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Show Will Thtr B Pic? S - 1 The talk of peace is in the air. Kussia and her f riend, France, profess to flout it, but there is every reason to believe Kussia would welcome peace negotiations ne-gotiations if they could be arrangedithout damage -to her pride. ( Japan has shown.no disposition to pursue the . war a moment longer than necsssary. The war was . i.ot of her seeking and she would be glad to terminate ter-minate it. Of course she cannot be expected to concede con-cede anything to Russia at present because of her successes, but it is evident she would not delay negotiations ne-gotiations could diplomacy bring about their commencement. com-mencement. The world would be glad to see the war end. It has been one of the bloodiest in history and all am eick of the strife and carnage. The stubbornness and distorted notion of honor of Russia form the obstacle, ob-stacle, but they may not for long. Russia swaggers swag-gers and lies until the last moment before capitulating. capitulat-ing. Her bombastic talk about Port Arthur was kept up when all the world knew thatsthe fortress ' must fall, and even now she is talking about retaking retak-ing Port Arthur and reinforcing her pitiful Second Pacific squadron. It would be amusing were it not in regard to such a deadly serious matter. : X)ne thing, however, may bring Russia to her senses quickly. That is the menace of an uprising. The growing discontent in Russia may be fanned into revolution by the news of the reverses at Port Arthur. Russia is powerful but we doubt if she can figl: r- os at home and abroad successfully. . j t - |