Show DEMANDS NOT MODIFIED MODIFIED No Kepresentations RussinR gardiug Mancliuria St Petersburg March 19 Answering a question of the correspondent of the Associated Press n competent official today said tl is not true that Russia Rus-sia has yielded to the representations of any of the powers and modified her demands respecting Manchuria because be-cause no representations have been made Every tentative attempt to address ad-dress the Russian Government on the subject of our pourparlers with China has been categorically declined Russia Rus-sia is a great power and has the right to hold negotiations with any other Government and no other power has the right to Interfere Tentatives made in a friendly spirit have received a friendly answer But plainly stated Russia cannot receive Inquiries regardIng regard-Ing the above GREAT BRITAIN REBUFFED Regarding the above pourparlers the results thereof will doubtless be made known later The Informant of the correspondent of the Associated Press admitted that the power rebuffed was Great Britain He was not will Ing to discuss details respecting Mongolia Mon-golia and Turkestan but he repeated that Russia abides by tho August declaration dec-laration and desires to safeguard the railroad and her Interests along the frontier WILD BE NO CONFLICT I The Informant ridiculed the talk of a military conflict at Tien Tam He said There is n misunderstanding about certain lands which tho English authorities pretend belong tethe railway rail-way company Russia has expressed her willingness to cxaminfe the question ques-tion If the claim of ownership before Russian occupation Is established that I will end the l discussion J diplomacy Is unable to settle the controversy Bus sin Js willing to submit to arbitration I perhaps to The Hague tribunal or to I some other arbitrator After England captures Dowel perhaps she will have the courage for a military conflict In another quarter of the world While hft la promenading around the British forces It Is hardly probable that Eng landwill seek trouble elsewhere |