Show rOVERS Ylll KEEP OFF Russia and Japan Must Fight It Out Alone SITUATION IN THE EAST Manchurian Convention Was Ailewed to Lapse China Refused Russias Conditions Under Pressure Brought to Bear by the Powers Berlin Oct II Russia and Japan act na though cither would light J1 the other should hold immovably to the position taken at the last exchange oC communications communi-cations This Is thin actual situation ay understood officially from reports received from the Gorman embassy at St Petersburg Peters-burg and the German legation at Toklo Yet this mutual attitude at host lie preparations prep-arations by both countries Is atlll regarded regard-ed here an not excluding an honorable arrangement Neither Government has gone so far that It maoist fight Ot be 1 hil mllltated hut cither Cabinet by a single atcp run put the other In that position This delIcate balance mar of course bo violently disturbed any day though no ultimatum him yet been thrown on cither scale POWERS WONT INTERFERE It In bollcvcd here officially that war should It occur would be between Russia Rus-sia and Japan alone and that neither England nor France would bo Involved Frederick the Greats remark was quoted to the Associated Press correspondent as Illustrating the present posture of affairs af-fairs without weapons behind be-hind you arc like a musical tone without Instruments I ROSEN STILL WAITING Baron Von Rosen the Russian Minister Minis-ter to Japan Is I still awaiting Instructions Instruc-tions from his Government In the mutter of the negotiations now proceeding between be-tween Japan and Russia A Russian regiment from BaIlout military mili-tary district Is reported to have arrived at FengChcnnTlng about ir > 0 mIles northwest of Peking and ninety miles from the Russian frontier CONVENTION HAS LAPSED M Lessar Russian Minister to China has announced that the Manchurian convention con-vention has lapsed The Manchurian convention between Russia and China Wus signed April 8 1902 and according to It tho evacuation of tho three Manchurian provinces was to he carried out In throe successive periods pe-riods of six months from the signing A note of M Lossnr was appended to the convention declaring that If the Chinese Govcrmicnt notwithstanding the assurances assur-ances given It violates any provision or the convention the Russian Government will not hold itself bound cither by the terms of the Manchurlun agreement or by tho declarations previously made In connection with the matter and will be compelled to repudiate any responsibility und consequences that might arise there from CHINA FROZE OUT China was to bo permitted to maintain whatever force she thought necessary In Manchuria after i the evacuation of that territory Russia also ngreud If Tin Tsln was restored to the Chinese within tho first six months to evacuate New Chwnng at he I limn this restoration was made I Till allies turned over Tien Tsln to the Chinese on August ICth last year Tho convention was to have been ratified within three months but this wan not doneCHINA CHINA REFUSED CONDITIONS Lnnt month M Lessor in bin note to the Chinese Foreign Board promised to begin the evacuation of Manchuria October Octo-ber Slh provided China accepted several conditions which China has refused to do under prcsinjro principally from Japan and Great Britain |