The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-01-16
A RESORT TO ARMS
JAPAN ANNOUNCES SUCH WILL
BE THE RESULT UNLESS
RUSSIA REcEDEs.
RUSSIA'S REPLY UNfAv0RABLF
CHINA is URGED BY JAPAN TO
MAINTAIN THE STRIcTEST
NEUTRALITY.
WAR IDEA UNPOPULAR IN RUSSIA
WAR IDEA UNPOPULAR IN RUSSIA
OFFICIALS MORE CONCERNED
THAN HAS BEEN GENERAL
LY BELIEVED.

London, Jan. 13.--The Times Pe,I.u
correspondent, cabling under yester-
days date, says that tive Chinese min
jster at Toxic at the rer;iest of jap
anese foreign officials 1eiesraphed tie
following message IL Pr3nce Ching:
"The second Russian reply to the
Japanese proposals. has been received
at Toxic, but it is unfavorable and
cannot be accepted by Japan, who will,
unless Russia recedes, be compelled to
promptly resort to arms.
Gin view of such an eventlality Jap.
an urges, and expects China to main
tain the strictest neutrality, to pre-
serve order Throughout the empire, to
guard foreigners resident in the in
terror and to take special care to pre-
serve order in the provinces of Shan
Tung and Yunnan lest foreign powers
might seize the pretext of disorder and
make aggressive movements therein"
The correspondent says that the
dispatch has deeply impressed the
Chinese, who now believe war to be in
evitable.
Russian Officials Alarmed.
Berlin, Jan. 49, The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger
gives a much more serious view of the
Far Eastern situation than has hith-
erto emanated from the capital.
The correspondent claims he has
authentic information that those in Of
fetal circles entertain a greater con-
cern over the difficulties between Rus
STA and Japan than they have hereto
fore allowed to become known to the
public, and he says he suspects that
the utterances Of the press have been.
optimistically colored in order to CON
ceal this official disquiet..
The correspondent goes on to say
that the car takes the keenest inter-
est in bringing order into the compli-
Gated situation, and that he insists
that an unvarnished report shall be
made public.
The war idea is unpopular in Rus
STA, but it is feared that some un.
toward incident may occur any day
which will make it inevitable for Rus
STA to become fully convinced Of jap
ans warlike intentions.
Take calmer View.
London, Jan. Especial dispatches
both from st. Petersburg and Toxic
take rather a calmer view of the stu
alton. The view taken in European
capitals, based on the outlines of the
Russian proposals published in Berlin
and the incidents of the past few days
is that although Russia has not modi-'
fed her demands she is displaying q
more conciliatory tone and q willing.
ness to negotiate, which is attributed
to the cars personal influence on the
side of peace.
Dispatches from Seoul record fur
Their arrivals there of Russian marines,
equal to the number in the Japanese
garrisons in Korea.
Sends important Dispatches.
The Daily Nails Toxic correspond
ent, cabling yesterday, says that Bar
on de Rosen. the Russian minister,
SEM a reply Saturday to Foreign Min.
lister Komura's communication of Fri
day, and that yesterday M. Arsenieff,
second secretary of the Russian lega-
ton, left hurriedly for Nagasaki with
important dispatches to be forwarded
by a Russian warship to Viceroy Alex
Jeff.
Treaty Is Ratified.
The Times Pekin correspondent
says that notifications of the treaty
between China and Japan have been
exchanged.