Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1904 — DENIED IN ST. PETERSBURG [ARTICLE]

DENIED IN ST. PETERSBURG

Mn Personal Interview Arranged Between the Czar of Russia and the Japanese Minister. St. Petersburg, Jan. 20.—There is no truth in the statement telegraphed to the Cologne Gazette that a personal interview between the czar and the Japanese minister—Kurina—had been arranged. It would be most unusual for the czar to give a personal audience to a simple minister, and it is authoritatively denied that such a meeting was ever contemplated. It Is affirmed from a Japanese source that Russia, in notifying Japan of her recognition of treaty rights In Manchuria, expressly excepted the privileges of foreign settlements, and it Is further said that the United States bad been informed that Japan was disposed to contest this point which it considered vital, in the exercise of trade privileges. J All the newspapers publish editor-3 ials on the mediation suggestion and' declare such a step is unnecessary. The press generally admits with some irritation that a great victory has been woa by American diplomacy in Manchuria. London, Jan. 21.—A dispatch to The Pall Mall Gazette from Berlin declares that the correspondent is in a position to announce positively that u has been decided at St. Petersburg that Japan’s wishes shall be met In such a way as to secure the maintenance of peace. The dispatch adds that the only question Is whether Russia "shall declare her decision to Japan alone or to all the powers interested in the solution of the far eastern question.”