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Show TENSION GROWING OVER POSITION OF ENGLAND; EXPLANATION IS ASKED ST. PETERSBURG; FEB. 15. IN SPITE OP THE DENIAL OF LOBD XANSDOWNE, IT IS STILL BELIEVED HERE THAT THE JAPANESE FLEET HAD ITS HEADQUARTERS AT WEI HAI WEI. A NOTE HAS REACHED THE BRITISH EMBASSADOR ttb-bt; ASKING ASK-ING HIM IP THE JAPANESE, BY SOME MISUNDERSTANDING, HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO ENTER WEI HAI WEI. IP SO, ENGLAND IS REQUESTED TO REOCCUPY THE PLACE, OTHERWISE HER FAILURE TO DO SO WELL BE REGARDED AS A HOSTILE ACTION BY THE IMPERIAL IM-PERIAL GOVERNMENT. FURTHER. - THE BRITISH . EMBASSADOR HAS RECEIVED A NOTE CONTAINING THE FORMAL PROTESTS OP BUSSIA AGAINST A BRITISH EXPEDITION TO PEKING. - - ''MUCH ATTENTION IS GIVEN HERE TO THE DANISH ACTION CALLING UPON 15,000 MEN AND NAVAL RESERVES TO MAN SEA FORTRESSES. THIS' IS .SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST MOVE TO-WABD TO-WABD CLOSING THE SOUND. ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS BITS OF NEWS AT THIS 'MOMENT IS THE ALLEGED CONFIRMATION OF THE STATEMENT THAT ABOABD THE JAPANESE VESSELS OF WAR ATTACKING PORT ARTHUR AR-THUR WERE A NUMBER OP AMERICAN NAVAL- OFFICERS. - THIS REPORT HAS. CAUSED SOMETHING AKIN TO A PEELING OF CON-STEBNATION CON-STEBNATION AMONG THE RUSSIAN- OFFICERS, - - - - " |