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Show A HOST PKC3ASLE STORT. It was aald a week ago that Colonel Roosevelt had aald that Japan made a direct appeal to him when president to open the way to atop the war with Russia, . ,. This naa been denied in places, but it is most probable. Japan had swung her armies away from their base, had penetrated a new country fpr several hundred miles, bad fought some tre-aiendoua tre-aiendoua battles, and at laat stood opposed by an army thai was every moment growing stronger, is a country where tha enemy waa more and ttoro at borne and wa ean understand very well that the shrewd statesmen and soldiers of Jspan aaw that if by any accident one great battle went against them, they would be sure to lose all they had won, for their resources were practically exhausted. ex-hausted. It will ba remembered that the officer in command com-mand of tha Russian army wired to hia sovereign not to make any. terms of peace ; that ha would surely win the next battle. But Russia at home waa almost in chaoa, and ao when the proposition of discussing a peace program wa made, Russia consented ; Japan waa most glad to oonsent, as was evidenced by the fact that while in every great battle aba had been victorious, she was willing to atop tha war without one rent of indemnity in-demnity from Russia. Probably tha settlement of the war when it was settled waa the very salvation of Japan, because be-cause had the Russians won one fight and started the Japanese back in retreat, it would have been pretty nearly annihilation for Japan. |