Show R S IA M S PEACE A ADVANCES V t C Japanese Indirectly Informed o 01 Negative Conditions Upon Which It May bo ba Concluded NO CONCESSION OF TERRITORY And Ad No Indemnity If Tills This Til Has Basis Is Is I Accepted Amp lcd Negotiations Can Be at Once CAREFULLY CANVASS SITUATION Czars Government Wants Peace reace but Continues to Italic 1 I le Preparations For War fit Bt ft Petersburg March Asco 0 elated ria tell Press Is In Itt a ii 1 position portion po to mi an 1 that lint a 1 step tep In the direction 01 ol peace pC ca actually tins hal been taken line ht Indirectly made m el known to Japan the lie negative conditions upon which pence peace may be lie concluded namely lamely no tic 10 concession conc elon of territory and no Indemnity leaving Japan to 10 determine whether er cr negotiations can bo be begun upon that th t basIs No reply front fm Japan has yet nt reached tho the government Thin Tho above represents rc relents nil all ni tho lie facts obtainable Through channel chIlel or channels Russia Hussla baN hM In iii Indirectly II directly communicated with wih Japan th the Associated Is not In iii II a a position to 10 state definitely although there p bi Is I rca rea reason r u uHan son Han to that It In jut II through the lie United States It I u is practically certain that lint France und Ind Orent lint sin Aln ns simm iK the two 1115 of ot the lie belligerents and Ind time tho th United States as 01 the tha country for tor have been acting Japan apprised of or position Last night it ru iii r inor thit President hail ten derM dere hits his hi food to both oth parties are uro Incorrect The presidents friendly and ant perfect tn to undertake to oi 0 en 1 tire however howel well understood hero here anti anil without asking directly that they be tic communicated to Japan could known to President through Ambassador Amb the tho condi conditions to which situ shu hu could co ld not agree onree while thus giving RiVing Japan an opportunity of ot knowing what wh t the tha th of the peace must bv be bo Ruts lius nU MItt uta Mil the he ot of suing for tor peace acl or actually submitting proposals und 11 the United UIel Suites und mind 1111 Great OreaL al tho the IWer Ken gen raly In n n a where they thea could fen otTer offer ofer Japan as IS to the reasonable tines leu of ot the lie basis Having boon been apprised ot of position Jail un am 1 has two alternatives alternative either cither to tie te chine absolutely ab to open ove negotiations on Ott 01 such uch n a 1 basis or Indicate her own tit nt If it I tho the negotiations negotiation tire are opened probably proba bly will Mill wi ho bo prepared to Ilk broad concessions on omm 01 collateral issues sues OB Its stated by tho Ito Associated Press Iress TO WAn St Bt March 29 2 p Ii m lit 1 Hu was vua wu described today by a prominent diplomat dl aa us II follows The tie he government n t In iii now for Cor peace 11 but bt continues to prepare for war warThe The rhe whole situation with reference to tho time m of or the war var lr Is la belli bell carefully considered trout from every Ivery under the tho point by ly a 1 sitting presidency l of Duke uke Nicholas Nichola Jl i rul of if Ilia th lh navy muy lWY und nd of ter of or Wil War N 0 leu cc Admiral head of oC the lie department Minister of Finance Min Minister Mil ister lster r of Foreign ln Uru and und othera l ur of ot the lie situation military J I I 11 naval havai 1 1 V I I I transportation SiberIan timid Mid Is biting covered rile Tho com commissions missions ml report which Is III expected to tobo tobO tobe bo be completed led tn Iii tl 10 days will wi be pro irn re Pared by Grand Duke Nicholas NIche and nd and auti Kamaroff perot perol for Co I to the em ern emperor er OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC Paris March 29 th the Iho In Information Information formation relative to peace lleo Js Je of oC u IL nega negative nega live tive lve nature Al At tho ha came tamo ma time the view clew Is II now nol tint that ir Iaco H not far tar distant This Title view lel Is Ie pot not due to exact Information but Is la lathe the result of n a 1 settled conviction that peace Is Ie the tho only logical l outcome of ot present predicament How However Over ever the ol o rofus to credit the lie reports that France Franca Is la tik hk ln mit n it 1 hand hond In thu negotiations or pro pre preliminaries and amid dollIes danlea th the report from a IL northern capital that thai him hUl naked Minister Uel to net act n as I lo Another report displayed dl In the tho Ilio 1 ho dc do 1111 today toay says gays a the tha United States Is lii about but tn a make a I coup de tie theater by I I Initiating peace l This likewise IH Is tint not credited cre In high quarters as ns letters Jeter Just received II from McCormick say nay la has bait ha not nol made Ilare any advances through him Moreover Mr Ir departure front from Bt St Petersburg tonight Is regarded In diplomatic quarters here as us Indicating IndicatIng indicatIng ing that there thero la is no Imminence of aC the thi United jolted States Slates playing n a decisive rot role rotOn On Or the tho contrary thu tho lie general gener I view viol IB is I that Japanese J opinion It Is f pessi pul pessimistic concerning police pence being realized This that the preliminaries have hav not made appreciable ble progress or fr else tHat ta Japan does foe not Intend to In Interrupt her successful campaign elI lg U It I Is even Intimated In II a i high quarter that It makes no ito difference what Bt lIt ft Peters Petersburg burg decides derides relative to asking for peace burr as 1 It will wi remain for Tokla ti t a accept or reject It I Therefore It In Is II maintained m thus the th pence situation baa h shifted from fit St Petersburg l to Tokla which now nw holds the Ihl key ke to tho he p ci situation Although Information U la I lack InK Ing It I Is U assorted In well wel Informal inform has hu Hu nu nuI Husla quarters that Japan permitted flue sin sla I to learn that hut the pence peace condition wIth will be severely severe rigorous and aM will wil pot t be wi to 0 the recent sentimental plea to 10 Japans In par PM particular It 1111 Is sad Rid hI that hint Japans n Indemnity figure Is S and amt Ind that lint this thin nt sum coIn has hal proved so 50 n staggering to 0 nu I I diplomacy It I la itt time tho cause WItS why hY the peace pence preliminaries lo In not advance to a 1 a decisive d cIe stags stage It ge |