| Show Small Prospect of Peace Tokie Join Jan 4 weight ot of opinion In Japanese circles s seems ems to be against a 1 belief hellet In the early conclusion of ot pence anti doubt Is ex ox expressed pressed that the fail of at Port lort Arthur wilt will materially affect tho the situation Ono One of ot the tho hi several Officials who nil cussed tho the question with tho ho corre correspondent of ot the tho Associated Press today voiced the sentiment of ot the majority he said We Wo lire aro confronting n it situation which continues s to bo be purely 10 military III The present problem Is III created by hy Oen army by IY the tho Ih Russian nU Second Pacific c squadron Wo We are de do devoting voting olinI nil all attention to them We Wo anticipate that the Russians will renew moro more determinedly than ever over their effort to drive Field Marshal Oya Oyama urn Inn back and aind that they tiney will strive to gain supremacy at nt sea Ill Wu Win Vu paring to latent defeat both bolh these objects This ThIn situation makes m kes talk lalle of ot peace futile n nn |