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Show oupUcor JAPS. nome Official Correspondence Made Public at Washington. Ofllclal correspondence mnde public at tho stato department Thursday discloses dis-closes tho fact that the Japanoso government gov-ernment in announcing to tho American Ameri-can minister at Tpklo on February C of last year tho breaking of diplomatic diplo-matic relations with Russia, assured Mm that hostilities would not begin until a declaration had been mado. Tho correspondence comprises so much of tho diplomatic exchanges bo-tweon bo-tweon Washington and Toklo as the department thinks it expedient to publish, pub-lish, "and among tho first Is the follow-Ing follow-Ing official paraphrase of a cablegram from Minister Grlscom, dated American Ameri-can Legation, Toklo, Feb. C, 1901: "Mr, Grlscom reports that tho minister min-ister of foreign affairs stated that a declaration of war will not bo mado until after tho withdrawal of tholr lo-gation, lo-gation, which will probably tako two or threo days, and hostilltcs will not begin until after the declaration of war. In an Interview the minister for foreign affairs Wont over tho whole courso of tho negotiations, directed Bpeclal attontlon' to tho extremo pa-'tlcnco pa-'tlcnco and moderation of tho attltudo of Japan, nndt stated that after having asked tho Russian government five times to oxpedlto a reply, and having waited throo weeks without result, no alternntlvo remained but to net." |