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Show I HE IS NOT OPTIMISTIC. Russian Correspondent Fears Czar Will Not Make Peace. PORTSMOUTH. N. II.. Avg. M. Alexandre ; X. BrlanichunlnnfT, ipsclnl correspondent of the St. Potersbunr Slovo, telegraphing to his impel" tonight, savs: "After tho extrainn optimism caused by the news of President Itoosevolt's active Intervention, Interven-tion, n reaction wan natural. However, Its lmporinnco must not bo oxtisicomtcd. and whoever knows Ilia tenacious character of the head of tho .great and energetic American Tte-pnbllc Tte-pnbllc will not doubt1 tlint the President., once tntored Into the game, will not urren-icr, as often do the reasonablo but always too humble advisers of, tlie Cinr. "It seems certain Hint when tho Russlon chief plenipotentiary left St. Petersburg, arid even Pail, the Instructions which limited mid circumscribed his action were more conciliatory concilia-tory ihan tho lutrar.slgeant policy whlrli has now been forced upon him from St. Pelcra-L-bre. I am evon tempted to sup)oc that the original Instructions would have allowed our roprewntatlvps to enter Into negotiation re-gnrdlnc re-gnrdlnc tho 'dellcato but vital questions pre-font pre-font chI now by Japan without having to apply to St. Petersburg. The Japaneso. fts clover In diplomacy as thvy ari on tho battlefield, In propoalnK a compromise upon Sakhalin, made a very able mqy. They practically arpue thus: Russia will not admit the principle of a ,War Indemnity; well, wc will not speak of It that way. Russia will not reimburse ua for the cost of tho war: well, we will withdraw i lint condition. Russia will not cede territory: well, wo will meet that ileslre. Dut Ruaa!n, they add. cannot deny the rlglitat which wo have obtained by force of arms to the torrl- Itory of the Island. "So that no matior what victories mljtht eventually bo won In Manchuria, Sakhalin could not bo recovered except by force. If Russia wants Sakhalin now, Japan Is entitled to toll us to pay her for it. Ruimla annwers that tho amount Is a war Indemnity In dls-jtuIjo. dls-jtuIjo. in tlxlnp tho sum. the Japanese add that that is th cost of the Island, which Russia Rus-sia can take or leave. To this Mr. Roosevelt adds: The questions of honor having' bewn put aside, would you not submit to the Judgment Judg-ment of Impartial persons the Question of the Trice?1 "Tho arbiter could be chosen by tho two countries, and they could tlx the values. Thus further bloodshed would bo averted. It is nit possible to understand how Russia, who always al-ways behoved in the Justlco of her cause, should answer with sy non-possum, feigning a question of honor. Where In reality It Is a question of money. It Is not to be Imagined Uint the Government at St. Petersburg will blind in its obstinacy or that the Emperor, the author or The Hague tribunal, will let "pass such an excellent opportunity to add now , glory to tho idea of arbitration whloh is so dear to him. However, I must confess that I am not optimistic. "At tho supreme moment all tho councilors of th throne are transformed Into clorka waiting: wait-ing: for orders, and tho whole responsibility rests on the august man who wears the crown .of his ancestors. May God advise ami aid the 'Czar." |
