A leading London journal's Berlin cor ident recently alleged that the Czar stated to the Kaiser at their recent Wiesbaden tete-d-tete: "I shall not declare war against Japan under any circumstances, Out should Japan want war, she must begin." Thus one of the chief difficulties Japan has to meet in her present deal with the Northern Power is the fact that she will huve to tak" on herself the onus of declaring war. It gives shortsighted outsidersan opportunity of accusing this country of bellicose tendencies. As 8 matter of fact, Japan is more peacefully inclined than the promoter of the Peace ference at the Hagu". But the responity intrinsically goes to Russia, should she full to abide by the proper Japanese proposals and leave this emp: re no choice mut an appeal to arms.
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