Show LISTENS TO REASON Russia Ready to Open Negotiations I For Peace St Petersburg June i 1 1235 a a rn m Paris Is Ru si s lh chOice for Cor the opening or of PeCe peaCe negotiations I If Japan Tapan insists upon Manchuria o or Rus Itus Russia sia sift wi will doubtless age agree but Paris is preferred and the emperor already is prepared to Isee issue Instructions to the Russian ambassador to France to ac aca acas a as plenipotentiary to Tt receive e the Jap Japanese anee anese conditions The Russian government hn cm corn to the administratIon raton at Washington its consent to the ton tion ot of reply to President appl appeal at te the same time thanking the president w fr the friendly and I tj all spirit In h It was conceived F iy Counci Council The Associated Press I is nw now able to give some additional details of the extraordinary pre presided over oer b by d the emperor whIch met re centhy at T lo and at t which the practical a hough not the final decision was taken to terminate the war It If the conditions were not too on onerous onerous erous Besides the olde mitar military members of the Imperial family al all of the ministers were were present M minI minister mer justice Generl General Fredericks master ot of ceremonies Pince Prince Count Baron Bese Besse and stein mem members bers of Ui the Imperial entourage and G General and Vie Vice Admiral were wem tere there as strategic ex exper per of the th ay and navy N ary Ua U 1 tc I Inder ander J as leader leaders aU alt tc the mem members r of the peral f family pl Nocholas favored an at attempt attempt tempt to conclude peace Only Generl General the of war and General LObko front among the minis minister ministers ter hold out forthe prose prosecution of the war var T The forer former d a teg m from General Linevitch reporting the strategic position of the dr army a as g d dand dand and expressing not only confidence in his abit ability to defeat the enemy but even to assume the offensive Gen General ral argument however was as easily outweIghed by tl presented b by the othe ti ministers es esp especially p as the emperor from the be beginning beginning ginning manifested a strong disposition tion to end the struggle I If honorable terms were procurable Moderation Expected There was a wide divergence of opinion as to 10 whether Japan would at attempt attempt tempt to Impose impossible terms but the consensus s of opinion was as that Ta Ja Tapan Japan pan is too wise to desire no now to humble its gigantic neighbor and force con condition which would forever rankle In Inthe Inthe the heart of Russia and only make makepeace makepeace peace an ann armed d truce till the Russian t empire could make further An enduring peace It was agreed was as impossible if Japan tried to force upon Russia humilIating terms such as the surrender and disarmament of Vladivostok VladIvostok stok and the absolute limitation of RUS alas sias strength In the Pacific The ground therefore already was prepared for the reception of President message which was con conveyed conveyed to the emperor by dor Meyer r perSonally the following day daJ and his maj majesty sty accepted it cordially es Cs Us he had good reason to be believe believe lieve that the president had taken pains to disabuse hi his majesty of any Idea that the United States was un unfriendly Unfriendly friendly or desired to see her destroyed as a power in the Pacific Formal Truce Expected J Formal truce Is expected to be pro proclaimed proclaimed claimed Immediately the place of meet lag ing of the plenipotentiaries has been settled upon The Associated Press hears on all sides nothing but the high highest highest est commendation of Rome Roose action and If it results in a sat satisfactory satisfactory adjustment ot of terms to re ic restore store the relations between the United States Russia to something like the theold theold old basis It is in understood that the emperor has agreed to receive the Moscow deputation tation on Tuesday next if M I vich Ich who is personally obnoxious to his majesty withdraws M 11 activity over the result resulted edin ed in his exile by Minister Yon Von Since his return as president of the im imperial penal agricultural society of Moscow he has continued his against the government circulating revolution revolutionary ary addresses In the rural distrIcts for which acts the Imperial patronage was withdrawn from the society The elevation of General which has revived the third section with pra practically limitless power for the suppression of the political agitation will be followed it Is und b by the abolition of thE post or of governor gen general general eral at St Petersburg C It |