Show PEKING PEOPLE PERPLEXED Little Stock Taken in hi Rumors of III hIi II pending War S Peking Oct 1 Like other titles la in lathe inthe the far tar east Peking is perplexed by byThe bythe The he reports from arious various points of events portending r p p rt a a Runo t f A war Most of these reports on investigation In prove to be unfounded The opinion prevails here that Russia Ruela Ru per pur purposes poses po to hold all she has ban gained in Manchuria and refrain retrain for tor the present t from further advances into Korea Kora K It n nIt it is also alao believed that Russia is Ie con COlt convinced vinced that no nation except thinks of contesting contenting her position po sad and having assembled a fleet and army ann which she he considers con idera strong enough fa tO repel any arty Japanese attack she i 1 i awaiting developments in Japans policy S SA A majority of the Russian ships shins have left Port Arthur since the tile maMa for an unknown destination but it is t supposed that some sone JIO of them are cruis cruising lug ing on the shores of Korea watching and other ports port The I f Japanese ships whose at caused the report Japan bad had occupied that port paIt have bavi b I sailed probably in to the direction of ot j i I Japan |