Show IN THE FR FAR such would be the result of a failure of the peace conferees to agree russian army being steadily rein forced in expectation of final rup ture while japs in the field are spoiling for a fight oyster r cay bay A crisis in the peace Is approaching whether thre lure Is to bo be peace between russia and bayan jar an or a continuance of the war will mill bo be determined very likely within a few fea ollys since ho he made lila ills direct appeal to emperor nicholis president roose velt veil has been awaiting developments hopeful thit buch efforts as lie he has felt to make to avert a failure of the washington mashington conference might not be fucile fill lie on thursday Thur faday these tie de acan bet ail to appear A ro re port no bioni in Anitas ambassador meyer at st petersburg of his hh audience with em 1 in geror niholas nicholas was received and in addition some important nelces advices from portsmouth readied reached the pies president ident the coi respondent correspondent of reuters tole grant gram company at st petersburg peter Peters iburg Lurg was on thursday thurida authorial autho by count lamsdorff the foreign minister to state officially and in the most tor for mal manner that russia will pay japan no contribution direct nor in 1 direct not noi will it make any cession of territory whatever it Is declai cd by prominent illis hus plans th that at russia s sincere desire tor for peace was nas manifested in the spirit ol 01 Loncess lon shown by the russian mission on the other disputed pointe and that it if japan was willing to wale this demand which was consistent neither with the honor nor the dignity of russia there would be no trouble in arranging peace japan a insist ence on indemnity being the only bar rier to the termination of the war the emperors emper cir a inflexible determination to continue the war rather than yield to a demand which Is regarded as aa warrantable in the ease case of a vanquished nation la Is strengthened by the latest dh dispatches patches rec received lied from general linevitch Ll in which he reports the strength of the russian post tion and speaks favorably of the spirit and condition of his latest reni force ments and the morale of the entire army reinforcements for the front tire are reported as steadily arriving the chir corps Is now en route and the war ministry la Is preparing to dispatch a composite corps in case negotiations for peace fall only regular troops and not ts are now being tor for hardej and it Is reported that the city of if moscow grenadiers grena diers have re ceier marching arching in orders A competent military of an european power who li Is acquainted thoroughly with the intensive defensive faaili ties at vladivostok declares that the japanese will find that fortress a harder nut to crack than port arthur it if they decide to break oft off eions in the meantime the japanese in the field and many at home are clarn clam oring tor for a continuance of the war in the far east believing that hat they win will ultimately compel russia to accept terms |