The joint council before the Throne, on the 4th inst., of the five veteran statesmen and principal Ministers concerned, gave final touches to all steps to betoken by Japan for dealing with the present contingencies. Since the presentation of its final warning to the Russian Representative in Tokio on the 13th January, the Japanese Government had six times to demand Russia's prompt answer, and got no satisfaction. Mr. 8. Kurino, Japanese Minister in St. Poters-burg, left St. Petersburg to-day vid Berlin, under instructions from the Tokio Foreign Office.
The Russian Minister in Tokio and Consul-General in Yokohama, as well as their staff, are now said to sail from Japan on the 12th inst., Friday, by the 'M. M. liner Yarra.
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