The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-08
JAPAN IS DEEPLY STIRRED.
PEOPLE FAVOR ABANDONMENT
 OF NEGOTIATIONS

Immediate Resort to Arms Urged-Min- fstry Desires fo Confer With Older Statesmen Regarding Russia's Reply czar,s Government Reported to Have made New Demands-American Ad~ vtssrso commender of thlna's Army and Navy Says War Cannot be Avoided Governor Taft Holds Secret Confer rnce with Marqnir Ito.
 Tokio, Jan. s.-The attitude of Japan toward the response of Russia is still undefned. Permier Katsura, the min ister of foreign affairs, the minister of war, the minister of finance and the minister of naval affairs, held coun- cil yesterday afternoon. It was de- cided that the cabinet confer with the older statesmen before deciding on a course of procedure. It is manifest that Russia's proposals are unsatisfactory. It is believed that Russia will make concessions in one direction and impose new conditions in another. The Japan csc nation is deeply stirred. Public sem timent favors the abandonment of ne- gotiations, believing them to be useless, and urges a resort to arms.
 London, Jan. S.-None of the special cablegrams from Tokio printed in this mornings papers are able to give the contents of Russia's reply, but all con cur in believing it to be unsatisfactory.
 The Daily Mails Yokohama core spondent says that Russia's reply to Japan practically removes all hope of peaceful settlement.
 The Daily Mails Tokio correspondent learns that Russia has made new de- mands which it will be impossible for Japan to entertain.
 It appears that the note might have been still undelivered as Baron de Ro- sen, the Russian minister, is suffering from an ear affection, had not Baron Komura, the Japanese foreign minis ter, visited the Russian legation to get it.
 Slender hope is still drawn from the fact that no other ministerial confer ence at Tokio is fixed for to-day, the presumption being that Japan will make another remonstrance before pro- ceeding to extreme measures.
 According to the Standards Tokio's correspondent an increasing number of steamships are being requisitioned daily as transports.
 The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Tokio reports on the authority of the newspaper Chuo that one Japanese has been murdered near Port Arthur and that four others have been seriously in jured. but no details are given.
 The daily telegraph attaches consid- erable importance to the departure of M. Bezebrazoff, who was recently raised by the czar to secretaryship of state and who is a leader of the war party for the Riviera and prints what it de- clares is an entirely reliable statement from a high Japanese official confirming the stories of M. Bezebrazoff's warlike influence over the czar in far eastern af- fairs. The Daily Telegraph hopes whether it is real or diplomatic M. Be- zebrazoff's illness will prove the be- ginning of Russian wisdom"
 The correspondent says that all the powers are landing troops in Corea and that the British blue jackets landed at Chemulpo are expected to go to Seoul immediately.
 Constant telegrams are passing be- tween M. Pavoloff, the Russian minister to Corea, Baron deRosen, the Russian minister to Japan, and Viceroy Alexieff.
 The insurance of the Japanese cruis- CTS Niasin and Kasaga, which were built at Genoa and bought from the Ar genuine government, has been complet- ed after considerable difficulty. The pol icies have been so arranged as to permit the cruisers to go by the way of the Suez canal, Cape Horn or Cape of Good Hope routes, as the circumstances of the moment may distate.
 The Times Tokio correspondent in a dispatch dated last night says that the Russian reply has not been received and that the situation remains unchanged. The Times, however, in an editorial, thinks the explanation is that although the contents of the note have been com- municated to Baron Konura, the Jap anese foreign minister, for consideration it has not yet been officially laid before the Japanese government and that Min- ister Komura adopted this procedure in order to leave no misapprehension in Baron deRosen's mind as to the precise limits of the position which Japan has taken up and the almose certain effect which a Russian answer of an uncom- promising character would produce.