Show NEGATIVE NEWS Speculation Upon the Prospects by byWay byWay byWay Way of Paris Paris March 29 All the official in information information information formation relative to peace is i of a neg negative negative alive nature At the same time the of official view vie is now strongly optimistic that peace neace Is not far fal distant This view I is not due to exact information but is the result of a settled conviction that peace is the only logical outcome of present predicament How blow However However I ever the foreign refuses to credit the various reports that France 6 tak taking fug ing a hand in the negotiations or pre preliminaries p and specifically denies the report from a northern capital that Russia Ru sia has hau asked Foreign Minister to act as s intermediary huy Rumor of f a Coup Another report prominently displayed in iii time the Echo De Paris today says nays the United States is about to make a lL coup coupe de e theatre by initiating peace This likewise is not credited in high quarters as letters Jetters just received from Ambassador McCormick say Russia has not made any advances him hint Moreover Mr departure from St Petersburg tonight is regarded in diplomatic quarters liere as indicating Indicating ing InS that there is no imminence of the United States playing a L decisive role roleOn roleOn roleOn On the contrary contra the view is istha that tha Japanese opinion is IB pessi pessimistic pessimistic concerning p pence peace ece being realized This indicates Indie tes that the preliminaries have not made appreciable progress or 01 else Japan does doe not flot intend to interrupt her successful campaign Tokio Toldo Holds the Key It is 15 even intimated in jj a high on 1011 l g i I RUSSIA HAS NOT Nol TAKEN ACTION Continued d from Pass 1 ter that it makes no difference what St Petersburg decides relative task lag for peace as it will wUl remain for To Tokio Tokio kio kb to accept or reject it Therefore It Itis ItIs is maintained the peace situation has hus shifted from St Petersburg to Tokio which now nov holds the key to the peace situation Although official information is lack lackI I ing lug It is asserted in I quarters that Japan has permitted Rus Russia Rusala ala sia in to learn that th at the peace peee conditions will be severely rigorous and will vill not be responsive to the recent sentimental plea to Japans magnanimity In Ia par particular particular particular if It Is sid said that Japans indemnity ty figure figare is and amid that this stupendous sum sum has proved pro d so stag staggering staggering staggering gering to Russian diplomacy that It is the chief cause cauS why the peace prelim preliminaries prelimInaries do not advance to a decisive stage |