Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-09

ister. Baron Hayashi, said this after noon: Russia is making desperate efforts through the various embassies to have the powers intervene. Russia now is willing to concede everything; but the offer comes too late."
 Baron Hayashi added: T learn on good authority that the reply Russia intended to send merely reiterated all the cardinal points to which Japan had consistently objected"
 St Petersburg, Feb 9r--A lengthy sofficial communication issued to-day gives the Russian account of the nego- tiations which led to the rupture.
 s.Last year." says this foreign office note, s'the Tokio cabinet, under the ipretext of establishing the balance of power and a more settled order of things on the shores of the Pacific, submitted to the imperial government a proposal for a revision of the exist Ing treaties with Korea. Russia con sented and Viceroy Alexieff was charged to draw up project for a new understanding with Japan in CO., Tokio, who was entrusted with the ne- gotiations with the Japanese govern jment. Although the exchange of views with the Tokio cabinet on this subject were of a friendly character, Japanese social circles and the local and foreign press attempted in every way to produce warlike ferment among the Japanese and to drive the government into an armed conflict with Russia Under the influence fhereof the Tokio cabinet began to formulate greater and greater de mands in the negotiations, at the same time taking most extensive measures to make the country ready for war. All these circumstances could not, of course, disturb Russia's equanimity, but they induced her also to take mili- tary and naval measures. Neverthe- Jess, to preserve peace in the far east, Russia. so far as her incontestable rights and interests permitted, gave
 
 J Of the Tokio cabinet and declared her. self ready to recognize Japan's priv ileged commercial and economic posi- fion in the Korean peninsula with the concession of the right to protect ] it by military force in the event of disturbances in that country. At the same time, while vigorously observing { the Fundamental principle of her poli- : cy regarding Korea, whose independ ence and integrity were guaranteed by previous understandings with Japan and by treaties with other powers, Russia insisted on three points:
 T. On mutual and unconditional guarantee of this principle.
 "2 On an undertaking to use no part of Korea for strategic purposes, as the authorization Of such action on 1.-the part of any foreign power was di-. rectly opposed to the principle of the Independence of Korea.
 "3. On the preservation of the full Freedom of navigation of the straits of ElKorea.
 .sThe project elaborated in this sense Hid not satisfy the Japanese govern E ment. which in its last proposals not bnIy declined to accept the conditions which appeared as the guarantee of the Independence Of Korea, but also began at the same time to insist on broyisions to be incorporated in a pro- ect regarding the question of Man khuria. Such demands on the part of lJapan. naturally, were inadmissibie, he question of Russias po- ition in Manchuria, con-
 erning in the first place China, but kIso all the powers having commercial interests in China, The imperial gov rnment. therefore, saw absolutely no eason to include in special treaty with Japan regarding Korean affairs
 my provisions concerning territory oe-
 upied by Russian troops. The inn
 elial government, however, did not efuse, so long as the occupation of
 Ianch1ria lasts, to recognize both the overeignty of the emperor of China 1|h Manchuria and also the rights ac
 ufred there by other powers through reaties with China. A declaration to his effect had already been made to he foreign cabinets. In view of this he imperial government, after charg- hg it's representative at Tokio to pre- ent its reply to the last proposal of apan, was justified ill expecting the fokio cabinet to take into account the
 Considerations set forth above and hat + would appreciate the wish man.
 tested by Russia to come to a peace
 Il understanding with Japan. In lead of this. the Japanese govern