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Show I KAISER IS AGAINST PEACE. Russian Correspondent Sees Doep Design De-sign Under Imperial Meeting. PORTSMOUTH. Aug. 20 Mr. DralntchlnofT. tho correspondent of th St. IMersburg SIovo. In his cnble to his paper tcxlny, dwelt upon tho reported rolo plnyed by Emperor William. Ho wrote: "There is a factor in tho situation which has not appeaxl on tho surface, but which, nevertheless, never-theless, has played a big role. It is Kmperor William. Tho deep Impression producod by the meeting of tho two iwerelprm nt BJorko Is known, and It Is also known that Emperor William returned homo enchanted. We havo read about the efforts which are belnc mado by tho German press to provo tho solidarity of the Kaiser with Hooovelt's understanding. Hut tho Kaiser Is thinking only of Germany. Where Germany Gets In. "For tho kooiI of Germany It Is nocos&ary thatxRusslu should bo engaged In tho far East a Ions as possible, ho an to bo froo to force Franco to Join G-rmany nnd break with England. Eng-land. For this purpose It Is necessary to di-ffnl di-ffnl Provident Roosevelt's object that In order; or-der; subsequently. vhn Russia Is exhausted Emperor Wllllnin may become the mediator letwocn her nnd Japan, thus to liolato England Eng-land by menacing Franco with a rupturo of her- alliance with RujwIo. Mnchiavellinn Argument. "And to accomplish nil this It Is necessary to psrsuado Emperor Nicholas that ho must not - bow beforo the failures which have come; that all great nation havo had to suffer such, and It Is his duty to Blvo the armies of Llncvltch a chanco to turn the situation. There la luck In battle. Fortune has thus fnr b-cn with tho Japnee, but luck chance and will chongo. The; Emperor, surrounded by the military party, cannot resist lendlnc ii favorablo cur to such words, and that will mako further concessions very difficult. All tho forces working for penco should concentrate tholr efforts ef-forts to demonstrate- to Emperor Nicholas that 1 tho prolongation of tho war cannot possibly chance tho ultimate conditions of peaco and that It In time to oense worklpg In the Interests Inter-ests of tho IClng of Prussia. " Money Question Easy. Whether tho conferenco results In a treaty or not. It will havo been producllvo of irreat good, leaving only tho question of monoy be-j be-j twen tho belligerents a question which could . bo solved at any time. It Is for tho reason that the Issuo has narrowed down simply to a question of money that tho optimists por- Met in bcilovlng tho conferenco will not rail. They arguo that tho proposition that the cost 1 of continuing tho war to both countries would scon more than cover tho amount in dlsputo Is so palpable thnt It cannot provo an eventu-x eventu-x nl bar. Better, thoy arguo. for Japan, with tho principles sottlod In FTer favor, to forego tho money payment than to prolong tho war ' i Indefinitely at tho cost of millions, with no f cbeoluto certainty of receiving any monoy at tho end, no matter how successful her arms 1 mlKbt bo. A prominent portsonago connected J with ono of the missions said this morning: ? Real Issue Too Small. , "Tho real Isbuo Is too small to prevent nn accord- I bellevo thero will bo a treaty. Both t countrlea want uuaco, and with only a ques tion of money between thorn It Is Impossible, i to bollovo thoy will not rcallzo tho profit to j both In a compromise, which will end tho war. '3 Should tho plenipotentiaries actually separato at Portsmouth. I shall not ahnndon hope. Until (t tho plenipotentiaries havo actually left the country the Russians from Now York and tho j Japanese from San Francisco I will not bo- J llevo this now senseless war shall go on." 11 Russians Are Surprised. ? Baron Rosen, who spent last night at Mag nolia, returned to Portsmouth today. m ; Witt wao buoy with his correspondence early ! In the day. and Mr. Takahlra, who did not go to Manchester with Baron Kournre, also kept . closMy In his apartments. It is presumed ho remained behind to bo accesslblo for communi cation with Mr. Roosevelt In caso of necessity Tho Russians contlnuo to cxpron their sur-. sur-. prlso at tho support given tho Japanese caubo ' In America. They contend from tho standpoint . of International politics that Jnpan'o influence I In the Pacific constitutes a great danKer to America's commercial nnd trado development Westward. America's Mistake. 4 "America," said a prominent Russian per- eonago, Ms making the samo niistoko Russia f did in regard to Prussia. Wo help. to lift ' ( Prussia from tho position of a vnwal Ktato to ) that of a great power, to transfer her Into the 1 German emplro. Now Bho obliges us to keen 1 about 1,000,000 troop3 to guard our frontier. In ' , the same- way America has been und Is now helping Japan, hardly yet appreciating what Is to come. Japirn'o dream la to freo Asia from ,' European or Anvrlcnn Influences. To do so , she must hold tho outlylne Islands Btruntr k down tho Chlnor.a coast. Tho Philippines will bi tho first necessity of the Jnpnneso empire Even as fnr south as Australia her ambitions may extend." |
