Iron County Record | 1905-06-16 | Page 3 | Peace Prospects Brighter

PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHTER. President Roosevelt Now Central Figure of the World's Stage. St Petersburg. President Roosevelt, Roose-velt, striving with cxcollcnt prospects of succosh to end tho bloody war, is now tho contrnl figure of tho world's stape One of the main obstacles. It sccinH, will bo ovorcomo at once. Both UiHsIa nnd Jnpan havo agreed' to accept ac-cept his good offices for the arrangement arrange-ment of the preliminaries. Tho bolllgorents bol-llgorents nro oxpoctod to be able 'to nrranci! tho nonce tonus direct. Tho president Is bclloved to share with Emperor William tha view that tho belligerents should be allowed to not-tlo not-tlo tho actunl terms without outsUlu interference. Kvldenco also exists that Prosldont Roosevelt hns secured thr support of several continental powers nnd that at tho proper tlmo they will nppoar af his bnck. An armistice probably will be tho first evldonco the world will havo that tho two powers have agreed td shako handB.