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Show ASK FOR DIRECT REPLY. Japsn Inquires of Ruaaia as to Evs ustlon of Manchuria. !.len Fang, flri-t sertetary of the mard of foreign affairs, vlnlled rtua-lan rtua-lan MlnlaK-r I.ea-ar In Peking, ?.lon-oay. ?.lon-oay. and rciu"ted Informailon con-eirnlng con-eirnlng the Intentions of the Ituralan pivernmrnt regarding Iho cvaruatlvn of Manehurin. Minister I.oipnr, In reply, said that lolhlng could be done nt present with I view to evacuation, for two roaaons. tl tho first place, the minister pointed Hit, the cold weal her nisde It Impoa-ilhle Impoa-ilhle to remove tho troopa from their (resent positions, besides which there sere no barrack accommodntlona to lo had eliewliere, and. In the aecond place, he said, It would endanger Hue-ilan Hue-ilan Interests tn nnditnke evacuation luring tho progrea of the Begotlar Hons between Hualn and Japan, for -Ihe reason that thn Japanese might irlrn tho opportunity to Invade Man- ,,l,urla. |