf
dent that peace will be preserved than
he was a week ago. Inquiries at Jap
anese banking, shipping and commercial
houses in London, however, ELECTED ex-
pressions Of disbelief in the outbreak of
war.
tits noteworthy that the king has just
approved the appointment Of Vice Ad-
iniral Sir Gerard Noel as commander
in-chief of the China station. Vice Ad-
niral Noel is an officer of great energy
and decision. It was he who cleaned
the Turkish troops out of Crete because
of an insult to the British flag.
Paris, Oct. 13.-The Figaro this morn
ing publishes an Interview with M. Ku-
rino, the Japanese minister here, on the
subject Of the dispatch to the Frank
furter Zeitung from Shanghai to the ef-
feet that Japanese have occupied Ma
sanpho and that an official declaration
of war was expected. M. Kurino said
the source of the dispatch was suspic-
ious, as Shanghai was a hotbed Of fakes.
He personally had not received any con-
f1rmation of the report. He continued:
Moreover, my governments last
communications were wholly pacific.
d For the present, at least, our diplomatic
relations with Russia are cordial and
no tension exists between the two gov
ernments whatever certain foreign
newspapers may say.
London, Oct 13.-The Toxic corre-
spondent of the Times telegraphs that
the appointment of General Kodama as
CHIEF assistant to the military staff is
regarded with universal satisfaction at
this critical period
A despatch from Moscow to the
Times, dated October 10, states that
large force Of Russian troops under or
ders for the far east are now on their
way thither by rail from Kharkoff.
The Russian correspondent of the
same paper send quotations from
newspaper articles pointing to Russia's
intention to remain in her occupation of
Manchuria and add that it is reported
from Vladivostock that as a result of
famine in China rowing bands of Chi
nese have crossed into Manchuria,
where their presence constitutes dam
ger to the Manchurian railway and
that this necessitates keeping Russian
troops In Southern Manchuria for an in
definite period.
Washington, Oct. 12.-At the Russian
embassy the officials are not alarmed
over the situation in the Far East. The
view held there is that neither Russia
nor Japan desires war, though both
may be making preparations to that
end and that there is really no questions
at issue which cannot be settled without
recourse to arms, provided the negotiat-
ing parties are disposed to use diplo-
macy rather than the sword. The en-
.bassy has received no advices from 81
Petersburg for more than two weeks.
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