Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-03
ELDER STATESMEN CONFER.
si,r,tiou Was Never So Grave as
Now and a Crisis Is Near
AZ Hand.
ulrlvArvM MAY Be FORWARDED
,,o,rose Feel That They Have Not
Been Treated Right and That Rus
slo is Determined Not to Yield.

Toxic ftU o. i~'N"N' "
o,,s that the prolonged tension mas
reached a climax
The Marquis Ito, president OF the
,,vy council was summoned from the
country during the night and today the
a,rr4ror received him and q council of
.,s ,,der statesmen was held with the
w,rrinster and three admirals'
The highest officials make no pre-
,,rn q conccament OF their eXaspera-
,,or a, the hardness Of the Russian re-
ply 80,
An unofficial dispatch yesterday said
,ha Russian decision means war;
JAPANESE STATESMEN CONFER
Todo Fob. ga specially summoned
conference Of the cabinet, elder states
men. military and naval chiefs was held
,od,y at the residence Of Premier Kat
an. The meeting is believed TO have
been Of much importance, though no
details Of the discussion have been
made public. Possibly 1t foreshadows
Energetic action on account OF Russian
tpcnstinatIon.
Although the government officials
ostlnue retlcent, II is manifest that
me situation Is Of the graycst and that
crisis Is near at hand. The time In
which the Russian reply will continue
10 b. a factor in the situation Is mar
rowing
The patience Of the government Is be-
coming exhausted and II the expected
answer Is delayed many days longer
The ISSUANCE Of an ultlmatum by Japan
will become inevitable,
The Japanese feel that the existing
conditions have entitled them TO n more
pOmp; reply and are bound to infer
that the st. Petersburg government is
determined not TO Yield, but Is utilizing
The time TO advance its preparations for
war
JAPANESE TAKE A RAILROAD,
st. Petersburg, Feb. 3.--The Seoul
Fusan railroad has been occupied by
japanese troops according to a dispatch
from Vladyostock, which adds that the
japanese have taken field guns to Seoul
for the protection of their legation and
that they are building barracks for the
accommodation Of cavalry,
The Journal de ST. Petersburg says
NE ministry Of commerce officially de-
MES the foreign reports to the effect
mat the government intends TO prohib-
II NE expectation OF Russian grain,
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR,
Port Arthur Feb. S.--In response to
lhe japanese war measure, important
naval ana military movements have
Oeen effected here. The Russian squad.
ron, heretofore inside the harbor con.
Mglng " the battleship Retvizan. OF
H,W tons; the battleship Peresyiet, Of
i:ef tons the battleship Czarevltch, OF
lsllV tons the cruiser Fremiaschek,
tne bltlleshlp Sevastopol of 10 $50 tons.
nave Joined the outside fleet, consisting
VI Inc batlleshlp PrObleda, OF l2,6a
IONS ne battleship Petropavlovsk, OF
KY, Ivy tons the battleshlp Poltava, OF
.YsoO tons the cruiser Diana Of $3.50
wns' the cruiser Paltada Of l0g30 tons.
lne cruiser AskOld of 6,l00 tons the
cruiser NarIag Of $500 tons, the gun
ooat B'han, OF $40 and the cruiser Boy
am oi $500 tons, The last named yes
@' mas Just arrived here from Chemul-
~, .orea, with complete japanese
'narw OF the COrean coast.
~ consequence Of the narrow en-
uauce at low water II took the war
ssulps lA'.e days to get out OF the har-
Ut Inr accomplishment OF this task
~ Iesal0ed as especially complete. ow-
LUZ 70 me danger OF the ships being In.
AMY" .r Wy an accident in the channel
,o.I ne cruiser Digit Of | ,l56 tons; the
,%S,ptuo gunboat Gaidamak, OF 200 tons,
W., ,'', s'oop OF war Zabayaka Of 1924 tons,
,ouI suhooats and the torpedo notilla
,ssin5ln inside. simultaneously the
ttsuu brigade OF Siberian rifles and Two
batteries OF artillery started for an un.
sSnnu,o9unCel destination from Llao Yang.
south Mukden.
N,logelher about 1000 troops have de.
pLaiWa' leaving 1000 men AT Port Ar.
NUT exclusive Of the troops manning
Wy. ioruilcatlons, The arrivals of Jan.
'ea,,g coal have been stopped. In con-
Hueu'e on the military authority
u, is,o."opollzlng the use Of the railroad.
no," l l. mas declined TO transport any
D ,o,G commercial freight. The tele-
,,aln company declines to accept any
,,0 press or private messages, so they
" p nave To- be routed via Chefoo,
ror'y.eight hours quarantine has
n ~ ordered against chefoo on account
u me smallpox.
,,ni ne authorities declare the naval and
"a Ia''.'oly dispositions should be regard
Y n Az precautionary. not as offensive.
Fort Arthur Is qulet.
TENSION IS INCREASING.
81 Petersburg, FEB s-The state.
H1l printed abroad that the Russian
KY is being held back while NJ. Kurl.
w, une Japanese minister, communl.
! nn,. wv substance to his government
=. ne Associated Press IN semi -ofllolal.
A, assured that the Russian response
afliest. fep' ~ "ie
nc ne tension urquestlonably Ia Inc
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