Show ALARMING STORIES BROUGHT FROM JAPAN JAPA N Victoria B C Aug 2 Officers of If i ithe the steamer Tacoma Taco la which arrived to today today t 1 day from Crom Yokohama report that the U IC Russian agents were wee we buying up Ian large orders of bean cake ake at the Japanese ports and storing provisions and war wt munitions at Port Arthur Troops were wei also being hurried westward and war wi Wag was expected ex te to occur a i any time An Au idea Idee of how serious se ous the steamers of ot officers a regarded the situation is shown by the fact that the first ft lt enquiries they th made when the thern pilot it t boarded the ves vei vessel vessel sel eel was to ask if any ultimatum had ha teL I been sent or war declared |