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Show WAR TALK IN THE AIR. Chinese Situation Causes Many Protests Pro-tests by the Powers. The political atmosphere of Japan during the last week has been thick with rumors of impending war. The signal for their birth was the arrival ar-rival of General Kouropatkin, Russian minister of war. The immediate cause of the angry sentiment is a succession suc-cession of reports of Chinese diplomatic diplo-matic intrigue with Russia at Peking and of the Russian encroachment upon Korea. On the 19th it was wired that Mr. Uchida, Japanese minister at Peking, the day before filed a formal demand on the Chinese authorities to open Moukden and Tal Tung Kout to foreign for-eign trade and requested them not to accept even one article of the Russian Rus-sian demands. As to the opening of the ports in question, the Chinese authorities au-thorities replied that the circumstances circum-stances were not favorable for compliance. compli-ance. The British charge d'affaires, Mr. Townley, was reported to have taken the same stand as Japan. The United States demand for the opening of the harbors is in addition to the other demands. In this connection, negotiations are under way between Secretary Hay and the Chinese ambassador am-bassador In Washington. This reply to the Japanese demand created a movement in government circles. |