CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] THE CRISIS IN THE FAR EAST.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1904, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [ BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] THE CRISIS IN THE FAR EAST.

FEELING IN RUSSIAN MILITARY CIRtI.ES. WAR CONSIDER KD TO BE NEARER. MOVEMENT* OF JAPANESE CRUISERS. [rm:ss association.] LONDON, 28th January. In Russian military chclcs it h not believed th.tl Count LnmsdoriY him .sciinusly undermined Iho iinpreswion iiuulo by Admiral Alexioff lit St. Petersburg! and it is ronsideied Unit war is appieciubly nenrer. The Grand Dukes aro combating the Tsur's desirus for peace. They declftio Russian jircsligo will not permit concessions being inaclo to Jupttn's " impertinent dcm.'ind.i." It is expected (hat Russia's reply will be ready by Siilurduy or Sunday. Japan it* not likely to move till her new cruisers reach Singapore, except to prevent an attempt on the part of tho Riibsian squadrons at Port Arthur and Vladivostocft to unite. The Japa.ne.sc cru/ner« Nisshin and Kamigft have arrived at Colombo... from Genoa. Jai)ancso troops, disguised as coolies, arc gradually entering Korea It is intended to dnublo the Japanese land and incomo taxes, thereby raising an additional forty-four million yen (about £4,400,000). BELGIAN RIFLES FOR JAPAN. (Received January 29, 7.49 a.m.) UKLGTUM, 28th January. Sixty thousand Belgian ritles have been ahipped to Japan. JAPAN'S DEMANDS. RUSSIAN VICEROY ASKED TO GRANT THEM. (Recoived January 29, 8.33 a.m.) I\K\V YORK, 28th January. Tho Now York Herald's Port Arthur correspondent states that a long telcgrnm has licen received enjoining Admiral Alcxieif, the Russian Viceroy in the Far Enst, to grunt Japan's demands.