Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-25 | Page 2 | Russia Will Ignore Japan-Korea Treaty

RUSSIA WILL IGNORE JAPAN-KOREA TREATY WASHINGTON, Fob. 24. Russia wUl Ignore Jana's newly negotiated treaty with Kcrea cuaranteelntr thn lnripniniinr.A i integrity of tho hermit kingdom, and has so Informed theUnited States. Japtm. it may bo stated, assumes practically tho same attltudo of Indifference toward Russia Rus-sia s protest to tho powors", which, on high H?tl1i0rl&1.t declared, will bo ignored by tho Toklo Government. In diplomatic circles Secretary Hay's announcement an-nouncement of the negotiations of thd Japanese-Korean treaty created a sensa-JLn sensa-JLn nmlUVh0 treaty, it is said, opens possibilities for new International complications compli-cations In the far Eastern war. tho diplomatic diplo-matic corps horo continues firm in tho boiler bo-iler that there is no ground for approhon-slon approhon-slon at present that the war will extend beyond the two belligerents and Koroa. It will not surprise diplomats conversant convers-ant with Japan's plans to soo an early announcement from Toklo declaring that practically all Korean ports will bo oponed eventually to the commerco of tho world