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I II Special to The Journal. St. Petersburg, Feb. 11.-Japan, England and America come in for a scoring by the St. Petersburg press this morning. It is openly charged that England is the real instigator of the war and that America is being led about as desired by England. The press has awakened to the fact that he war had long been planned against Russia and that England has aided Japan in making preparations. I is claimed that Russian war secrets have been gathered by spies in Man churia and furnished first to England and thru England to Japan. Russia, it is claimed, was former ly regards by Americans as their friend but England, thru press reports, has succeeded in poisoning America 's mind against Russia. The Novoe Vremya says: For two 6r three years there has been a steady effort on the part of English diplomats to create an anti-Russian sen timent in America. This has beert' ac complished thru Secretary Hay's known friendship toward England and thru the Ixmdon press reports that fill the Amer io&n newspapers. All the foreign news contained in the American newspapers is furnished by London, and is just the kind of news England desires Americans to read in or der to prejudice them against Russia. If the American newspaper would rely their own correspondents. to furnish rtews of International affairs there, would be a different feeling among Americans toward Russia.' A it is, the English newspaper correspondents furnish their papers with news, and this pro-English hews is cabled to America to feed the American public. Nearly all Americans read the newspapers, and so it is easy to Bpeel&l to The Journal. 1' Tokio, Feb. 11.The nav al author i ties here claim the Japanese successes have already insured her the com mand of the sea between Port Arthur .nd he mouth of he Yalu river. The newspapers are unanimous in expressions of personal sympathy for Baron de Rosen, he Russian minister, Bpaeial to Tho Journal. Peking, Feb. 11.No one nati on has knowledge of the forces of another, that is more complete than the infor mation possessed by Japan regarding the distribution of he Russian army in Manchuria and Siberia. Adequate information of these forces, with maps and plans, adso is in the possession of the British intelligence officers in China, India and London. The Russian troops now available for war in the far east have been over- It may be have created dismay and consternation at St. Petersbur g, toy capturing at lea st eight commercial steamers, some of which are rich prizes. These include the Ekaterinstoslav, Moukden, Argu n, Alexander, Gloridge, Michael, Nicholai and Russi a, now at Sasebo. Small cruisers effected he captur es off Fusan. From Masampho, the Japanese fleet has sailed for Port Arthur. The rest of the Japanese ships are guarding northern Japan, fearing that Russia might land a force from Vladivostok, and for the further purpose of preventing four Russian cruisers from Joining the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. CZAREVITCH NOT BADIJY DAMAGED. Paris, Feb. 11.Advices received by he foreign office are that the dam- age sustained by the Russian battleship Czarevitch, beached at Port Arthur on the night of Feb. S, after having been torpedoed by he Japanese, is not serious and th at she will be able to resume active service shortly. CHINESE EMPRESS LEAVES PEKINGWILL RESIST RUSSIA. New York Sun Special Service. Hongkong, Feb. 11.The dowager empress and her cou rt have left Pe- king and taken refuge at Kai Feng Fu, in he province of Honan. General Yuan Chi Kai, commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, is drill- ing 30,000 new troops. has applied to the government for .funds, an d, if unable to obtain them, proposes to raise he required money himself. General a has been ordered to Shan Hal Kwan to ho ld it again st Russian occupation. CHINESE EXPECTED O ATTACK RUSSIA. Advices from Kwar Ting, Manchuria, say that 10,000 armed Chinese, Unofficially recognised as government troops, are operating in the district and are expected to attack he railroad guards when they hear of the Russian disaster. One hundred Chinese have been massacred by Russian soldiers' at Liao- yang and as a result China may be forced, in self-defense, actively to enter upon the sta ge of he world-drama. Alarmed by the massacre, Chinese officials at Shan-Hai-Kwan have sent frantic appeals for protection to Peking, and collisions between .Chinese and Russian troops may result if the former a re order ed to protect he Chinese of that region. Another phase of the question of the attitude of China is pr e- sent ed by a dispatch from Tientsin relating that Li, he empress dowager's favorite court official, and a man of stro ng pro-Russian sentiment, has been lured away and beheaded by order of Yuan Shi Kai. THE MIKADO 1 Tokio, Wedrieday, Feb. 10*(Delayed in transmission.)The destruction f the Russian cruiser Variag and the gunboat Korie tz at Chemulpho, Tues- day, is officially confirmed, but details are lacking. Admiral Urik, commanding the Japanese squadron, sent a cablegram to the navy department saying that the two Russian vesse ls weighed anchor at noon, steamed down he bay and encountered the Japanese fleet while round- ing ah island, nijee miles from Chemulpho. I is not known who first opened Are, but he e^pfcange lasted thirty-four minutes. The Russian ships then withdrew to Chemulpho. The Korietz exploded about 4:30 o'clock. It is not clear how the Variag was destroyed. The loss of life and the effect of the shells on the Russians are unknown. It is possible that he Russian crews aided? in he destruction ^f! their ves- sels to avoid capture or annihilation. The Japanese did hot losea',ma and the ir ships were not injured. The names of the Japanese ships are""withhelri 'for strategical reasons. JAPAN CLAIMS COM MAND OF THE SEA Baron De Rosen Warned the Russian Government Not to Goad the Japs War. COFFEE!!! JPrpve by change to pt*ig Postum i 10 days and note the improvement, c** 'f'i THURSDAY EVENING, DECLARES WAR. Tokio, Feb. 11.The existence of a state of war With Russia was for- mally announced to-day by an imperi al proclamation. THE ENGAGEMENT OFF CHEMULPHO The Exchange of Shots Lasted Thirty-four Minutes When the I}.ussian Ships Withdrew and Sank Later. J'-'' The Russian crews. It is reported, surrendered to the /Japanese"at Chemulpho. Japan is elated by its success in the engagement. Reports from Chemulpho say that both the Varigand Korie tz hoisted the white flag at the last moment. Londo n, Feb. 11. It is believed that more than 100 Russians were kill ed he wreck of the Variag and Korietz. ',v RUSSIAN PRESS SO ORES ENGLAND AND U. S. Declares Japan Has Been Secretly Aided by Great Britain and the United States Is Deceived. see. how their minds are swayed at will, by the press reports sent out by a' de signing nation. Korea Overrun by. Japs in, Disguise. The Novoe Vremya says it is quite possible .that the whole of Korea has been overr un by Japanese soldiers in disguise and th at Russia may first have to assume the defensive, but when lier forces in southern Manchu ria and Korea are increased the Jap anese will realize what they have to meet. The newspapers "in gener al chorus denounce he action of Japan as being treachery, declaring that itfisf truly Asiatic, but insisting.Jhat! the issue, of the conflict w.ill not be decided by .t he naval engagements, as the Japanese will have to nieeet Russiaon dry larid, when the score will be wiped out. N further details of the fighting off Port Arthur have been made public he re beyond the officiaj. bulletins. All newspaper dispatches over the Sibe rian line have been stopped. Skep ticism is expressed in certain quarters that the full exte nt of, the Russian losses has not been given out. Japanese Minister Iieaves St. Peters .burg. I spite of the State- of public feel ing there has be en no attempt to mo*- lest M. Kurin o, he retiring Japanese minister. left St. Petersburg this evening, a special train takings hi ni to Berlin. A the Japanese minister left his carriage and walked to the: train thru a respectful crowd he carried a bouqu et of roses which had been pre sented to Mme. Kurino by Mrs. McCor mick, wife of the United States ambas sador. A he train drew out of he station the re were a few cheers and cries of "long live. Nicholas whom they dissbctafte 'completely- from Russia's .attrtiitifeir is reported he deprecatd hjfsr otyh government's' dipv lomattc ..methods and warned St. Pe tersburg, some, time ago th at they were goading he Japanese into war. Tie urg ed that he characteristic contempt of the Russians for the Asiatics was entirely misplaced in the case of Japan. RUSSIAN "INFORMATION" IS MISLEADING Army in Manchuria and Siberia Overestimated by at Least One Hundred Thousand Men: stated by many thousand s. The be lief that they number 240,000 and that 179,00.0 are ready to take he offensive seems bas ed on the statement of the Russian forces in 1900. which was er roneous and misleading. That statement was made by the Russian, minister, M. Giers, duri pg the peace negotiations to justify the demand of a monstrous war indemnity from China. It was claimed on a basis of 17,900,000 pounds for 179,000 troops. Other powers accepted M. Giers* statemen t, but now it is known he made a claim for more than 100,- 000 th at did not exist. The real num ber was less than 60,000. Maps of the east published in Eu ro pe repeat, the error representing the Russian railway as a nearly complete line between Khafbar andL Kalgan near Peking. The story of its con struction is fiction. ""''v^StS** i. An" American military officer sentf to Manchuria to report on the position on the ve of war returned yesterday. found no such action or milita ry movements as would'indicate the im minence of war. The Russian offioers. her met professed to believe -that ar would be averted. x? RUSSIANS WERE NOT PREPARED ^-iV'^r FOR WARX'^ r$ This ofticer repor ts an incident that I demonstrates the difficulties at PortItoi .jt.-. SECY HAY'S BRILLIANT STROKE O EKT^AMCETdTW-ssiA^ UEQATION, TSfcJQ, Aithui. On Jan. 30 one Russian fleet was hurriedly ordered to sea but two battleships could not move, having stuck fast in he mud in he shallow basin, and had to remain behind. he Times military corresponde nt xioes not look QIV he Port Arthur af fair as demonstrating anything new as to the value of torpedo es in nav al war fare. says: Port Arthur proves absolutely nothing but the fact that modern science has out stripped the capacity of certain nations to make an intelligent use of the new wea pons. It would have been precisely the same thing it. It had been battleships and torpedoes, men of war and fireshlps or triremes and catapults. It was not an affair in which intelligence and expertnesa corabatted similar quali ties, but rather a case where skillful and courageous sailors took advantage of stu pidity, negligence and incapacity. War an art apd if the artist is not a master, he will produge nothing that will live. RUSSIANS KEPT IGNORANT Government Withholds All 'Newjs Numerous Rumors in Circulation. St. Petersbm-g, Feb. 11.The rigid censorsh ip still prevents the newspa pers from receivi ng war news froni either Russian or foreign sources. N news has be en received since Vice roy Alexieff's dispatch, and the public consequently is still completely in he dark. AH manner of rumors are afloat. The government, however, has taken measures to counteract their publica tion, forbidding he retail sale of he principal offender, the St. Peters burg Gazette. The government ex pressed great displeasure at he publi cation of the report of a Russian vic to ry and he raising of false hopes among.the population. Nevertheless rumors circulated ver bally afe greedi ly swallowed. Accord ing to one report he re he Russian armored cruiser Gromoboi recently sallied out of Vladivostok, destroyed twenty Japanese transports off South ern Korea' and was herself sunk by the Japanese cruisers. Another story claimed that four of he Vladivostok warships under Ad miral Stackelberg, had sunk, four Jap anese transports. The most circumstantial story cur re nt in St. Petersburg is a report of the sinking of he Russian cruiser Variag 1 off Chemulpho. Still another is that the recent Jap anese attack on Port Arthur was a feint to protect the passage of trans ports bound to Shan-Hai-Kwang to land Japanese troops the re and effect a conjunction with the forces of Yuan Shi' Kai, the Chinese commander-in ohief, and attack, the Russians in the ear. Avll the- Russian? navig^tlcb- comp a^ Jiies having vessels, in far .eastern waters a re anxious about their fate. The volunteer fleet is particularly con cerned regarding the Ekaterinoslav, which left Vladivostok Feb. 4 and the Voronej, which left Shangha i, tea laden for Singapore, Feb. 1. N news of either vessel has reached here. Exceptions from Seizure. Tokio, Feb. 11.The imperial de cree concerning the seizure of Rus sian merchant vessels, excepts those leaving Japan or sailing direct from other than Japanese ports for Japan up to Feb. 16, provided the latter leave Japan after discharging their cargoes and keep to he route mapped out for thena, and .provided, also, that neither inward bound nor outward bound ships have on board articles contra band of war. JULIA OLSON STILL MISSING Girl Who Fled eBcause She Had Mis stated Her Age. Julia Olson, the 14-year-Old girl who has been missing from her home at 1215 Washington avenue S for sev eral days, and who is said to have run away because she feared the conse quences of having: told a falsehood about her age, has not been found. Her relatives say they have received no intimati on of. her whereabouts, and her playmates and former associates at the Glass Block, where she was employed, have not seen-her. The po lice will continue he search. CLOSE TO INJUNCTION STAGE. SpeoiaX to The Journal. Marshalltowh, Iowa, Feb. 11.The at tempt of the striking printers to boycott the merchants'.advertising in papers listed as "unfair-' may result in an' injunction being" asked of the federal court. tnr THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. tT^AKESEnmtSTEB, To. A U. & CONSUL'S REPORT Variag and Korietz Sunk by Japs 2,500 Jap Troops in Seoul. Washington, Feb. 11.Cablegrams received at the state department to day from Minister Allen at Seoul re port he arrival of twenty-one Jap anese naval vessels at Chemulpho on he afternoon of the 9 th. Two Russian naval vessels, Variag and Korietz, were in-Chemulpho harbor and attempted to prevent the landing of Japanese forces. A running naval engagement took place about noon on he 10th. The Variag was injured. The Japanese naval vessels announced officially that they would attack the place at 4 o'clock p. m. A the latter hour he Korietz blew up and sank. She was a slow vessel, which made it difficult for.her to escape. The Japanese nav al vesse ls attacked the Variag from the outside harb or until she sank. Twenty-five hundred Japanese troops are in Seoul. mnUIIHmUHini|nMUHIMIIHMtMra(nHHttHIHMfMHMIIItHlftIHHHIMnaHIHHn EFFECT OF WARO N MONE MARKETS MINISTRY: O FINANCE WARNS .....RUSSIANS AGAINST.. PANIC. i-jj M*- MOVES UPON THE WAR CHESS BOARD. Port Said, Feb. 11.-The Russian volunte er fleet ship .Smolensk, and two destroyers have arrived he re and have been refused coal by order of the Egyp- tian government. They passed thru the Suez canal. St.. Petersburg, Feb. 11. It is officially announced th at Admiral Alexieff has been appoint ed to the supreme command of the Russian land and sea forces in the far east. London, Feb. 11.Lloyd's agent at Shanghai, cabling under date of yes- terday, says it is reported and generally believed that a Japanese warship has destroyed he Russian mail steamer Mongolia, bound from Shanghai for Dalny. -i-i-tsTHf.'H St. Petersburg, Feb. ll^The min istry of finance has issued a communi cation in which it warns he people again st becoming panic-stricken,and sacrificing the securities they hold, as thereby they will only benefit he speculators. The ministry exhor ts the people to remain calm and collected regardi ng events in he far east which, while they may create temporary difficulties, cannot shake Russia's economic pow er. It points out th at stoc ks fell at the outbreak of he Russo-Turkish war in 1877, but that within a fort night quotations recovered. This experience it says, is now bei ng repeated. AT THE CAPITAL Several Northwestemers Pay Visits to Washington. From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building1, Washington. Washington, Feb. 11.Dr. A. S. Andrews of Superior, Wis., is in Wash ingt on for a few days on his way home. is accompanied by his bride, the wedding having taken place in New York recently. George Benz of he twin cities is in Washington for a few days before goi ng abroad. M. H. Jewell of Bismarck, N D., ar rived in Washington last nig ht and e turned to New York this afternoon. Is he only member of he North Dakota launching party to come to the capital. will start for home in a few days. Bri ef W. W Jermane. WASHINGTON NOTES Capital Doings of Interest to the Great Northwest. From The Journal. Bureau, Colorado Building-, Washington. Washington, Feb. 11.Rep- resentative Burk e, South Dakota, re quested he Indi an committee to-day to add to the Indi an appropriation bill which it is now considering and will report shortly, the followi ng -items: For industrial building and laundry, Chamberlain school, $6,500 for hos pital, industrial building and addition al land, Rapid City school, $17,500 for additional land and heating plant, Pierre school, $15,000. The commit tee, at Burke 's suggestion, also added to he bill a section authorizing the department to sell 160 acres belong ing to the Pierre school and to apply he proceeds to the general improve ment of the school. Before he committee on claims Burke secured a favorable considera tion of he claim of John H. Mc Laughlin as custodian of the aban doned Fort Randall military reserva tion from 1893 to 1897. W. W Jermane. Y' Tientsin, Feb. 11.The Russian garrison was withdrawn yesterday to Shan^Hai-Kwan. The postoffice was transferred to the French authorities. Yuan-Shi-Kai, governor of Chi-lt province and commander-in-chief of the army, has issued a proclamation forbidding meeting of secret societies or seditious movements. The Japanese are flooding Pektrfg fcra'tis with newspapers containing'' re- port? Qt the Japanese success es against Russia. r%**X& *&<? '^'P&^&to -StSiberian .Petersburg, Feb. have ben issued the fomati incorporated in the ManclruTlan army. ,v army corps11.Ordersn and a tras-Baik ael division ofor Cossacksr whih will iw^^^^ttw^i^^^ttiiP^W^W^^I^S^^^^^^^iM^^^^^^^^ii^^^^^^^P ^W^^^r^W^^^^^^^f^^^^^^m I was Kurin o, the Japanese minister at St. Petersburg, who com municated to Russia the decision of Japan to break off negotiations and withdraw her legation from S Peters burg. M. Kurino visited Count Lams dorff, the Russian foreign minister, and formally presented a note inform ing the Russian government of Japan's decision In consequence the czar ordered he Russian minis ter at Tokio, with the whole staff of the imperial mission, to leave he capital of Japan without delay. $2,000,000 FO CLEANIGJP Baltimore Will Spend That Sum to Remove Debris from the Burned District. Expert Insurance Appraisers De clare the Loss Will Reach About $85,000,000. Three Thousand Laborers Began Work of Removing Rubbish This Morning, Baltimore, Feb. 11.^-Three thou sand laborers reported to Street Cleaning Commissioner Wyckes this morning. After each had been pro vided with a workman's ticket, they were 'divided into squads, placed un der bosses and marched into the burned districts. Accompanying he workmen were hundreds of carts and trucks. 9 o'clock his force was busily at work loading bricks and broken timbers into carts to be hauled away. Be sides this force several hundred rail road Workm en under thes upervision of contracting engineers of the Penn sylvania and Baltimore & Ohio rail roads began to take down he iron pillars and girders left standing arou nd the ruins, which, in their pre s ent position, are dangerous. $2,000,000 to Clean Up. Thus the enormous task of bringing order out of chaos in he devastated city has been formal ly begun, and it is not to be doubted that it will be resolutely executed. The whole city has be en roused to he necessity of pushing forward he resurrection of he ruined district. The magnitude of this work may be realized when it is estimated th at the mere cleaning away of the, debris will cost about $2,000,000. A number of individual merchants and bankers announced to-day that they have already made definite ar rangements with architects and build ers for he erection of new structures. Alrea dy a thousand firms have found quarters in other parts of the city while others are still seeki ng places. Desirable locations are scarce, and old buildings which have stood idle for years have be en quickly seized by burned-out concerns. I numerous instances business houses outside the fire area are giving up por tions of their buildings to others. Loss I $85,000,000. A composite estima te of he total fire loss by twenty-five expert repre sentatives of leading insurance compa nies *outside of Baltimore places the figures at $85,000,000. Some think that he "total loss will be reduced to $70,000,000, as much salvage is being dug out of he ruins. The loss to the insurance companies is estimat ed at 75 per ce nt of the total loss. The Chamber of Commerce to-day resumed he usual calls for grain at he temporary boardrooom in the Ma son ic Temple. Assistant Treasurer Dry den, at the subtreasury, says he financial situa tion in Baltimore is rapidly approach ing he normal. All banks are doing business to-day, receiving deposits and cashing checks. The subtreasury, he said, stood ready-to pay- here all de posits that a re made at any other su b treasury in the tJnited States to' the credit of Baltimore "bankers. For this purpose lare shipments^ joj .-.i&o.ney have be en received her^, /'Oi^r 8 ocn 100118 of a Defective Are_Closei 'B^- The streets-in? 'the vicinity 'tff he burn ed -district were' crowd ed to-day. with idle men' S great did the crowd become aroun the^city hall that a de tachment .-.of tl^e,militiamen was sum moned to dear tSe streets. Hundre ds of meft, mostly laborers, have come to this city.in lippeof getti ng work in the fire district. All the saloons rema in pipped., L. S. PECKHAM PRESIDENT Marshalltown Baseball Association Or ganiz ed and Incorporated. Special to The Journal. Marshalltow n, Iowa, Feb. ll^-The Marshall'town baseball association was formerlyl launched last night by he election of the following: Presi dent, L. S...Peckham: vice president, E. G. Wallace secretary, S. W L.a- shelle treasurer, George Wllligrod. R.C. Warner of Sioux Falls, S. D., was chosen as playing.manager. The new association was incorporated at $10,- 000 with *3,000 fully paid up. A de posit has been placed: with the eastern Iowa league, as well as the deposit e quired for the protection of he Na tional league. FEBRUARY 11, 1904. New York Sun Special Service. Chicago, Feb. liWaiter Wellman, in a Washington special to he Record Herald, says: A the state department'it is said enough lassuran.ces have, been received from ^European, powers to' make cer tain the success. of the policy of the United States to unite he civilized world in protection of the Chinese em pire. Whether orno all, the great powers of Europe join the movement, the United States, backed by Great Britain and Germany, will go ahead and, if necessary, will issue he man-f date that there is to be no spoliation of Chinese territory by either Russia or Japa n. A to Japan no fear is expressed. It is well known here th at Japan has fr om the first had a tacit understand ing with both the United States and Great Britain to the effect th at he integrity of Chinese territory is,to be respected, no matter what the Issue of the present war. I fact, it was upon he advice of her friends in Lon don- and Washington th at Japan took her stand upon that principle. Japan Fighting Civilization's Battle. It is literally true, and the fact should be made as plain-as possible, that in the great struggle upon which she has embarked, Japan is fighting not only her own battle but that of all civilization. Whether or not Russia likes itand it is well known th at Russian diplomats do. not like itthe government of the czar .'will be forced o. acquiesce The re is here no at tempt to conceal the fact that the movement \yas really aimed at Rus sia. It is ,a policy which declares "in effect: What Our Policy Ufleaiis.- "You may,do, tyhat yoij, can against Japanthe Japanese will take care of themselves. But no matter what the outcome of your struggle With Japan, you shall not be permitted to overrun or annex any part of he Chinese em pire -outside"'-- of Manchuria." One Of he -greatest compliments ever paid he United States and a mark of the great change that has come in he relations of our govern men to he remainder of the world, is the fact th at during he absen ce of Secretary Hay in Thomasville, Ga*, a suggestion earner to our government from a foreign powernot Great Britain and not Japanthat the United States should take he lead In this movement. Ther suggesti on wap well received by. President' R,oosevelt and. the president- promptly-communi- cated with Secretary Hay,'-who. hast ened home to formulate he Identical note to the. powers. This was recogni tion on he part of the government from which he suggesti on came (Ger many) th at he United. States is the leader of th at great movement for the preservation of the.- Chinese empire which began with Secretary Hay's open door policy in 1899 and which was emphasized in 1900 and after ward. It was a tacit confession th at he movement would have greater strength if it were sponsored by he United States. 4 Russia's Advance. I JEnded. It is safe to say th at he moral Read ership ..the .".United States, due to he genius and the. "ability and the per sistency of Secretary. .Hay,, in which he has had the cordial support of two presidents Of he United States and of most of the peop le of he country, is now certain to achieve th at which it set out to accomplish and that the advance of Russia.upon China is once and for all ended. PRESS ATTACKS BRITAIN Russian Paper Declares the English Have Violat ed Neutrality. Laws. St. Petersburg, Feb, 11.Repeating he charge th at he Japanese attack on Port Arthur was made from Wei Hai-Wei on the-north '.coast of the.. Shan Tung peninsula, the Novoe Vremya to-day bitterly assails Great Britalns. Says that paper: In. allowing Japan to use the harbor as a basis, of operations. Great Britain violated the fundamental principles of neutrality. Wei-Hai-Wei must be re garded henceforth as part of Japanese territory, and Great Britain has forfeited the right to participate in any delibera tions over the eventual fate of the harbor. The Novoe Vremya further hol ds th at he case-is analogous to that of he Alabama, and, says Russia is en titled to demand compensation from Great Britain for the losses she has suffered. ,.r GREAT BRITAIN NEUTRAL King Edward issues a Formal Proc lamation to That Effect. London, Feb. 11.^King Edward, at a council he ld at Buckingham palace this afternoon, signed a proclamation declaring Great. Britain's neutrality during the war between Russia and Japan. Jap Envoys Will -Explain. Tokio, Feb. 11.Baron- Kanako andS Baron Sukematsu have been sent to the United States and Great Britain to explain Japan's position and -attitude in the present conflict. -i. Germany Stands With if. SJ Berlin, Feb.- fl.The foreign Off tee says Germany 's aims in he far east are identical with those of the United States as expressed in the secretary's note regarding he neutralization of China, localizing the field of war and keeping the .Chinese ports open to all traders. Note Irritates Russia. Special to The Journal. St. Petersburg, Feb. 11.Secretary Hayfs note proposi ng to limit' opera tions in the far easfc haa caused some Irritation in official WILL WI N OUT QTJ OPE N DOO POLICY IS SURE O TRIUMPH Great Britain and Germany Support the Pro posals of Secretary Hay. This Means That No Matter What the Outcome of the War with Japan, Russia's Advance in the Orient Is Permanently Checked Japan Is Literally Fighting the Battle of CivilizationRec ognition of the Primacy of the United States. circles her e, but it is believed it cannot become effective owliig'to^the attitude of Germany and Fran^ei A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILE*. itehinc. Bund. Bleeding or Protrodlnc Pile*, four druggist will refund money If PAZO OTNT- UBICT fail* to cure you. In tit 14 dare.n SO*. 1 Ml WARD'S I-:jT.i'.rirUr,?fyil M1 N A ^Jv'M." f^gjjWHg-^J'- I J." LlNiMErjTEEH51S3lLlNiMt.MT TOUTliniment nad want more at once, at that little bortle djd^vrhat nothing eUe baa done. Mjr wife had one other handsdrawndutof shape, ana could not doanytuli. with It. She used the Sample, and it helpedher Tery much." liargvhoilU*, Kc yutd tlAO, at aB druggutt. I/yman-BUel Drue Co., Distributor*. PW5f|pSp Wqf*F REPLIESTOHAY AREMOMBLE Powers Are Acquiescing in Amer ican Premier's Proposals to China. r--*'--?- Even Japan Is Said to Prefer the Integrity of China to Parti tion Among Powers. Washington, Feb. 11.The move made by Secretary Hay in connection with he proposed neutralizatioo of China has arouos ed the greatest inter est in diplomatic circles here, and in consequence, this bei ng the regular weekly diplomatic day, many more than the usual number of ambassadors and ministers called at he state de partment. However, the secretary is negotiating directly with the European foreign Offices on this subject thru the resident American aimbassadors and ministers. It was stated to-day that some of he countries addressed had replied and th at these replies were generally favorable arid satisfactory. But it is declared"to be too early yet to publish he text of Secretary Hay's note and any of these replies. This may be done as so on as he negotiations have be en concluded. Japan Will Acquiesce. A some doubt was expressed in cer tain quarters as to whether Japan would consent to be bound In the fash ion proposed, it can be stated that Japan wOuld welcome an international agreement neutralizing China. One reas on for this apparent sacrifice by Japan.of the prospective fruits of vic tory is a fear that some of the great neutral powers may seize the-oppor tunity when the belligerents are ex hausted, to extend their. Chinese hold ings. Having in hind her own bitter experience as the outcome of the Chiho*Japanese 'war, Japan would rather forego the appropriation by herself of Chinese territory than have the same appropriated by other powers which had not been put to any expense or suffering to gain it. Hostile Ministers Bow Politely. One of he incidents of diplomatic day which was witness ed with great interest by a number of persons in the neighborhood of he diplomatic-room of the state department was he meet ing of the Russian ambassador and he Japanese minister. Count Cassini was chatting with the Austrian charge Mr. Takahira was alone. The Russian, who is dean of the dipl o matic corps, bowed with marked po liteness and formality when he per ceived the minister, not once, but twice, and he Japanese returned he bow in like manner. Without spea k ing they parted. FRANCE'S INTERPRETATION Says the U. S. Does Not Propose to Guarantee Integrity of China. Paris,, Feb. 11.The Temps says he following is substance of Secretary Hay's note to he powers on the sub ject of he neutrality- and integrity of China: Consult with the government to which you are accredited with a view to learn if, in order to avoid the possible outbreak of troubles in China and to limit the preju "dlce of war on neutral commerce, ft will hot be proper to respect the neutrality of the administrative entity of China. Mr. Hay's phrase, "administrative entity," is not clear to the officials here, but they say he 'does not seem to mean the "integrity" of China. Offiurhs are dangerous and Plso's dire iellTes throet and lungs at. once- At dru**it. "QOOD GROWING WEATHER." When the New Scalp Antiseptic I i- Used. 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