The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-02-29
RUSSIA IS ANGRY At
UNITED STATES
Believing That This Govern
ment Is taking Sides
With Japan


to the extension of the Pacific cable
to Japan with the reasons therefore
assigned In the dispatches from Wash
ington still further aggravated the
popular belief that the United States
is siding with Japan against Russia.
The few Americans in St Petersburg
have all remarked upon the changed
demeanor of their Russian friends
Formerly they were treated with the
greatest cordiality, but now the Ras-
slams greet them with the question:
'Is America our secret enemy and
will we have to fight her also before
the war comes to an end?"
How deeply the Russians are
wounded by the belief, destined. unless
checked, soon to become a conviction.
that America has spurned her old
friend and is now playing a hostile role
is shown by this severance OF person
alities, of which a striking instance
occurred this week in a prominent
drawing room, when the most intimate
Russian friend of an American lady
decline he proffesed hand. Upon the
lady's exclamation of astonishment her
friend burst forth into tears and said
she felt aggrisved at all Americans
since thu reported action of the com
rmnncer OF the United States gunboat
vIekHturg at Chemulpo.
Th, attitude of the United States ie
q subject of constant q discussion even
in the nIrles. circles here. where. with
the ai"atest regret. the fear Is ex
pressed that The two countries. with
ou, e1cuse 50 far as Russia is con-
canned seem te be drifting apart. The
recently rei.orted cancellation of Am
erican contracts indicates how the re
sentiment OF AMERICAS supposed hos
ttllty ha.. invaded her affairs.
This fetiii gsss largely to BE- att Tibu'
ed to Russian newspapers, wh'c'
suddenly turned their batteries from
Great Britain 20 the United States
without waiting for an expianat or
which, II is appa -ent from the dis
patches received here today fror
Washington. win put another complex
ion on the Vickshu inc dent. the col
umns OF the pre~s for days past have
been full of excited comment base
on the original version of the affai
In spite OF this the, government. +
can be confidently asserted places the
highest value on American friendship
and although the course of American
diplomacy is at times privately viewer
askance. officially the government o.
the czar assumes that the American
attitude has been strictly correct, nor
is the slightest disposition to questior
It's acts manifesed.
At the foreign office today the A.
ISOLATED Press was informed that thf
government knew nothing officially OF
the Vicksburg incident and that II had
not instructed Count Casslni. the Rus
sian Ambassador at Washington to asf
for an explanation. 1t was. however
said to be possible that the ambassa-
do~ he'd courteouSly inquired as to the
Truth Of the vicksburg reports with
out having had specific instructions In
the matter
Regarding the reports of the cable e
japan the government IL also without
official advices and the impression left
with the i,l ,Iter of the Associated
Tress after having spoken of the mat
Ter Is that eveu t. this were true, Rus
sla would not necessarily consider the
running of the cable breach of neu-
traI'ty. The Associated Press is au-
thorized to cay that the Russian proc
ianstion conce ming certain contra
bard Of war will be issued in few
days
W. 6 rOR KoREA'S h.;NEFIT.
Parts. r'eb 2S.--Tn explaining the
Japanese Korean treaty, M. Molino. the
Japanese minister to France. sad
MY government broke off relations
with Russia in order to safeguard the
Independence and integrity of Korea
1t innovates nothing. and the independ-
ence OF Korea is a guarantee OF the
s Gu ity OF Japan, My country cannot
without exposing itself to suicide per-
r,it a third power to occupy Korea. II
Il for US a question Of life or death.
We wish neither to annex nor subject
Eorea but we do not wish Russia T.