THE FAR EAST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 7

THE FAR EAST.

RUSSIA, JAPAN, AND GREAT BRITAIN. a,;'.- ;-.; MANCHURIAN ISSUES;. ■"[ ' '.' ■v: THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE. Wγ■ Tc'cEJftipb."l'rrSs .As&ocliit)bni"~Oopvf Icht.) ■■ '•.;. ;■■■■ ■'■■' '■"'■ v Tokio;. November 3. ■ Japan is resuming tho negotiations with Russia ..with regard to tho Manehurian rail- ' way aud other ManchuriMi questions, whieh ' wero interrupted by the murder of Prince Ite. * .'/■'■: :■;'."• ■: . Lendin, N«v<mber 3. ; Ronter'a egent, in Tokio repprts that tke Eussti-Japancso rapprochement is causing anxiety among diplomats.; regarding its effect on the c Anglo-Jap&nese alliance. ,: ■' . ' ;.■■ , :,-'■'. ;.-.■. ■.-., ;;_ !■■■ •....■; : ■ ■.. ■ 1 ;i ; ■■■■ ... A JAPANESE -ASSURANCE, ;: . < THE .ALLIANCE NOT UNDERVALUED. ( ;■. ■■:■■ : .(Rec. November 4, 9.35 p.m.) .•■;■:.'. - 1 I : .""."""" ; ".-- '■"" ..-.-■""-" ■■•'''■■,■ Toklo, November i> I Japanese newspapers oipress.tlio hope thai : Lord Kitchener, dining hie .;■ visit to Japan, will become assured of the utter baselessness • of rumours that have been circuHed from ] interested quarters, to the effect tl|it Japan i is beginning to undervalue her alliance with < Britain or to underestimate Britain's enor- 1 mous potentialities for preserving the peaco :' .of. the world.. •;' : . \ ••■'■■■ .'.. ! .. [According; to , advices' from Si Potereburg in ' boptember, relations at that time between SueGia and Japan with regard to Manchuria were ' causing alarm. A correspondent wrote: "1 learn in official Bussian circles that tho Chino- I Japanese' agreements rogardinft Korea and l ilanehuria and tho general development of events in tM Far East are considered Beriously to threaten Russian interests and; may .have important conseauphfces. If. Isvolstar, I am informed, will, after his return to St.; Petersburg,'probably make an important diplomtitio ■step in Toko., The Foreign Offico wralsiders that the general situation in the Far East is far Horn satisfactory. Ri\fsia is resolved to defend by all possible jcaceful means her histone prestige in tho Far East. Probably the garrisons 6n tho Manehurian and Mongolian frontiers will.be augmented."] •