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Show I RUSSIA'S ANSWER TO JAP PROPOSALS IS NEARLY READY ! Hope for Pacific Solution of the Trouble. THIS THE RUSSIAN VIEW Position of United Stales in Event of War Figures. St Petersburg Novoe Vremya Expresses Ex-presses ' 111 Will Townrd Uncle -. Sam. in a Long. Leader. St. Pelcrsbunn Jan. 3, DiplpfnatTo. , circles1 cdnfldentiy expect that the Prussian Prus-sian answer to the Japanese proposals will be handed to the Japanese Foreign office by Baron dc Rosen, Russian Embassador Em-bassador to Japan, within a very few days, and do not expect grave results to follow. HOPE FOR PACIFIC SOLUTION. In other quarters the conciliatory attitude at-titude of both Governments inspires belief that the answer will pave the way to further negotiations if, indeed, It does not directly lead to a pacific settlement set-tlement of the trouble. The characteristic note in. the press today is the doubt. about the attitude of the United States In the event of a war between Russia arid Japan. AMERICAN POWER IN EAST. The Birshewja Vedomostl elaborates upon American power in the Pacific und the proximity of the Philippines and Formosa and says: "It is no secret se-cret to any one in Europe that the position posi-tion of the United States in the East Asiatic crisis remains highly problematical," problem-atical," Rus, a new Journal, made up of for-mor for-mor employees of the Novoe Vremya, handles the theme in a similar manner. man-ner. ILL-WILL TOWARD U. S. ' The Ncvoe Vremya expresses Ill-will toward the United States In a long leader about the alleged Instructions given American Consuls In Russia to report on the prospects oT renewed anti-Semitic disorders, and In a curious cu-rious editorial opposed the sale of the Manchurlan railway to the United States or China, which. It declares, is advocated in some quarters here. PRAISE RUSSIAN TROOPS. Ail the newspapers here today copy from the organ of the War Ministry a belated and therefore all the more significant sig-nificant order of the day published by Admiral Aloxleff, after the fall moneu- i vers and parade at Port Arthur, highly i praising the troops and declaring that some who had just finished a twelve days' march had arrived in magnificent condition. NO CHINESE ATTACK FEARED. The Novikrai says that a Chinese attack at-tack is unlikely and reprints a Chinese newspaper story that Russia has 2000 Cossacks and 2C00 Mongolian soldiers at Urga. |