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Show ROOSEVELT CHOSEN TO MEDIATE BETWEEN JAPAN AND RDSSIA NEW YORK. March 31.-Repeated announcements an-nouncements in regard to the proximity of peace are confirmed, it is asserted in a dispatch from a Times correspondent at St. Petersburg, by information from what is called an unimpeachable source, showing that Russia and Japan have selected se-lected President Roosevelt as mediator, that negotiations are already in progress, and that the suspanslon of hostilities shortly may be expected. After detailing reports as to the negative nega-tive conditions of peace laid down by Russia, Rus-sia, and set forth recently in dispatches to the Associated Press, the Times correspondent cor-respondent adds: "The selection of President -Roosevelt as mediator, which was due to Japanese initiative, is regarded here art evidence of excellent discrimination. The. Japanese thereby secure ,a firm friend, who at the same time will make it a point of honor to bring the negotiations to a successful close, and who therefore, would not- be likely to have accepted the difficult post of mediator if the Japanese intended to present exorbitant demands." |