Show I GERMANY M M MAY 8 BECOME M A f FACTORS T That Site She Sh May tny Side With Russia Hussla Causes Considerable Apprehension sion in England WANTS FRIENDSHIP Japanese Troops Not ot Landed c nt at Port Pott Arthur Silence Explained lIed New ew York Fob leb action by Ly Germany Is regarded here us its a n fac tac factor fector tor In tho the far ar eastern situation and Ind Is causing some Home apprehension cables tho the London correspondent of ot the Herald The fhe Ht St Petersburg correspondent corre of o the Dally DaIly Telegraph already quoted ns as having cabled that he had luaU Information on authority for stat stating lag ing that If It the fortunes of at war prove proe adverse to a II diversion which may lend lead to tar far reaching results Is con confidently expected from Germany German fur tur further ther flier pays rayf Already proposals arc are affirmed to have hAO been made by b tho the chief of ot that state which If I accepted will consider con lder ably complicate matters mutten The German government will wll sup support support port diplomatically In any nn ac action lout tion taken to bring the alleged evacuation lion tion of ot Wei lint Hal We et before The Hague tribunal Germanys Jf fixed resolution Is to win I back hack Hu ItU friendship the tha dispatch concludes but the proposal proposals which have havo emanated from Crom Berlin are dell tilts nuitt 1 concrete and It If accepted are likely to Interest Europe more keenly In the hue far eastern war var JAP JAI NOT LANDED St Ht Petersburg Fob Feb eb 13 The Associated ted tei Press Is authorized to deny the re rc report port that Japanese troops had landed ut ul Port Arthur with sith the lots lees of ot two regiments Nothing Is la known here hero of ot officially fi regarding tho the movements of oC the squadron but the tho reports that It II had sunk stunk Japanese transports ort oft Won Wun In Sun San un anti and destroyed Ile me are generally discredited It II being I pointed out cut that It Is Impossible for tor the tho I squadron to have havu been In two places S almost A naval I ex expert expert I pert says SutO that hint If It tho the story Is IsI tt I ue tue Admiral In command of ot the tho squadron will be to come comit south couth by II tho eastern ca tern coast of ot Japan tind cause enormous havoc along the tho shove shore and to shipping chipping and ul UI ultimately effect A n Juncture Admiral H lI on Its way say to the far nr east cast from Europe 1 Viceroy silence Allence about the tho squadron Is ts explained as ns follows allows iVor lOJ strategic reasons the viceroy as Ott Is empowered tn to dispose of the ships and men without consulting headquarters The Tho enumeration than tion of ot tho the Russian ships chIts engaged nt lit Port Arthur was waa purposely el omitted In tn official reports as It would have given gln n II valuable clew to the enemy JAP JAI SUNK BUNK BUNKA A 4 telegram has hAR been received from a u 1 resident of ot Port Arthur In which ho tho sender claims ho hue saw Sl one Japanese warship sink The Tue fact that no mention mode of ot this In the tho viceroys I tile dis dispatches patches does doell not disprove the tho story because tIme tM viceroy cero Is Ia careful not to announce anything outside of at person personally personally I ally oilY established facts It Is pointed 1 out outon outon outon on high hl h authority that the Japanese aro I Inot not likely like I to admit such a II loss lofs lo s and It ItIs ItI Is I recollect recalled r that during tho the Chinese war they were most about the casualties The telegraph line between Port lort Arthur and the Yalu river Is 18 he be believed to be broken brokell which explains the absence of ot direct t news regarding r the tho naval engagement off ott How However ever little doubt Is entertained hero us liS to tho the fate Inte of at the tho and anI Kor Cor letz The Tho blowing up of or the Russian Russ Inn torpe torpedo do transport as the result of ot accidentally striking n a mine at Port Arthur was telegraphed hero here yesterday but the news was van not given out until tho the names of at the officers killed known so as to avoid needless anxiety to tha th relatives of ot the surviving According to the the was laying laing mines nt at the en ell entrance entrance trance of ot Wan bay bA with the object t of ot closing It against attack from real the time sea sen Observing that ono one of the mines had risen to the tho surface the el approached for Cor tho the purpose of ot lifting It up Ut when wh hen n tho the vessel came caine In contact with another talon which ex ox exploded nail caused the disaster dl nAter Ilia 1111 first feeling of or depression depre Is appearing and nih entire confidence conO ex lx expressed pressed ell In n II the ultimate success of ot tho the thoi i arms arnn A distinguished nn said I TIme The ht which we le sits sus sustained at nt the tho outset have hae had hai n it good effect The no longer ties des despise pise 1180 the That was as n 1 mistake which wo we made Tho The Japanese certainly Are arc excellent fighters who will he trent treat treated rented ed with time the they deserve |