Show WOULD TIE UP WITH JAPAN I Russian Foreign Minister Says There Ther TherIs II Is Nothing to t Prevent Stretch Stretching Stretching Stretching ing Out the Hand I St Peters March 11 During a debate In time the duma today on a bill rais raising raisIng raisIng ing the Russian legation at to an embassy which eventually was passed M 1 Iswolsky the foreign minister n delivered leU ered a lengthy speech In which he said that however distressing the sacrifices made by the Portsmouth treaty treat It must be acknowledged that Russia lost noth nothing nothing nothing ing of her h r historical inheritance but only what either elt er previously belonged to Ja Japan Japan pan plin or geographically and economically gravitated toward Japan Accordingly A he declared there was i nothing to prevent Russia Ru sla from stretch i ine Ing out her hand to her late opponent j His na personal acquaintance with leading lead In Japanese statesmen he continued con convinced on I vinced him of a reciprocal ro cal desire on the part of Japan to arrive at a good un understanding understanding Understanding with Russia I He pointed toJ network of International International International treaties Including those between France and Japan and arid Great Britain and Russia as assisting with R s alli nIh alliance alliance ance with France the guarantee for the preservation of pea In the far tar east ea t Germany and ana tIle the United States witS both bolh of whom Russia maintained sincerely friendly relations rel he continued d were striving for tor the goal namely l u a Ii firm equilibrium and peace pe c In tie the e Pacific P clU ocean S |