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Show JAPS WILL WELCOME PEACE. Bui Will Name Conditions Under Which War Shall Ceate. When th eaar call hi war council he will be able to Inform them that Japan wilt welcome peace on reason hie term and will promptly name her condltlona provided sbe receives trustworthy assurance that they will be seriously considered This the emporor haa learned from friendly chancellories In Kuropa ns well as the general terms acceptable to Japan These, It I said, Include the retention by Japan nf Port Arthur, a Japanese protectorate over Korea and an Indemnity If the Japanese government waa assured as-sured that iaca proposal would bo considered by Iltissla thero It authority au-thority for the statement that Japan would respond Immediately Hut sho will Insist that these assurances shall In of the most pnsltlte character Japan experience In tho negotiations negotia-tions preceding tho wnr. It it said, will make her exceedingly cautious In the future She will Intlst that auch assurances shall come from tho Itutslan Itut-slan government nnd not from tills or that party or this nr that friend of the emperor |