Show JAPAN MAY SIEGE PORT OF the war outlook still alarming faint hopes of favorable reply from russia boklo japan jan 2 the report Is current that tho japanese squadron ot six armored cruisers under admiral kamimura Kaml mura now at will seize the port ot korea and that its departure has been fixed for january ath in well inform ed circles however it Is doubted that would seize or any japan korean port except to forestall russia in the event of the showing to take such intention evidences of an a step or in the event 0 the negotiations tiati ons between abo two countries finally ending in failure activity prevails and the great increased at the been of workmen bast osaka arsenal tae holidays of the arsenal operatives havo been curtailed la order to hurry up tho work in band london jan S no word has yet been received here bendine to show when the russian reply to japan may expected foreign secretary lans bo doino haa informed baron hayashi Hay ashl that ho tears the Japa neso minister in russia Is in tho the war party and that ho has faint hopes ot japan receiving a favorable reply baron hayashi says he has received intended dispatch ol 01 no news ot the squadron to pho a japanese tho last news be heard was that a russian cruiser was there the minister pointed out that tho dispatch of a squadron to would not necessarily be a warlike action though it could ec arcely help being regarded in the line ot other precautions which Japan ihas openly taken tho weekly tapers horo bearo in ho general feeling ot alarm current in great britain tha spectator baye war draws capr nearer and adds dragged into thia war as we we are may be the country will not bo alvid ed in sympathy dislike of russia th strong alongi the masem ins as population as it was in of our the paper surmises that russia may keep her ships in her harbors as she did during tho crimean war thereby forcing land actions or a dangerous attempt by japan to por arthur and tho saturday review adopted similar tone jaylne that tho likelihood of chinese interpolation abo commercial 0 all ot tho united Sta tofi information has been received in a london ay iy to cussia that M who was recently raised by the czar tp 0 state la 17 1 7 i ja V A behind the scenes of the russo jap abeso negotiations M according to this source of informs lion ho Is now the prime favorite ottic czar and the leader of the war party Is president of tho balu yalu river timber company is largely interested in commercial enterprises in corea and Is tho bosom friend of viceroy alexieff Alexi eft though the news Is evidently partial it receives some credit and adds to the alarmist feeling st petersburg jan 2 it appes to be true that russia has decided not to accept japans precise proposals hut the foreign office today informed the correspondent that minister lamesdorf Lams dorf and the japanese minister M aurino kurino are still conferring with the view of arriving at an amicable settlement unofficially tho situation is regarded as bang most serious |