Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-05
CAR TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT
Strong Hopes Entertained That by Rus.
sian Christmas Peace viii
Be Assured.
PROSPECT OF WAR GROWS LESS
FERNS of the Reply We're Decided
Upon at a Grand Council
Held Sunday.

st. Petersburg Jan ON reply to
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the reply was hased' Jhe latter was
drawn up IN the most conciliatory spirit.
eo,ro or tbe Japanese pronosals were
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"''ep''" "'''' "'''''' "''e maui '''g
subject OF extended OBSERVATIONS ana
were met by counter proposals.
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t.'s Ihd' OH Iuu's"'S h'N" 'lc huSS'ali
Christmas the car may be able TO am
rouncc that peace IL assured.
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e,p,iped by bankers ms boinr due IN
The annual settlements OF operations
fnd tboy add that II WAS wholly In(lu.
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REPLY NOT YET RECEIVED.
!oAV' '''" D. wv - "l) ne hus-
sian reply to Japan has not yet been
,s,cyed
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" Il" 'Vpo' w" 'o'' ''o'N oS'och 'hal
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According to another report, a Rus.
ian cruiser has left Port Arthur with
o small military force ON board. It's
destination Is unknown but IL Is prob.
ably ChemulpO, COrca
3Oj p m.-An extra edition Of tho
Official Gazette has been ISSUED con.
alning army and navy orders prohibit
the movements OF troops or war vessels
from this time on. Otherwise the
japanese authorities are not interfer.
lng with press messages.
cor,Nru nrctrpo az p,,r,y
0'''N 80 D'''-ii'''' oN HEi"i'
Cologne, Jan, 5.-Accordmg TO gd.
vices received by the Cologne Gazette
from 81. Petersburg the terms of t,r
Russian reply to japan werr decided
upon 40 council on Sunday. presided
over by the ear and attended by the
Grand Duke Vladimir and Alexis IN.
foreign, war ana marine ministers
This correspondent like others. undnr-
stands that the replv renders nrocs.
iul issue possible
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'"' HN LEW of IllE CASE,
New York Ian T.. Tho Accumulated
Pres has been furnished with the fol.
lowing statement of Iapnn's Wow of lie
present contention win Rnssin nv an,
who Is IN constant communication viii
Toxic. and whose knowlodro of .Innan.
$50 affairs and Intimacy Vim nromi,-
enl japanese gives weight IN ble amin. |
in.
The negotiations bo,roo, pussi, !
and Japan have roacbed N critical stago
although an amlcable ndiustmont is |
WIl possible. Russln's renlv Ia Jannn's |
Attest representations WIN doodle tbc
sue While neither government bas
aiken the public into i,s con6donc"
y snot difficult to surmlsa the general
fOor Of the Views which the Jnnanesn
government would rypress Sometime
!. Inc nature Of an agreement between
o' two governments whereby tbev
pOd themselves 10 rcgpoct tho indie.
l,llence and territorial integrity both
VI NINA and Corca would naturally
.onc lrsJ Such am agreement would
l,oDaOly include also mutual rrcog.
uuon NJ the special interests of Rus.
ga ID Mdnchuru and of Japan I'm
uea, coupled with an agreement
,s,. on Che principle Of equality of all
'a,"ll ds regards commercial opportu.
.I., IN those countries; that neither
.Vilnl'aciing party shall Interfere |
,UO me commercial rights Of the 9th.
w. acquired by treaty with China or
W., ~ga, IN word, II Is probably the
59 n,. Inal Japan has asked no more Of
,a,Sld IMAM confirmation by inter.
auolal compact of declarations re-.
'a,euly and unequivocally by Russia
aNell l"garding the unsensh M.
,Ie OF h'r motives with reference to
,,an.ghuTil, lussiaa reply has evil
ulE b'en o surprise and disap.
,. l'n,.Io'nt to Japan. II is now gen.
'anny understood that Russia has vir-
,'Hy refused To discuss the situation
,M'n'hurla, and has proposed some
lug N the nature Of a neutral zone
o. uoollhern Corca on the Manchurlan
ouler attending as far as Wong Tan
lU' east. and Ping Yany nm ina ,poet