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Show ' " . , '" ' ' , " I, ' )."- ... 4B i a . j . I ' t t .,... '- 1 . ... m . 4 tv. , . - . . , , .... - . ' ; . . ' - : - -' : : ! ; Gzar-s Bureaucrats Score the United States for Holding bor; Japs Again Win. : ' s--- .; . BXJIXETIN. ...... ' ; ST. PETERSBT7BO, June 7, 5:20 p. m. Embassador Meyer Iad an ln-terjview ln-terjview with Foreign Minister Lamsdorft at 11 o'clock last night, and today to-day went to Tsarskoe-Selo, where he will be received in special audience by the Emperor. - - ' j'; -,: ST. PETERSBURG. June 7. The ! jX'an press, notably the Novoe Vrem-ya'snd.the Vrem-ya'snd.the Russ, the latter frequently reflecting the views of the Foreign office, of-fice, display a great deal of resentment against the United States for enforcing . the twenty-four-hour rule in the case of the three Russian cruisers at Ma-' Ma-' nlla, ' .- The Russ quotes the American neutrality neu-trality regulations, and contends ' that President Roosevelt in applying the principle, that only . injuries received during a storm, and not in battle, can be repaired in American ports, not only narrows the -American regulations,, but infringe recognized principles of international inter-national law. - This paper declares it has official warrant for the statement that representations have been made to Washington. on the subject. Slaps at Great Britain. V "' The Novoe Vremya is exceedingly sarcastic. - After a slap at Great Britain for the alleged manner in which her vessels , dogged the Russian fleet from the time it left Cronstadt, and for try-ingto try-ingto force all the powers to accept her interpretation of the rules of neutrality, the Novoe Vremya declares that Presi-. Presi-. dent Roosevelt, whom It refers to as "Mr. Roosevelt," contaminated by Ear Eland's example, arbitrarily interprets its own rules in a sense favorable to Japan, adding: - (. ' .. . Criticises Hr Boosevelt. "Mr. Roosevelt takes full advantage of the act that Russia is helpless-and . powerless to-do more than protest. The Japanese Minister is reported to. have hastened to express his gratitude to America for this act of impartiality. which is partial to Japan. We trust - Mr. Roosevelt is satisfied with his sue- The Admiralty, it can be stated,' is reconciled to the interning of the three Russian cruisers at Manila, but opposes on principle the rule that warships injured in-jured in battle cannot repair their machinery ma-chinery and boilers at. neutral ports. The officials add that friction-over this ' minor question . would be exceedingly unfortunate Just at the. time that President Presi-dent Roosevelt is assuming the delicate role of trying to bring the belligerents - together.- - - ' -' '' .' ' ternoon upon the subject of Embassador , Cassinl's communication, and at 11 o'clock last night -Embassador Meyer called upon Count Lamedorff at th chancellory and remained wh the Foreign Minister for sometime. . Whether this visit was upon the Invlta tion of Count Lamsdorft or at the request of the Embassador cannot be definitely stated, but there is reason to believe that the visit was In obedience to instructions from- Washington conveying a personal communication from ths President to-the Emperor tendering his good offices. The result was that today Mr. Meyer went to Tsarskoe-Selo -in full uniform and was received in special audience by . the Emperor. Upon his return to Bt. Petersburg Pe-tersburg this afternoon Mr. Meyer hastened hast-ened to the embassy, whence he sent a leng cipher dispatch to Washington. Half an hour later he was closeted with Sir Charles Hardlhge,-the British Embassador. Embassa-dor. ' - , ' - . . r .. . . i RUSSIANS riSAPPPOIHTED; ' ' 1T0 PBOCLAMATl'ON.TODAY; . ' BIRTHDAY' OF EKPBESS,, ST..PETERSBURG; Jupe 7. The city. is decorated and beflagged today in honor of the Empress' birthday. Those who expected. ex-pected. today .to be. signalised by an. imperial im-perial proclamation were disappointed. The first act of Count Von Vorontsoff-Dcshkoff Vorontsoff-Dcshkoff as viceroy, of the Caucasus has been the Introduction of ; a regular police regiment modeled on the Russian system for the preservation of public order. The -Tartars ar continuing their- assaults on the Armenians, whose revolutionary committee com-mittee is very active.- i; ' .Enqulrt . Still .There. ; MANILA, Thursday,-June 8. 1 a. m. There are no indications of the departure of the RuKslan warships from Manila-bay. Admiral' Enqulst -has not heard from St. 1 Petersburg since his arrival, although he has filed many lengthy' dispatches. .The Russians show the keen disappointment they feel at the inaction of the St. Peters- , burg officials. .The signal station at Cor-regidor Cor-regidor . reports that . the German steamer. Oaardine Is passing in, with coal Jtw the Russians. .. .., British Steamer Looted. V ) NAGASAKI; June 7. X Vi'mSr?) .British .Brit-ish steamer Cilurnum, chartered by the Nitsul Bussan Steamship; oompanyiof rTo- kio, bound from 'Shanghai ..for Kobe, Japan, was stopped, by .the . Russian trans- port Rion. A boarding party, after the steamer's, papers I had . been ,-exammed. .removed .re-moved her hatches and -threw, overboard 411 bags of beanS,125 balfst-of cotton and twelve boxes, ofantiimny. Tbe Russians left agaln;sudddenly....R:is (supposed .hat they , received. ; a, wireless, ' message - announcing an-nouncing te. approach of - Japanese .warships, .war-ships, J , - .,--....' , V ',":' i Congratulate? Japanese. . ! ! -MANILA. Tmjrsaay.;June '8,1la,'--m. The students of .the Philippine law narita hive -voted congratulations to the Japanese Japan-ese because -ofheh:kVlctories,-assertlng tnat.they. estabUshj the, prestige of the Orientals." f j -, . v ' .. - |