| Show JAPANS ACTION VR VERY GRA Vf M MATTER Diplomatic Circles Circle so 50 Her I cr Course in the Case Casa of the 0 INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS Chinas uns Neutrality Violated May 1 Area ic ca of o Conflict that lla I II a oy Sought Sough t to 11 tu It JH tt fI Vet Ang AlI hig w U I 21 t 12 p m lii mTh Th or 04 the Iho In in nude boat loat destroyers dt In and alit towing out the tho he lit Hl slin torpedo boat t at itt IB mi II te me If In 11 diplomatic circles n nH an being n a very ery emy prave gritte matter tel for or Japan As 1 coal H 11 as the tho facts tat un Irl officially I io I doubt exists that Russia wll rail call ni tho the attention of ot thus thu towers powers lo io this ibis of or the he of or l hila Ilde rain 01 the tie of ot un an In warship to neck n a In iii n a neutral L II Joi not fit fJ roil ll to U do du 10 un so fn by b stress tie of ot othol or ur luck lark of ot coil and lon nil itil ni the tho diplomats Igle nun ni to lu II tit the lie absolute Il Ii legality It of or 1 alt belligerent slips ships entering neutral leutral ports Icons there committing acts The fane ease eo so far as tho the are art IH in on lS much mote lOde than at ui when oil nil ni the foreign commander except the lie of ot the American there lotO td against tho the proposal nf ot the to enter entel and ald light tin th and In Iii u it 1 neutral harbor barbor H It 1 IH in recalled that lint nt nl the opening of ot the tho war a n warship of or each of or the belligerents was WIS In iii II harbor of ot Havana and they th tile went nt out to try conclusions conclusion with the he that the and sought nought refuge in ta I ho tho hat nor The Tue he German vessel usel hO t did not attempt to fob fol low lo the Trench ship which there them to 10 the end of the th nor wal The TIle only 11 possible Justification con Ielo for Co I tho the Japanese alo destroyers dc Is that thal the nU Ron destroyer may Iny have Drat tired llred Irell upon uon the Japanese and slId atte III entered Ilio Iho of at Putt pott too f r fIt rJ It J Is U that possibly Russia h may represent to the he lint this act vis o aj violation by hy Japan lapan of ot the neutrality of ot China under the guaran tees Colt given In to Secy Sec Hays note flotO nott The admiralty has just received a n telegram from froni the Russian nUR consul nt at I heron reporting the lie Japanese Jalonese attack I upon tile the In that hint the tho ot of her hit oft off The rule he message nays nr the la ma of ot the Iho tim crew crets survived OMIt 5 Jal was wn a 01 M 11 N official from Chon have ha 1 been beell receIved here hele up tip to hut hour and anti no n detallo me nrc lO obtainable of ot the naval engagement VIr OI 0 r CASE rASE London Aug AUK 12 l The Tue and anti foreign diplomats regard the of tIle thu Japanese In cutting out oll the HUB Rus sian destroyer Hye at nt Ott 10 raising raining a ii I serious Hf loll Hun of ot importance to nil all 11 Tim Thu foreign elle received this morn lug IHK a it I dispatch from the tho British consul at itt 11 confirming the rapture capture of oC the tho anti and nIl her hel removal re 10 I by b her captors the he harbor The ho consul added that the thc flirts were Immediately reported to the tue Chinese governor and the tho ice foreign diplomats at 11 l I The Tho former evinced con concern concern I cern not ol so 80 much at nt the tho fact tact that tho the wan uan lf made on Oil 01 the destroyer as its nt itt the precedent established hed by Japan which Russia may follow In hi case caso of ot emergency thereby extending the he area of at hostilities which Sec tiny Hay la sought to lo inscribe The nie foreign declined this after afternoon afternoon noon to comment on Oil 01 the tho effect of ot tho lie lieI I action but bitt the are hopeful that hint Mi an tn adequate explanation will tuil wI I be made which will 1 not permit hermit the tho Incident to servo serve as us justification for tor fu Cu ture turo violations of or neutrality It Is believed that hint Japan will wi I the notion of ot the tha commanders of ot her do loel f s oven returning tho to 10 provided she he Is II that her hel lId noted acted wrong rung wrongfully ong fully full The fhe Japanese locution lino hns cabled to I i Tokla Talc In asking n g for tOl an nil 11 explanation lix lint and apil Hint flint un iiii 11 InquIry will willbe willbe be b by Iy Ih ln hi e mont Until nil this the fuels lure are ascertain ascertained ed tid el HI sa HH Ill N It will wil bu be o unable to I Li Intelligently tie the of ot otI the tiu I e hut but It U is II that they had haul good tot for their net act The legation lIdded Japan Is II In Ill th tile II to III or I C the tie neutrality bP of ur China Chinn slid and ha hits the molt fOIst orders to tl m ii event UM its violation In view of ot thin fact we wt 1 are fre loath louth to that lint Ih w wel i guilty Nulty ty of or It disobedience to the tue orders unless jus tilled such tuch action No Nu hive have yet yO et been cel made Jo to o this government by hy tilt the Rus nus flan but bul It Il IH In II pointed d nut In lii II I diplomatic circle that t the tho he questIon Is Ohio onu which particularly con on Oil urns tile the United which obtained pledges le ge tle from icia both bolh anti and nu tl lo to r the tho neutrality of t too must take hike notice of It the occurrence an as annh al nh the thIs principle of ot tile the nuu IlU of oC territory outside th the zone zono of or Hut lut whatever treat Orent take altos toll will nIh wi be bo simply advisory AS IN NOTO Aug AuS 12 The report of oC tho thi capture by iy the lie lie Japanese torpedo boat bOlt of ot the destroy Che Cile 01 em In iii the tue harbor of oC 11 too foo fal as us la convoyed conveyed to o by b con consul 01 sul sil generals cable today WOK was as received with the deepest Interest ald also alHo concern for It I was wan realized that bitt thele it ci ro e In lii thin the germs lerms of ot ser Bl ei loon international I lIt I trouble t ii Mr it I I r spoke of lt if the lie affair ii Ito I r as us lS a ut I cutting cut CU t t out nulL oil expedition differing In Ill II an 11 In Ill from the he dispatch dispatches point trul press es Cl I which nt ot tending appeared to Indicate In tile the ur of tIle the Rue iltis boat hont wn n F in if at nt 1 least leant lent sonic omu caused by the this action nf ot the captain of ot the lie craft cruft In Ill attacking the tho ho Japanese boarding lieutenant H It I may nitty lay be bo that upon this lila point will wi ihl turn the thie decision huts has been a it 1114 to lO whether or not flOt there thero IH of ot Chinese neutrality by h the Japanese AN COMMITTED If It the tile expedition was a I genuine cut cutting ul ting hug I out olt one nile t lion here thel Is la no Ito question lu in tIlt tho minds 1111 of ot the tha hero here that hInt tIle thu Japanese have hav committed nn an of oC offense feline rense International law la by b via vio violating bitIng lating Ild In 11 addi addition latH loll tion have hao the lie tileY lol nt into at the thu beginning of or war nt nl the he Instance of or the United les to tl I limit the tIle field nel oC or warlike operations a to and Korea lol and alIt their waters Should thin prove to nn be lie tile tho case the tho results probably ably Il Obi will wi bo he l a grave and Ild vexatious Under Underlie the lie tenets of ot An International law the cap captured CI vessel ossel must be bo to tile the custody of the tie M e government 1111 un apology rendered for tor the offense against Chinese neutrality Hut But If It nus lives hiros have hR ve been lost ns as re reported reo ported In R dispatches dl a n great greater er or complication will wil follow for tor may lofty In In uin hold China responsible for tor forthe forthe the punishment of or the lie Japanese e who lId tho death of or her sallow sailors when whon under tinder Illel tha th he shelter Ihler of or the Chinese port authorities Altogether the situation U ii full of ot danger and the tho many mally apple tul lonK pC pt the here Is II that It ItIn will ill break breakdown may In llla le he the Incident that hat u 1 down dowl the agreement of ot the tho powers and Ind Plunge lime China Into the wet war III na its u n a full fledged belligerent and ally rilly of ot Japan The rho consequences of ot such alil an net act on part lart upon tIpon existing allIances between Groat Britain and Japan and Ind II la 11 France can bo the only con coli conjectured amid the tue prospect Is II so BO alarm bIg that lint it Is not hOt doubted the tho lie state delIcti intent will wi do 10 its ItH utmost along with the lie rest re t of ot the tho powers to 10 effect ered such a n settlement of ot this Incident liS its hlll the agreement an act 1 to lo China In full ful force RUSSIA FORMALLY PROTESTS Bt Rt Aug 13 12 1 BM 5 0 p ii I m in 1 inThe Tho The Associated Press Iress Is IH able to an nn announce that Russia has already for tor formally mally mal mail protested to lo Japan through France against the lie action of ot the Japa nee neKe torpedo boat boal destroyers In at itt attacking tacking the Russian HIS hl torpedo boat de destroyer destroyer stroe at lit und auth tow towIng lOI towing Ing InA her tier away awo from rota that port und and Ind that lint time the protest has been communicated to tho thu power LoWer Tills This prompt acton Is IR it based upon the tho official of ot the tho Russian nm nt at which In I cry cr explicit on au lie tho of ot tho the dismantling 11 of oC the Ryes lyos Ki 81 ln that hat nut nt only the bi of ot her guns IUIS alid all al her small arms removed but her I 1 1 0 rendered The rho ossel were ere 11 therefore wn ns reduced to lo the tho condition of ot a n hulk hll Tho The also reported that the ice Japanese fired llred Irod 1101 tho tue Bus Rus His water 1101 10 while they the i eie ete In lii th the the tit nut tills tile hour de Ie nb fl re It ii I ha has hl t no Ill 10 further n new wn of or o the lie Port Arthur Arlhur or 01 of th lh lie him 11 light the In lit halt haf hl 1 the tie hOI thin thui the I he duon had W In r cap lug Ing III und alit It Il 11 seem now no to tl bf be only n fl if ion lun t of or tIle the th extent of oC the ll set eu |
