Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04
LAPS LANDING TROOPS
 RUSSIA TO MOVE SOON
Both Countries Making Big Preparations for the Next
 Aftaek--Resident of St Petersburg Tells of ~Japans Attempt to Block Harbor-- Russia Pleased at The Attitude of This Country Newspapers Comment Freely Upon it.

l ment. The Gazette says there is ! something profoundly regrettable in the present relations between these , two world powers. They transcend the bounds of common logic. The po- sition taken by America since last June and the anti-Russian newspaper. campaign in the United States are so 1 lnexplicable that they seem like q nightmare. Since the beginning of it's history America has inspired the live Hest feelings of friendship and admir- ation among Russians and diplomatic and political expressions of these feel ings have been continuous and con- stant. In Russian social circles there has ever been a veritable worship of the classic land of liberty and the Americans have always heretofore made Russian friendship the corner stone of their foreign policy. Sud- denly, as if an evil spirit had broken loose, the Americans, despite their practical turn of mind, began to do ev- erything to stimulate Japanese az gressiyeness. and seem now to be anX- iously awaiting Japanese victories int Asia. where important American com merciaI interests are centered. As q matter of fact, hostility between lle United States and Russia would be as great misfortune to civilization ln the twentieth century as was the. rival ry between France and Germany in the nineteenth. The duty of every right minded man is to arrest the growth of this animosity. Russian diplomacy owes it to the Americans and to the whole civilized world to do it's utmost We are not called upon 10 re-echo hostile sounds coming from pe- yond the Atlantic, because unfrlend1y sentiments do not exist among Us. The latest advices permit the DelleI that it will be much easier to remove the misunderstanding than the enc mics of Russia may think
 The Novoe Vremya says it does nor know whether the Washington caD- inet influenced such incidents as the gift of $10,OoO by Charles A. Crane oI Chicago to the young czarlna,s funN for Russian soldiers and sailors. The pro Russian Irish demonstration III New York and the quieter tone Of the British press, but the paper believes it notes an important. change i'll American official tactics, beginning with disinclination to favor the Japanese cable project, followed by the report of Secretary Hays dissat- isfaction with tile nti-Russian press
 
 ther proved by his not insisting OH dispatching United States conFuls to Antung and Mukden at this time, which quite agrees with President Roosevelt's decision to allow MT Nor gan to remain at home for the pres ent, and not to send the battlesh1p Kentucky to the scene of the hostili- ties in the far east. The paper adds:
 "We are certain that this change is as agreeable to the Americans as it is to us The antagonism at Wash fngton distressed, but did not fright en us, for things could not come to a rupture, as prudence must end always in dominating impulse and there be- ing no serious reason for a quarrel. The practical Yankees must realize that the telegram of the American consul at Moscow to Chicago to the effect that American business in Russia was suffering by reason Of the anti Russian feeling said to exist in the United States. illustrated the feel dngs not only of the Moscow mer- chants. but of all branches of Russian trade. What he predicted happened in the case of England after the Cri- mean war. Germany stepped into the British shoes"
 In conclusion the Noyoe Vremya says:
 "All is well that ends we'll If the light, cool fog which has been hang ing over Washington is dispelled and the good old feelings return, we shall 1 be the first to welcome them"