Show DEATH aa IN THE FAR EAST such would be the result of a failure of the peace conferees to agree russian army being steadily reinforced in expectation of final rupture W while h 1 1 e J japs a p s i in n th the e F field 1 eld are arc S spoiling p 0 1 li n g f for 0 r a F fight lg h t oyster bay A crisis in the pea peace cc negotiations Is approaching rapidly whether there la Is to be peace between russia and japan or a continuance ot of the war will bo be determined very likely within a few days since ho be made his big direct appeal to emperor nicholas president roosevelt has been awaiting developments hopeful that such efforts as he hal hag felt elt proper to make to avert a failure of the conference amigh riot cot be futile on thursday these de began to appear A report ro from ambassador meyer at S st petersburg eters burg of his big audience with em geror nicholas was received and irk in addition some important advices advises from I 1 portsmouth reached the president the correspondent of reuters tsie tle gram company at SL Peters petersburg burgi was on thursday authorized by count Lama lamsdorff dorff the foreign minister to state officially and in the most formal manner that russia will pay day japan no contribution direct nor in direct nor will it make any cession of territory whatever it Is declared by prominent rusi RUS I that dussias Rus sias sincere desire tor for peace was manifested in the spirit ena 1 I concession shown by the russi russian n mission on the other disputed points and that it if japan was willing to waive this thia demand which was consistent neither with the honor nor the dignity ot of russia there would be no trouble in a arranging peace japans insist ence on indemnity being the only barrier to the termination 0 of f the war the emperors inflexible I 1 ble determination to continue the war rather tharl than bield to a demand which Is regarded as warrantable only in the case ot of a vanquished nation Is strengthened by the latest dispatches received from general linevitch in which he ro ports the strength of the russian ilan and speaks favorably ot of the spirit and condition ot of his latest ments and the morale ot of the entire entire it army I 1 reinforcements tor for the front aro ara re as steadily arriving the thirteenth teenie corps Is now on en route and the war ministry Is preparing to dispatch a composite corps in case negotiations tor for peace tall fall only regular troops and not ts are now being foj tor ward warded ed and it Is reported that the city at 0 moscow grenadiers grena diers have received marching orders A competent military ot an european power who la Is acquainted thoroughly with the defensive ties at vladivostok declares that the japanese will find that fortress a harder nut to crack than port arthur if t they decide to break olt off negotiations in the meantime the japanese in the field and many at home are clamoring for a continuance of 0 the war in the far east believing that they will ultimately compel russia to accept terms |