Show PEACE AT ANY PRICE Czar Will Probably Not Be Able to Withstand the Pressure St Petersburg a m in After waiting vainly all da day and even evening evening ing for direct news from the scattered remnants or of Vice Admiral destroyed and beaten fleet the Russian admiralty at midnight no long longer tr er attempted to hold out against the overwhelming evidence pouring in front from all dire directions that thE fleet on which all their hopes hope were centered had suf suffered suffered a greater disaster than did the combined French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar More bitter even than detent defeat Is the Jap Japanese nese claIm of vIrtual of the Russian fleet with practicallY no losses es on their side and man officer cling doggedly to the belief that Vice Admiral Togo might have suffered he heavily Dream Over With every ship of Admiral reinforcing division either sent to the bottom or forced to strike Its flag and only six or of original sixteen fighting ships absent from the list of vessels n k or cap captured captured and with Ith t Japanese pursuit Continued on Page 5 V CRUSHING BLOW TO THE RUSSIANS Continued from Page 1 T I still continuing no iio navAl authority has the temerity to dream that Rue Russia ia can ean gain agaIn attempt to wrest the mastery of I 1 he sea from Japan in the pr present nt war warTh Th Tho captured alone will m VV furnish Japan with Uh readymade rein reinI I which will m be more than A aV V for the fourth squadron 10 about to sail from i The emperor was completely pros I hated b by the news new an and according to re reports reV reports V ports he broke down and wept ept 4 Radicals Rejoicing The of the dt disaster ster will m be a 8 aTI TI blow to the government The V futility of trying to struggle lle on on land landis j is everywhere recognized and ami the ty cry I for Peace at Any price is sore Mire to be raised This time It is the gov gO cannot resist such a cry cOO In InV V the radical liberals Are openly I rejoicing in this hour of their V humiliation They declare that the di means peace and a tt lon m and that the deaths of thousands of ir their thir fellow countrymen and the ions V cf t over OYer worth or of warships iz 11 not too bl big a price to pRy pay War Party Reproached The ends of pea peace is in the govern ady reproaching the war V Party Darty Ii h forcing the issue bt between en L Togo Jogo And ky When th the V fleet appeared in the Straits of V they tried vainly to persuade the em that the ti time was as opportune for forthe forthe the opening of peace But the war party convinced fd his V and for Cor the honor of If t the V insisted that the fleet should M be MI I given iven a chance to retrieve the bra suffered on land landt V Diplomats entertain no doubt thAt t 1 the belligerent faction will m continue to toJ J urge that the war be fou fought bt to the bit end but the friends of R i abroad eos Fran France are no now t bringing arguments to ii bear ear in favor or of peace ce ceWill Will Turn to The A Associated ted Press has bas excellent reason to l believe that the Russian m go guy V in this crisis will m turn to M the French foreign minister r rin in whose hose Ability and in whose h loyalty as friend the tb emperor and his ministers have bave V V VV V Some time ago it appeared likely that V Roosevelt would plaYa play a IlK big sole ole in th the peAce negotiations but now his s shAre Is apt to be determined by M I MV V dec decision lon The latter m may of Ourse consider It wise be to II the 1 in President Roo hands The r party part Jt however ever will iII insist V 10 as AK the they did after the battle or of Mukden that peace is on tM the heels ls of defeat The mem members n of this thi are already proclaiming t the latest disaster In nowise alters the sit pit pitt situation t on land General Linevitch hay prepared his plans AS If the fleet t did V nt Lt exist V News Spread Like Wildfire Th The censorship Is taking the position it V that it Itis is improper to accept th the Japan V e ce e rePorts In th the A nn of official V NW And aDd has ha forbidden n the public publication If cd foreign giving details detail of the he defeat Nevertheless news nes of th the ma of tM the disaster s spread d like V throughout hout the city and th the theL L main facts were hed In pk detail notwithstanding the of oft t tt ial declaration V VV V The M is in without r reports ts of V the defeat Private are said V VV V t to have reached the city from ok a to ky V s alive out ut had It a narron narro tt Hf He Hes V 15 s said id to have Mye transferred his hils flag from If to another r battle VV J r i c sunk and to have haye hayen V VV VV V V nfl n wounded and picked up D by a toe tor toedo V do boat Seek Solace in Prayer I IA V A large portIon of t the e officers And V of the fleet neet we ere residents of St i V burl And ev evidences of i it V VV t rip rief are seen Men on every hAnd Wives V 4 I aTe are besieging the admiral V V N and Are visiting the churches to toTra VV Tra for the escape of their loved ones f V Many any of the people e of St Petersburg i refuse ru absolutely to credit the news front rom Tokio and ar are clutching at the V that perhaps it Is fA not oM ial V The government undoubtedly tears fears the V Teet of the news nes o 0 a ter upon thE country MS as evidence of bleb Go Gornor Gov V flOI General Tr has bu taken person eIM VV ll l charge curge oh of the censorship In St SL Pet Petr V r bu Peace demonstrations aTe are generally V tOO though rb pending the derision V V cC f the government with ith regard rd to the V opening of negotiations it Is 18 i impossible to 10 predict what stand the tb a i ment forces forc may t take e I |