Show HAYE HAVE BEACHED REACHED CRISIS WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JA PAN APPEARS inevitable ons between two powers have reached such a stage that a clash is freely predicted according to the h e la latest d i fr from 0 m lone gis tobt etes iba ach est london it t is believed e h e v t there e re that t the h e relations between russia and japan hare have reached a crisis and that war Is inevitable it would certainly look as though both powers were making preparations for war bussian russian warships and a transport with troops have left port arthur tor for korea and the russian forces at new chwang have been increased the japanese premier and the min aisters of war navy and foreign affairs had a simultaneous audience with the emperor monday and it is claimed the japanese are becoming anxious for a try at russia other special dispatches dispatch ps describe russian war preparations etc and the newspapers newspaper w which are intensely n s e ly deve clophe inte interested in the developments n 0 owing w 1 n to the anglo japanese alliance arc are already publishing maps and esti mates of the navy and military forces of the prospective belligerents and editorializing on the possibilities of the situation the greatest attention Is paid to the changed tone of earo n hayashi the japanese minister 1 in london who Is much less confident that peace will be preserved than ha he was a week ago inquiries in japan ese banking shipping and commercial houses in london however elicited expressions of disbelief in the out break of war the threat of war between russia and japan Is a source of great acx lety at washington because such an event might at any moment threaten the interests of the united states there is more anxiety over russia s attitude than that of japan because russia has not kept her word in re gard to manchuria |