The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
RUSSIA NOW
WAITS. FOR
.JAP: ANS MOVE.
Has Sent Her Answer
and Awaits Results.
WARTS EXPECTED
WITH LITTLE DELAY.
Belief General at Toxic Til.
Diplomatic Relations Have BE
Been Broken Off. 5SlSi
THE REPLY TO JAPAN 5I.5,.
SAID TO BE PAclFlc,|.
This, at Least, the Constructions
Put 8Upena TIDY Russia, Whose
Officials Express the Hope
for Peace-Rumor Of 5.$s
Naval Engagement s355i
Causes Alarm. S \.
Belief General at Toxic Thu.
Diplomatic Relations Have &c
E Been Broken Off. s;.s
THE REPLY, 10 JAPAN \ 4.
SAID TO BE PAClFI c1'2
(By Associated Press. 5,

isE (l3yI ASSOclateCE Press
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 26.-T1lo scereIs
OF the Russo-Japanese negotiations haal
shifted and now. Russia waits for sJapan.f3
i to see how her latest word is to be-
received. &8s
AS each communication has passed ibes 4
tween the capitals Of the contrasting pow@,
fers, the situation has become more tense,
until It is now feared diplomacy Is max :
Ing Its last exchange and that the quos -S
tons at issue may go to the arb trament8
Eof sterner methods Russia to-n ightGis
keenly awake to eA- possibilities fof the
situation and Is eagerly wal ting the first h
slntimatton which may give Ia clue toatho#
temper Of Japan.
The Emperor. lii the event OF war. may
so to Moscow to submit his cause and I
fate to the Almighty, at the liar Of the
Troitzko monastery. as his fathers have
done in the past. before drawing theH
sword. but whether he does OF not, his /
manifesto. which will be read In all the
churches Of the Empire and exposed every-ss
where. will rouse the patriotism OF his
subjects, III the hotels and restaurants
of st. Petersburg. tho situation Is being
discussed to-r ght with great seriousness.f:
The weather is bitterly cold and street
fires are burning and stheRpeoples are asks
Ing H. it is possible for host illties to be
gin. at q season when the therm omete1}
registers forty degrees below zero, fahren-Ss
heit In north AEanchuria. They are spec
ulating upon the horrors that would char
acterize such a winter canpai gn n and
wondering If the story of the suffering a Z
ShIpka pass Is to be repeated. The Russ
SLAMS are confident however. that IL the
worst comes their hardy sodlery can
stand the severe cold bettero than can
their adversaries. IN I, IL $@
Russia's Reply Given to Japan.
The Russian reply has been handed tn
the Japanese government by Baron paS
Rosen. the Russian minister at Toxic.
Russia Is standing In the tip-toe OF ext
pectancy- and apprehension. Her response
having now reached the hands of the Jap>
anese government Mt Toxic word there's
from Is awaited with extreme anxiety, The
air is filled with grave fears that It will
mean the parting of the ways for Russ 4
ssia and Japan. 3Sg
The strain is intensifying. The feeling
that Japan will stand firmly on her forms
err demands against whatever concessions
Russia can offer consistent with tha
maintenance OF her pride is becoming a
conviction here. An official Of the fore Z
cign office said; 1.-THE world understanding
orr position pretty well. There is ms
reason why the situation should be con :. 4
sidered changed either for. the better q
worse. So far as the actual 3 tate OF n 4
negotiations IL concerned matters shoulQ
+ BIO improved by. the Russian ansWeres
which was framed In the most ooncilias I
tory spirit. Nevertheless there is serious
doubt as to the course tho Japanese goy-+
eminent will pursue. Russia has don9
her utmost but tho other side must ylel1
Is a common ground is to be found. 'Ihs
Japanese people and press have been KEEP
In continual state OF excitement bY
false reports. invented, we belleVe, -
create distrust OF our purposes and pa -si
+;r,,,. ETpyu al 81
authorities can withstand the popu4aR
tide is IL question.
End of Diplomatic Relations.
III sharp contrast with this calm ana
even hopeful view voiced by the Rus
sian official Is the gloom which pre- IA
walls at the Japanese legation and Brl IS
18Th embassy, where no efforts are made
tn disguise tho feeling of profound dis
ouietude over the outlook. The beliet
Is almost openly expressed there tnHu III
IL Japan considers the reply unsatsfac-E
tory II will be tho end OF diplomatic
negotiations.
Minister Kurino and Sir Charles Scott
tho British ambassador to Russia. have
been In close conference, evidently de-55
termlning on the action to be taken IN
case of a rupture Of the negotiations,
which, 1t Is believed. will immediately \.
follow tho breaking off or dlplomaIc
ask for his passports and will Leave
ST. Petersburg at once The minister has \.
already anticipated such contingency
and is making arrangements to yacata
the legation building. Under the terms
Of the lease. this may be given upt y
is even reported to-day, on apparently n
good authority that NJ, kurino has or
dered special car to be IN readiness ~
the Warsaw station to take him TO Sier-
many. $s
The current affairs Of the Japanese D
legntion will be turned over to the brll9
ISL embassy, IL the worst happens The
absence Of NJ. Ilurno from the theattlg3
Gals given at the winter palace ., l .s
night, which were attended by all the Y
other ministers ana by the ambassado1s,
was generally remarked upon, lt was
ia first court function he had missed
his season. The bourse is deniorallzed II
to-day, although imperial tours we're Nh-g8
changed