The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-06
THE RUSSIAN REPLY.
British AMBASSADOR at st. Petersburg
Snys IL VIII he Found
Satisfactory.

Washington, Jan. 30.-The British
ambassador at st. Petersburg is au-
thority for the announcement that the
Russian reply. which II is expected
will be delivered to-day, Is satisfac-
tory. Although no further details are
obtainable II is assumed II the infor-
nation of the ambassador Is correct
that Russia has made certain conces-
sions and that Great Britain will pre-
vail on Japan to accept them as salts
factory. The statement of the British
to the British legation in Toxic. where
Mr.. Griscom heard of 1t and cabled
the news to the state department. the
cablegram arriving over night.
st. Petersburg, FEB. 1t will be
astonishing If japan remains infexi-
ble." were the significant words OF an
official of the foreign Office in speaking
of the Russian response to the Japan
csc proposals, which will be dispatched
to Toxic this week. The remark was
not intended to convey the idea that
Japan necessarily will accept the full
details of the Russian proposition, but
rather. II she is actuated by single
desire to preserve peace, Russia will
offer a reasonable basis in a modus
vivendi. At the Japanese legation the
present moment is regarded as critical
and there Is no evidence of belief
there that the reply will be acceptable.
Paris. Feb. 1.-Another delay has
occurred in framing and forwarding
the Russian answer to the latest Jap
anese note, and this will result in
further averting the elimination OF the
crisis until the middle or the latter part
of this week. The official advices re-
celved here from st. Petersburg, al
though somewhat negative, gave def
mite details of the status OF the note
and the programme 1t was intended to
follow. Count Lamsdorff, the Russian
foreign minister, had expected that the
exchange going on would have permit
ted the final drafting of the answer SO
that it could have been presented 10 the
car Saturday for his approval. but the
expectation was not realized, and, as a
matter of fact, the answer has not yet
been finally drafted. 1t was therefore
the car until next Tuesday or Wednes-
day. Efforts are still being made to
so shape this answer as to prevent a.
rupture. This new delay Is interpreted
as slightly improving the situation, as
1t indicates that Russia Is making ex-
treme efforts to bring the answer with
in limits acceptable to Japan. Owing
to the fact that the Russian answer Is
not completed, 1t Is pointed out that
the reports concerning its general
terms must be taken with allowance,
as the delay indicates that some Of the
points which presented the most seri-
Gus difficulties may yet be reconciled.
London, Jan. 30.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Chefoo, China, says
| that foreigners who passed through
that place last Friday asserted that the
/ Russian steamer Argun, on which they
| travelled from Nagasaki to Dalny, was
| fired at by Japanse warships outside
| of Chemulpo. They declared that
| three shots were fired across the
| steamers bow The captain Of the
Argun vowed he would not stop. but
he finally yielded to the prayers Of the
| passengers, who were frantic with
fear The correspondent does not in
| dictate what the Japanese did after
wards, only adding that no further at
tempt to stop the steamer was made
and that 1t proceeded to Dalny, where
| 1t arrived last Tuesday.