| Show DIE HAS BEEN CAST Czar Will Make Peace if the Terms Are Not Too Hard St Petersburg June M first y of the French had a long conference with ForeIgn Minister this attern afternoon on and M I the French I Iam am ambassador dor is hUtTing hurrying back front from I Paris instead of ing Jealousy at thE initiative taken by Pres I id Meet t R Roosevelt v t with a view to bringing Russia and Japan together for peace has apparently warmly welcomed It med It and will glye It cooperation n No ber definite is isnow isnow now expected until ent Roc Roosevelt returns to Washington on trots from his trip to toV V Virginia Statements in the dispatches that the presidents sole aim Is to bring the warring powers together in direct n negotiations have hae been con There hll baa beep no undertaking on hi his part to sunrise Russia of t the Japanese Tapa nor it is believed td to find A pre pee b basis for negotiations MainO Main Obstacle stacle Removed The main obstacle to the president been n removed with the f em ce in his initiative and negotiations are probably bl no nos pro proceeding proceeding at Tokio Tokie When T n the question of tM the naming of I peace Is 18 raised the I name of George De 1 Stal who preceded Count a as Russian ambas amba ambassador at London and who Wag pr president dent of the peace Jece conference at The Hague In 1 St nt once occurs to eer every Russian Notwithstanding the progress already made a reat deal of skepticism m is manifested in certain quarters a as to te the result of of ef efforts forts The pu seems reluctant tp o that the emperor QUId could haW hampe assented to an like a mo movement toward peace V Chatter of Cynics Some cynics even try to creatE the impression that RUSSia only seeks to toa a ascertain Japans terms and th then by flaunting t e hard Imposed In the faces ot of the or of orthe the people when they meet to arouse amuse the hol n nation tion to resist them Such talk how however Is mere irresponsible chatter The i has cast the die and will make nen pee terms be beeh Mich eh that them with dignity The it be minted out has not Bot sued fot e He has bas only assented to a submitted by bythe bythe the head of a power and the tite lustIer g goes ea no 00 further than that Ru sia JIll as ever Is if ready t tsee tc see If a ft 4 ca can n be reached May Avert Crisis The romme cement of formal pe pence cP n negotiations especially If coupled with the prom prompt announcement of the con t national assembly may avert the 1 e threatened crisis which the are forcIng on the government or It may only serve to precipitate It Moscow A is now a perfect hotbed of protest against the existing regime and the address which the deputation from the congress has brought to St Petersburg to pro pre present sent to the emperor has fairl fairly stunned the members of the government Noth In approaching such language langua e u used in int t document from men ot of such stand Ins who signed it has ever be bere before fore re been heard In Russia There is a peremptory ring about It which Is om Those bearing the address came cameto cameto to St to be the of the Russian people ring an ultimatum not begging but demanding rights and al 1 Ithe government with c It do does s not yIeld What That Is still Is that th the body whIch i this deputation represents has I not left but has adjourned awaiting the emperors reply |
