Show KURINO EXPLAINS RUPTURE late to rawla explain why relations were broken paris march 13 the temps haa baa published an interview with aku alno the late japanese minister 0 o russia who is quoted as saying that there is no doubt the japanese government decided to sever diplomatic relations with russia on january 31 when in answer to repeated inquiries count lamsdorff abo russian foreign minister informed M kurono that the czar had not yet reached a decision with regard to the reply of russia to the latest japanese note in response to a question M ku alno said be did not believe the report that daron hayashi Hay ashl do japanese minister to great britain had endeavored to force a rupture between japan and russia and that the only thing responsible for this was the anxiety caused byRus sias prolonged silence the news that the russian reply had been sent too late to effect the situation was published the evening of february jtb and the instructions of M kurono to break alff relations with russia reached him on the morning of february ath discussing the events that led up to the breaking out of hostilities M ku alno said that russia had not sufficiently appreciated the state of popular feeling of japan and moreover al though the peaceful disposition of the czar and count lamsdorff was not questioned the spirit of the russian military authorities in the far east was not peaceful M said he beU eved tat viceroy Alex lett personally had not wished for war but that he had come tp regard it as inevitable which was it purling th alx months preceding the outbreak SI kurono concluded diplomats had been forced to a second place in the negotiations in which the military element bad predominated |