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Show HAVE NO PEACE PLANS. Czar Will Continue the War to the Bitter End. Tho conference which Emperor Nicholas has been holding with members mem-bers of tho council of tho emplro, M. WItto and other members nnd advisers advis-ers on tho Internal and external situations, sit-uations, have been concluded, but nothing has occurred which would Indicate In-dicate that tho government Is prepared pre-pared to depart from Its presont programmo pro-grammo of continuing tho war to tho bitter ccd. Noverthelcss, talk of peaco was heard Sundny In many quarters, tho foundation for It being ascribed to Foreign Mlnlstor Lamsdorft's alleged position In favor of such a courso on tho ground that, aside from tho humiliation hu-miliation to military prestlgo Involved, It would mean tho relinquishment of Manchuria, to which Russia already Is formally pledged. Thero Is no confirmation of this statement of Count Lnmsdorff's position, posi-tion, beyond tho general knowledge that ho always has belonged to tho peace party. |