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Show 1 mil - 11 1 1 Japan Prepares for Movement of Troops on Seas Toklo, Aug. 10. The Japaneio government today requisitioned sev-ritl sev-ritl adl'tlonnl tr&mpnrts. Tho emperor Is expocUU to Interrupt Inter-rupt his vncatlon nnd return to Toklo from Nikko on Wednesday. Georgo W. Guthrie, American ambassador, am-bassador, returned today from tho summer resort of Mlyunoshltii and conferred with other foreign ambassadors. ambas-sadors. Tho Gorman fleet 41 Tslng Tail has already Belzed the Russian steamer Riazan, carrying British subjects hhs driven ono hundred merchantmen to tho refuge of Japanese ports nnd has embarrassed tho entlro .Inpn.iebe shinning In tho Orient. The press gives prominence to an alleged communication from Amorl-cfi, Amorl-cfi, saying tho United States Is sending send-ing a fleet to Asia to protect its Interests. In-terests. Tho report Is considered baseless, but It has nevertheless re- awakened Interest as to America's H nttltude. fl Forty missionaries, chlelly French, H but tomo of them Germans, aro leav- H Ing for their homo countries to U.ko H their p'nees In their irmlrii. H PREMIER OKUMA DENIES H AMERICA HAS MADE M DEMANDS ON JAPAN M Tcklo, Aug. 10. Count Okum H the premier, today in pp address to tho ncwBpnper men in Japan, or.;ctl H them to rclrnln from sensational ru- H mors :.nd Inflammatory articles In H such critical times, saying they wcro H calculated unduly to oxcltc tho pub- H lie and Injure Jnpan's relations with (rlenuiy countries. Tho premier In- H stunced what ho termed a falrfo ns- H sertlon that tho United Stntcs was H sending u fleet to Japan. H "America," concluded tho premtett B "hns mado no demand on Japan and H remains Jnpan's great friend." H |