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Show ' - . I . . . . . ... . ... li I I -. . . . tlons cf the American rre'ss upon Russia was the main subjects discussed. Count Casfii also informally inquired about the report that the Commercial Cable oompany had applied for landing prlvlleg-es at Guam for a cable from that island to Japan. He waa assured by Mr. Kay that this Government at present was considering; no such application, i The Embassador did not give any intimation inti-mation as to what the attitude of his Government would be in this matter. The Associated Press dispatches from BU Petersburg, however, have stated that the Russian Government would view askance the granting of such privileges by this Government, and it is assumed that this Government ha declined for the present to consider such an application. LCNDGN, :.:arch 2. -I a the courts of a -filon cf ti:e naval estimates la the !.' -:: of Corr.mor.B last r.!sht. Premier L ,r, whl'.e admitting the magnitude r t'..n estimates, said the House should r.ct c.y consider the amount, but should watch tha general European and Asiatic titutLon, which aloi; could Justify what Ilia country was asked to expend. Tha country should not lose eight of the ro?s:'o'.i:ty of war between Great Britain and two fieat maritime powers, which cou'd harciy end without great losses to I'ovi the enemy and Great Britain, ' ir whioh event the other navies would be "Intact "In-tact snd in a maritime position which thy did not now hold. Continuing, Mr. Balfour said he was reluctant re-luctant to mention the possibility of war. He cid not think such a dreadful contingency con-tingency was one which they at present had any reason to apprehend. But when . talking of the navy they must always be " tiilKin? of the possibility of wax, and he f was forced, when indicating the general ! outlines f the reasons which compelled ' ' the Government to ask for this sacrifice, to Indicate possibilities which eld not exist ex-ist twenty-five years ago. There was no possible comparison between the dependence depend-ence Great Britain placed on her navy which was defensive, and the dependence placed by America or any European coun-;ry coun-;ry on their navy, which was offensive. Great Britain's policy had been to see what other nations were doing In the way of laying down ships and to Immediately make a reply. So long aa the Admiralty was careful not to anticipate or force other countries In, but simply to Tollow suit, insuring that other countries did not outstrip Great Britain In the race for naval superiority, Mr. Balfour believed that the country would support Parliament Parlia-ment In the expenditure. The vote for the effectiveness of the navy was then agreed to. JAPAN SENT TROOPS ! . INTO KOEXA BY NIGHT? EAELY WAS OPERATIONS. VICTORIA,- B. C. March 2. The Royal Mall steamer Empress of India, arrived last night from Japan. The most interesting portion of her new from the Orient was that Japan was shipping ship-ping vast numbers of troops by night across to Korea, . . ! - No troops are moved by day, and no man knew when he would be palled away. Officers were missed from ' clubs, and men from their accustomed haunts, and the explanation was that they had been summoned during the night, shipped aboard . the transports and destined for Korea. It Is. estimated by passengers who have been observing that Japan had at least 80,000 troops landed on the Korean iihore before the Empress of India In-dia sailed, and they were going, over nightly, many thousands at a time. It is understood that the dispatch of troops is to continue until 200,000 men are at the disposal of the Japanese Gen-" Gen-" erals'at the tront. f British merchant vessels of large tonnage ton-nage were being bought up hurriedly by cable from the owners in Britain. : One Captain, Williamson, of the Dun-' Dun-' dee, Scotland, steamer Arara, had to clear out of his vessel on three hours' notice at Kobe. No sooner was the last seaman off the boat with his dunnage dun-nage than Japanese troop service men swarmed aboard and began erecting wooden bunks everywhere for all the troops that could be packed on and under un-der decks. The Arara actually sailed for an unknown destination on the Korean side the same night loaded with troops, baggage and munitions of war. The India brought over 100.000 gold yen In boxes for trans-shipment to San money Is in payment for - supplies bought from United States merchants. JAP WARSHIPS LOOK IN ! AT VLADIVOSTOK, BUT ! PULL AWAY QUIETLY. , I ; -' PARIS, March i The Matin this morning morn-ing publishes a dispatch from Its Harbin Correspondent, which says: . "A private letter received here from ' Vladtvostock asserts that on February 25th nine Japanese warships appeared off there and remained the rreater part of the day. They finally departed without firing. "The native governor of the province of Kirin died yesterday. He was a Rus-sophile. Rus-sophile. The native governor o Mukden Is less of a Russophlle than the man who has just died. "For purposes of personal defense the authorities of Port Arthur are supplying the civilians there with rifles." ; ; RUSSIAN MINISTER HAS j TALK WITH HAY ABOUT PROPOSED CABLE LINE. WASHINGTON, March An Important Impor-tant conference, lasting more than an hour, occurred between "Secretary Hay and Count Casslni yesterday. The growing grow-ing Ill-feeling in Russia against Americans and the continued attacks of certain por- |