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Show I JAPAN "WILL "WAIT" A WEEK H J Formal Reply to Russia's Note Is Made Commercial Treaties With H j China Signed by the United States Fear in England That M That Power Will Be Drawn Into Cominri Combat. H ji Riuuiln nuw has Japan's formnl reply H if to hor Inst note nnii will await n rca- H $ onnblt tlmo for the reply Tho Ron- H H oral lilcn In Toklo Is that tJils will bo H I' construed by tho governmanl to mean H fo a weok or ton tlnys nt most, and tliat H 9 tt tlio end o( that tlmo Japan will H .j jootn herself nt llbeily to act as hor - J boit interest dictates. M w Just what the tenor of the reply In M If no ono knows, outsldu of Hioho wlioso H S, business It Is to know btit the gonornl H ' bollcf Ib thnl It Hlmply tells Hussla H ,f ' that her suggestions ns to Corun nro B . not nrooptnblo and that Japan's para- M I tnountcy In tho cnttrn peninsula must m bo recognized m It Is scinlolllclally Intimated that I 1 I liZ 1 K , Jiu reply docs not necessarily mean B war, hut this Is taken to mean that B ' war will not follow If Russia rccog- B : llros Jnpun'H claims. H J A koon wntch is being kopt on tho B i movomont of Russian warships, both B la Rastnrn anil European waters, and K I (hould war bu declared n powerful B squadron of tho llcotcst shlpi In tho B Jnpanoao nnvy Is In readlnoss to Inter- J eapt any ro enforcements which may Bl bo scut to tho Itusslnu naval forces f it I'ort Arthur. Anything which looked B Uko nn nttompt to couccntrato mora i warships In Chinese waters would B i probably prcclpltuto nctlon. B England Dreads Coming War. fl There Is lightening of tho wnr B clouds In tho far East, according to B news in London, and tho only qucs- B lions Hocm to bn when nnd how war B will como. Thoro wns a report cur- m rant that tlio Itusslnu fleet had loft M Tort Arthur, hut this Is hardly regard- B ed as probahlo. It probably arises B from tho closing of Vladlvostock by B Ico and tho probnblo dopnrturo of B whatoror naval vessels may lmvo boon B In tliat port for Tort Arthur. B Wcll-lnformod opinion Is turning M moro nnd more to the belief that tho B j troublo cntmnt bo localized In rnso of B war, and that Englnud will certainly B be brought Into tho conflict. Her In- H terosts In Asia uro of such a chnrnc- H tor that tho tromendous Increnso In H Russian prostlgo from a successful B war with Japan would grently Imperil H thorn, not alono in China, but In In H 4ia ns woll. H Thoro have not been wanting lntll- Bj cations of n spirit of unrest in tho H Indian ICmpIro, which seems to bo H itoadlly growing, It would bo to Kus- H ala's advnntngo to encourage tills, so B tliat fiho might lmvo a freer hand lu H dealing with Afghanistan nnd I'orsln. H 8 ho would bo in much hotter eondl- L tlon to accomplish her alms In Con- . H tral Asln with Japan completely ollni- H lnatcd from tho equation. Tho Ilrlt- B loh govornmont realizes all this, and H dreads It. Ilonco tho nctlvo work In H gutting tho army and nnvy In fighting The Situation in Corea. H ' Tho Seoul correspondent of tho Lon- H don Dally Mall cables a description H of a state of panic wlilcli, ho Bays, ox- H Ists tho Tho omporor has issued a pitiful H odlct stntlng that tho country Is likely H to be lost owing to tho weakness and vacillation of tho people, whom he counsols to act fur tho best in thuir H own Intorosts. H Tho emperor tins also Issued nn or- H dlnanco warning tho army not to firo In tho ovont of a collision between for- H olgn Tho correspondent ndds that tho en- H tiro city Is extremely B Tho Loudon Times' Moscow corro- H spondent says ho henrs that tho gov- B ornmont has claimed thu services of B tho entlro B A dispatch from Toklo to Iloutor's B Telegram Company snys that Japan's B onswor to the last HuBslnn noto bns H been handed to Huron Do Rosen the H Russian minister and that ncgotla tlons will bo continued without any tlmo limit being set for their termination. termina-tion. Tho demands Japan made, according accord-ing to roiKiits published nbrond, have cnused (surprise in Toklo It Is now stntcd thnt Japan never asked for tho evacuation of Manchuria, but, on tho contrary, frankly recognized Russia's Interests there nnd her right to protect pro-tect them. Japan demanded only tho realization of Russia's voluntary pledges respecting China's territorial Integrity In Manchuria and tlio freedom free-dom of residential lights nnd International Interna-tional trade therein. A special dispatch from Toklo snys tho ministers who attended tho recent re-cent conferences for tho consideration of tho reply to tho Russian noto ussort thnt tho "attitude Jnpnn has taken Is remarkably conciliatory." All Europuan papers lmvo editorials which attach great Importance to the. rntlflcatlon of thu commercial treaties between tho United States nnd Chlnn nnd between Japan and Chlnn. Commercial Treaties Signed. Tho Washington Statu Department tins received Information thnt tho omporor om-poror of China has signed tho commercial com-mercial treaty between this country and China, by which thu United Stntcs sccuros two open ports In Manchuria. Exchango of rntlflcntlons wns then mndo by cable. Tho treaty ports uro, of course, upon to tho commerce of tho world. Tlio United States has largo oil nnd cotton goods Interests In Manchuria. Tho next stop Is the Issunnco of u proclamation by tho president, nnd this will bo dono nt onco. Tho Stnto ucpnrtmcnt has asked Congress to piovldo for two consuls nt $1,000 unch per annum to look nfter American Ameri-can commerce nt tho two new ports of Mukden nnd Autiing In Manchuria. Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, who commands our Asiatic licet, has rec- it. 525FnsiB- cokxan. with topknot. co&ean. With hat to cover - TOPKNOT. I JAPANtSB TOPKNOT. ommcuded thnt tho facilities of do-fonso do-fonso of that command bo Incrcasod by tho addition of a number of smnll boats. Ho dooms It necessary to bo ablo to roach that part of Chlnn between Canton nud Hankow, whero nn Amerl-enn Amerl-enn syudlcnto has a concession for a railroad through tho most populous section of tho country nnd through provinces whoso liihnbltnnts havo Heretofore- hnd but littlo knowledge ot forolguers, nnd wlioso ignorant mnsso3 nro largely opposed to tho Introduction In-troduction of modem Improvements. Tho urgent need, therefore, of two light draft gunboats or launches Is apparent, not loss than two could satisfactorily perform tho duty ono for iibo i mm tho southorn end of tho lino, with Canton ns tho bnso, the other from tho northern end of tho line, with tho ports on tho Vnng-tso ns Its bnsc. Tho nlco-vnpor launch of nbout CO to GG feet long would bo n desirable typo of vessel and should bo fitted wltn hoavy towing hits foro nnd nft, with places for working sweeps In enso of necessity, double nwnlngs, cooking stovo and ovon, carry n good wlumml'ii-f Nfdx&u II of Buajla supply of water and fuel supply ol nbout 400 miles steaming. Hoats of this typo could not only opcrnto nlong tho lakes nnd Interior rivers of China, but could also pass through tho gorges of tho Yang-tso and afford protection to our men chants and missionaries In those provinces prov-inces In tho cxtrcmo west of China. Tho British nnd tho French mnln-tnln mnln-tnln a numoor of light draft boats on these Inland waters, and thplr useful noss bns been proved of oxtremo Importance Im-portance on a number of occasions. JAPANESE EAGER FOR WAR. People of Country Thoroughly Dlo-gusted Dlo-gusted by Russia's Tactics. "Tho Jnpancso nation, from tho peasant to tho diplomat, has become so disgusted and out of patience with what they consider tbo obstluato and bearish tnctlcs ot Russia thnt thoy would bo willing to fight If thoro was nothing In sight but defeat." I. Carlos Ames of tho Imperial Chi-ncso Chi-ncso rnllwny administration, who arrived ar-rived in Chicago from tho Orient In tho early part of tbo week, thus described tho situation. Mr. Ames, who Is tho son of United States Marshal Mar-shal John C. Ames of tho northern district, spent considerable tlmo In Jnpun before sailing for America, and was fnvoin' Iv Imnrcsscd with tho rnco. Ho says tho entlro nation had boon Btlrred nnd that ho believes wnr cannot bo averted. In China, whero Mr. Allies has labored la-bored several joars with tho Imperial Imperi-al railway administration as a representative repre-sentative of the United Stntes, tho sentiments of tho pooplo nro dlidcd. Mr. Ames Bald tho Chinese generally hopo for tho success of tho Japunoso, If thoro should bo a war, but they believe be-lieve tho Jnpnnoso will bo defeated. "War has been In tho very atmosphere atmos-phere In thu Orient for a long tlmo," pnld Mr. Ames. "Tho hotter class of people In China havo been discussing the situation, and they havo alwas appeared to bellovo that war must como sooner or Inter. Tho Clilneso bollovo a war would bo disastrous for Japan, hut dosplto an elemont of strlfo between the two nations, tho Chlnoso hopo for tho success of tho Jnpanoso. "Americans in Chlnn nro making wholesale Improvements, much to tho dissatisfaction of tho lower classes. Tho railroad which Is to connect Canton Can-ton and Hankow will have n tendoncy to revolutionize business In tho Orient. Ori-ent. It Is nlroadywoll under wny, as lu tho lino which Is to connect Hankow Han-kow with Peking. With tho completion comple-tion of tho two Hues, which mbraco 1.800 miles of modcrnly constructed railroad, Canton nnd Poking will ba In close touch with each other." |
