Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-30
IT IS STILL
 IN DOUBT.
Russo-.Japanese Af-
 fair Unsettled.
Baron Hayashi Says Situ- ation is Unchanged- What Started the Lat. est RumOr - Wrong Reading of Telegrams.

London. Jan 30.-According to the Japanese legation here, Minister Grts- eom's cable message from Tok1o to the state department at Washington, say ins on the authority of the British ann bassador at St Petersburg, telegraphed to the British legation at Aokio, that the Russian reply to Japan would be satisfactory, was based on the follow 1 Ing facts.
 Un January 26. the British ambassa-, dor at St Petersburg telegraphed to Foraign Secretary Lansdowne at Lon Ion that he had interviewed the Rus aan foreign minister. Count Lams- - sorf. that morning, and that Count 1 Lamsdorf said the Russian reply would \ be dispatched the same evening, and fti1at he. Count Lamsdorf, believed It would be satisfactory to Japan. These facts were re-telegraphed to the BTU I ish minister to Japan, Sir Claude Mac Donald and were also communicates to the diplomats who attended Lord SI,aTisdowne's reception January 2I. Cofinf Lamsdorf's intentions, however, evidently miscarried, for the foreign office and the Japanese legation both confirm the statements made in the Associated Press's dispatches on the Isubjeet from St Petersburg and Iok1o syesteiday that mo reply had yet been selitr and that there isI nothing 10 lndl- ca1 hat, it's real nature will be. ,ex- s sces. that must have been an almost &obvious utterance on the part of Count Lamsdorf.
 The, Daily Graphic, which to-day re asserts that the Russian reply was communicated Ito Japan January ~, vas probal',, nisled by partlas Knowledge the contents of the tele- gram receiN ~d here from the British anbassador at St Petersburg January 326. but which subsequent events proved \ to be incorrect.
 Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis ter to Great Britain, made minute 1n- quiries at the foreign office yesterday Ieverling and was informed that the British government had not received any further information. Baron I.Hayashi declares the situation. there fore is quite unchanged, and pre- surnes that Minister Griscom in some way attributed to the British ambassa- dor at St Petersburg what really e1nanated from Count LarnsdOrf. si London. Jan ,3o-yThe foreign office, confirming the statement of the Japan ese legation i'll regard to the receipt or and re~telegraphine, of the telegram o1 January %. adds: .'The British ambas- sador at St Petersburg did not express an opinion as to whether orSsnot the Russian reply would be satisfactory to
 Japan"
 Tokio. Jan 3O.-The gov ernment does ] not possess any Russian information concerning the character of the forth l coming note, although it has received l various reports the majority of which say the reply will be satisfactory. I when the note Is received it will be gone over carefully and if it is entire x ly unsatisfactory the result can be ! foreseen. If 1t is partly satisfactory
 then there may be other exchanges ] of notes, although it seems impossible tor further diplomatic work
 Berlin. Jan 30-While the German l foreign office is unable to confirm the
 news received in Washington that Rus
 sia's answer will be satisfactory to z Japan, it believes it Is likely to be
 true, and argues that Russia will avoid 5 giving yan answer which Japan can
 send to the powers as a justification
 for declaring war.
 London, Jan. BOA receiving order 3 in bankruptcy as been granted t against the widow of Charles Stewart TarrcII