Show STAT STATEMENT M NT IS PROMISED Russia to Make Clear Her Claims in Manchuria in the Matter of I Administration St Petersburg April 10 It Is the pur purpose purpose purpose pose of ot the Russian government to Issue a statement In the matter of the Question of or territorial administration that has arts aris artsen I enat en cn at Harbin and It is under understood understood understood stood that this tills announcement will reas reassert reassert reassert sert the attitude set forth recently in InI Washington by Baron Baroa Rosen the Russian I ambassador there Tills This enire entIre question was brought to the front about three weeks week ago by b the refusal of or F D Fisher the American merlean consul at Harbin to recognize reco nize Russian jurisdiction and his insist insistence Insistence insistence ence that he was accredited solely to China The today pub publishes pUblishes publishes lishes a dispatch from Harbin Barbin detailing the progress s of the conflict and saying that the antagonism between Russia and China is growing steadily China Chin opposes all Russian administrative establishment in Manchuria on the ground that the rail railroad railroad railroad road concession carried with It only the rights of oC a common carrier and does not Imply governmental functions The incident continues to engross the attention of or the St Petersburg press The Thc sharply sharp I criticized the tte for foreign foreign eign office for suppressing Secretary Sec tar Roots statement of April 7 as well as the details of the interview of April 3 be he between between tween Secretary Root and Baron Rosen The says Baron ROsen R sen has re ro received 1 an intimation that Mr lr Fisher acted on his own initiative and that the United States is willing to settle the Incident on purely judicial grounds This the paper contends portends an amicable solution The Bourse Gazette and the Rech like I the two journals quoted above hold that foreigners have everything to gain and I nothing to lose Jose from the introduction of the measures providing for good order In Inand Inand Inand and the legal administration of the rail railroad railI railroad road zone i iI I |