Show MANCHURIA LOST TO CHINA russia will wage war rather than yield up her claims the cologne gazette published pu bUshed a dispatch from st petersburg as fol lows russia is not disinclined to ac ar a c capt the modus in the korean question but if manchuria Is brouen trough t 0 into the controversy by japan russia would rather that the dispute come to war than yield her claims A sign that russia is prepared for the worst Is that the officers families who are preparing to go to port arthur have been requested to defer going there before 1904 the ostensible reason be tag ing that the buildings for their accod mo mod atlon dation are not yet completed ja pan has brought together masses of troops for purposes other than mere maneuvering |