Show TWO DIFFERENCES f 0 WAR Questions on Which Russia and Japan are Divided IS POSSIBLE Hs OBSTACLES MAT BS BE DYB Er DIPLOMACY 4 4 4 f f f 4 Jan Jau The In i amateur tv Baron rOiI de do R en enT the 4 Russian t that at an earty easty 4 4 response is in desired to Japan re r 4 cent nole to RusIa sia It i is c f fT T her that the not reached the Rh an jn in th the f I afternoon of Jan Jam If is felt that thOe has elapsed for 4 f 4 its t on liberation and the pr para 4 ion of a response The Japanese f go I Is e of the pos poe 4 sible sibie of the military and 4 and is to k 4 permit evasions and delays which 4 4 are 10 gain Urae Urne The 4 4 future course of oI the go gov 9 5 4 itt 5 a carefully guarded ne se 4 4 cret The of tine time that Ja Ia 4 4 fan is prepared to await the pleas 4 4 Lie uie of is i unknown n It seems 4 4 probable that it has hal been deter determIned 4 4 mined to act decisively within a r 4 4 few daj popular temper nan has 4 4 long opposed further delay White 4 many objected to Japans taking 4 j the a majority would 4 1 4 now the of a 4 J 4 brief ultimatum and a I 14 4 of war if that should prove f I 4 i Some outside opinion f j j 14 1 here inclines to the belief that the 4 4 activities of Japan Tapan will be limited 4 4 to the seizure of Korea u which en enterprise Jt it i 1 thought Russia 4 4 would not net oppose The Japanese 4 4 government proceeds with abeo 4 lute late secrecy and the people of Ja 4 4 pas pan are even not of ot the 4 1 4 exact nature of the m 4 on Russia 4 i C 0 4 Seoul Korea Jaw Jag 28 One nun lam 4 4 4 4 died dred armed have been 4 4 sent to tn to Insure the 4 4 4 safety fy of people pIe it J 4 reported that the houses of 4 4 wealthy natives there were being 4 4 tooted by Korean solers and po 4 4 lice disguised as 4 4 The report that Americans are 4 4 acting p with the mem mn 4 4 bers of the legation at 4 4 Seoul Is entirely without 4 4 ton flon 4 4 4 The emperor has hag to the 4 4 palace five French a s id cl ci 4 4 to act as a body bodyguard as 4 4 he apparently feas Japanese in 4 4 The have 4 4 which th 4 4 favors as they to know 4 Is still to the Russian 4 4 cause 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 n Jan K The Russian answer r has not yet sent to Japan and it now develops that the points oX of difference heretofore mentioned in thee have bec me the main ob obstacles ol MacIs h the te way of reaching aa agreement even threatening the bUlLy of a deadlock in the negotiations The These points are re t In Manchuria Russia declines fb Lb concede neede such auch unrestricted admission of Japanese as on will permit the estate of Japanese settlements In RusIa insists that Japans should not permit h to establish control of the th ingress and egress of the sea of Japan by fortifying the straits of Korea Concerning these points and the gen general oral eral status of the negotiations the fol following lowing statement emanating ing hg from the highest sources mr es is made mad The question is undergoing alternate periods of depression and encourage encouragement encouragement ment For three or four days it vas wa hOllered believed that thet a final agreement was very near at hand but yesterday the situation became a little leap Iee hopeful Although this slightly unfavorable turn tune t continues it is hoped that it will prove passing a cloud for the present situa situation lion tion warrants neither optimism nor pessimism being so evenly balanced th that t those intimately conversant with Ufe u negotiations are unable to definitely foresee the national result Concerning Korea Japan is Iii showing great caution caption in accepting as assurances a of Japanese paramount au an authority in Korea Therefore Japan feels that her safety requires the right to fortify the coast of southeast Korea particularly Fusan but Russia is un mm wifling td to concede these belie believing ing the effect wilt be to make tha sa sea of Japan a closed sea and that east Siberia be perpetually cut off from the ocean The issue appears to be one which affects th interests of the marl time powers as well as Russia The latter has rail outlets from the coast coaston on the sen of Japan but the other pow powers ers rs are without such means of commit a id ii it Ii i uM old t m have fio Interest in lii seeing that the lo loth th sen unfortified and Concerning the cl t still open K Ia the E Ethe the right to bUh Japanese menth t J do m t to jest jeet to In jhn ThU libert I ing or going for of trade or otherwise hut she is in to concede rights settlements m in Wages to the at ShiFtS hL f are still strong hopes tb the iM ves las may find lind means of adB t tins lug ins these point but for tie the present they constitute the main issues V n maiming open |