Satisfactory Results Hoped for, Moscow Having Apologized for Nikolaievsk Riga, May 28.
'A. message from Moscow states that "oficial Russo-Japanese negotiations have begun—Reuter.
Tokio, May 24.
An official message from" Viadivostok says that the Japanese prisoners were released on May 23.
Reports from Peking of satisfactory progress of the negotiations are confirmed here in the form of '2 Russian apology for the Nikolai-esk tragedy which was the only outstanding issue. Officials admit that "a satisfactory end to. the negotiations is approaching though they are not prepared to endorse 'a report that they vill be concluded. within the current month—Reuter's Pacific Service,
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