Show MARK MAK TAPLEY M Witte Vitte the Russian peace on envoy oy in an intervIew prepared in advance ot otis ol I his is landing pa pays s a handsome trIbute to the J Japanese anese and at the same time t I throws a few bouquets to the Amer i cans in a way that ought to win ad admiration admiration Apparently he is sanguine S of a peace settlement on terms honor honorable honorable able to the czar and it is to be hoped hope I his expectations will be realized but bu t when one considers the status of the thi C two nations In the field of War n It i S Shard hard to se see how he can look for any an conditions that wIll not be humiliating If he feels as comfortable about the thi S outlook as he pretends to feel he has ha C Dickens Mark Tapley discounted In the th S attrIbutes of cheerfulness under die dis discouraging circumstances To begin with Russia took posses slon sion of and held Manchuria in the face or of protests and In violation of re repeated promises to evacuate Such a breach of good faith in an indivIdual Or nation calls for severe punishment and Russia has that fact to face The Russians have no navy and can cannot cannot not hOP hope to have one for at a decade Japan Tap an has hns the most efficient fighting force afloat for its size and even Great Britain with all her ships might well hesitate to undertake hoe hos a against It Tile Russian army has been driven from Manchuria has no adequate means of suj supply is demor inefficient and hopelessly out outgeneraled generated It Is unlikely Jamn Jaan will overlook these factors ot torce behind the demands she may Still further the allI ahil allIance ance carries no moral weight In inter international international national negotiations now as compared with the united power of Japan and Great Britain Even It if Emperor Wil William liam should throw into the balance his OWn influence in behalf of Russia It could snot not deter JaJan Jaan from insIsting i upon what it regards as legitimate and aul n necessary demands jr M witte dwells very properly upon the aJ Jp of at Russia and the United State There he Tins lias every American with him who has rend the i i history r of his kindly toward lowar the thc T ri public has been of IonS l ng st antI did much to prevent British Interference in behalf of the south Whatever h her r the result Is n a debt gratitude of that can never be dis discharged charged fully I 11 Y a and c it ula of boo bb for forgotten forgotten gotten If It had not been for the belief that Russian ag In Manchuria was a vI violation ot of international the AmerIcan attitude In the present conflict might have been different cEf certainly it would not have ha b so o iri Mark rk odly adly hostile to o and n lY to the island empire In any event It Is hoped the neso neo ma jan early da e ethe the Asian problem ora toome |