THE EASTERN CRISIS,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 78710, 11 January 1904, Page 2

THE EASTERN CRISIS,

SLENDER 'HOPE FOR PEACE.

RUSSIA'S RKPI/Y UNSATIS* FACTORY.

Received 10, 9.31 a.m. IvONDON, January <r. Japan is dissatisfied with the

terms suggested by Russia ; but is renewing her efforts to secure a modification of them. Mr Bennett Bttrleigh, Daily Telegraph war correspondent at Tokio, says it would be imprudent to. 40sume that delay implies peace. Russia's reply fails altogether tp meet Jap^in's views with regard to. Manchuria, which is the core of the situation. China, he declares, will certainly help Japan. The Standard's Tokio. correspon-^ dent reports that the uneasiness among the pubb'c is increasing,, hourly. The paper urges friendly mediation a& the alternative of a r struggle which will exhaust even < i the^victorft ,'- •*!.•■*,.'» , <

The Times seys' tbe tenor of the reply has reduoed almost to a vanishing uoan« tity the Blender hopes of peace Being maintained.