Show PEACE RUMORS IN lN ST PETERSBURG Moment Opportune if Japan Would Hake 1 ake Proposition COUNT CASSINIS CASSI JIS OPINION VIEW OF JAPANESE J MINISTER AT WASHINGTON St Petersburg March 11 S 1 p m in While the air is full of or peace rumors following the tile Russian defeat there is 15 undoubtedly necessity for massing a anew new army at Harbin If the war is to be continued Neither Emperor Nich Nick Nicholas Nicholas Nickolas olas nor the government have taken takena a step in the direction of peace and probably they the will wilt require several days das dasto to reach a decision on this point The report that France has already been asked to intervene is however posItively positively ively untrue c The Associated Press is enabled to tomake tomake tomake make the following statement The moment might prove opportune but the question of peace lies with Japan apan and not with Russia Russia would welcome peace and peace could be e arranged not through a third pow power power power er but by direct negotiations between the he two countries If Japan would pro propose propose propose pose moderate As the victor Japan is in a tt a position to take the first step Russia RU cannot and will not sue for or peace Neither could she accept terms which did not recognize Russia as a 0 power in the far tar east It is idle to speculate the concrete terms The only thing is that position in inthe inthe inthe the far east must mu be recognized Friends of peace throughout the world should use their influence e with Japan The victor vict r should show moderation Otherwise no end of the tho war is in insight sight ht |