Note 297 — Chapter VI
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In Dec., 1903, Delcassé informed the Japanese Minister in Paris that he did not approve of all of Russia’s designs in the Far East (Dennis, p. 385). Hayashi, Japanese minister in London, believed as early as Dec. 23 that France would remain neutral. See Eckardstein, III, 62, 188; see also Metternich to F. O., Jan. 8, 1904, G.P., XIX, 20 f., No. 5931; memo. by Eckardstein, Jan. 17, 1904, ibid., 38 ff., No. 5945; Langer, p. 317; Bülow to William II, Jan. 12, 1904, G.P., XIX, 26, No. 5936.