Show W rm 5 I fc 1 1 J I Past Week Weel Vee Shows Change Cha V in inthe the Situation h hJ V V J d dKING V KING EDWARD FOR PEACE V A i t i i hns hais MINIS os V GIVEN N V u R E EJ V J London Jan ItIn In the opinion of 1 the British government the end Af M this tola week does not flot mark any la 1 t the I far tal eastern crisis n mere re than Un I ever keeps keep diplomatic circles es la lB Loudon Lou Lon London don in a state mite te Of f aJl V VV V The latest late t and if it it had been en true the th most moat serious s iU that Rus Russia i ala sia intended to risk sending her Black I II I sea aea fleet through the V Dardanelles re received e I today a positive denial from the I foreign fore office Baron Raya W tn the J Japanese a minister ter visited fawning i street and wa was W told to that aSter after making minute Inquiries the British authorities I were convinced that the th jOrt was as on an unI founded May Be Three Weeks I Regarding the n fn bane Baron and the foreign f office had no ne information inton tl a Neither at the Japanese es tr I a nor nol at the Ute foreign office 1 f is it I expected that any trustworthy Indica indira Indication ties tion of the Russian action will be ob oh obtainable j tamable for several days day The excess excessive excessIve ive lye apprehension prevailing in the best 1 informed quarters quart n here that Russia answer will precipitate war ar te is based snore more upon knowledge of O the attitude 1 Russia Ru mw has taken up daring the pre previous re revio vio phases of th the controversy of than on a aD any y definite information intention n under the present acute circumstances nees Not even the pacific utterances however can dispel the too fear tear which pervades British officials that Russia RUis will UI not give in m inKing inKing King Xing Edwards Influence ence King Edward c continues to use his bis personal Influence to an at unprecedented rec extent ext nt nt to persuade the czar to mant n peace but the Che ki minis ministers tees appear to baY havo practically P Uy given up hope bore that a resort to arms ana can be beav averted aver av ugh th them most pessimistic pe person o not look for any culmination of t the e i Crl eri ls within three weeKs reeks The suggested su d intervention Inte enU in the shape hpe of tendering their good offices ofil on the part pert of the powers power Is nov nut uni universally vernally declared here to V be quite im let impo possible po How determined Japan la J to face all Ii the tile eventualities event c can n be Judged et from the fact that she e i Is 18 negotiating in England for tor the construction of four foot battleship not two J as pre previously previously previously reported re The negotiations are not yet closed clo ed but the contract is likely to be taken up Ul by the largest English l lArm Arm finn within a week k War Would Last Long ong Time V The fhe firm In hi t Question Informs S the As Associated I sedated Press Frees that it is satisfied ed Japan I II is I able to carry Oft on a possible le war long enough to pay for and use the th vessels which necessarily could not DOt be ready 1 under two tn years year IThe The regards s war s I Spectator now lOW af Inevitable In which it merely follows I up ap its own significant t line of argument i that a Ru ne e war would wouW be beto beto to Great advantage ao so lon lonas IOD IODa lonas as a Great Britain is only an onlooker and while the struggle does not involve any ally other power The Spectator has h i ip previously p pointed out In guarded lan Ign language n nCe guage gudge Ce that such a war was wa lik lik ly tu leave both Russia R and Japan criP leV neither gaining piRI a II great advantage a 0 ov the other which suggests the th deda lion tion current in official circles es here th t tm in m this event Great Gret Britain would be bea b In Ina a better botter position pORtion to foster ter her sphere of ot i JaA A to in the ar r east uD by br the fear fur of t Japan apan becoming fc a too para power pow in that quarter of the th globe Barba V Haya said Mid humorously to tonight tonIght night Great Britain and ami America Amen Ament t might well raise rafe a subscription sub In olli 0 behalf for tot If ff war results and we win wilt 1 V I they hey re e bound to benefit by it |