Show PEACE conference CALL shipwrecked russian papers comment with gratification on seeming sidetracking of president roosevelt s idea st petersburg oct 7 while not withholding praise for the american spirit of desiring to do things the bourse gazette today expressed gratification that president idea 0 calling a peace conference to the thunder of cannon has apparently been shipwrecked we hape the gazette says that this will induce the american journals to give up the discussion of unsolicited intervention in the russo japanese war in any shape or form it Is a mistake to suppose that we are longer in the same position as in 1877 when we had the open enmity of austria ud could not rely upon tho friendship f germany the attitude of austria germany france and italy is no longer cause for anxiety no ona knows when the war will end there will come a time when japan will be confronted with the might of the whole russian nation then she will at the fate of genghis khan BALTIC FLEET QUESTION the question of sending the baltic X fleet to the far east by way of capo horn is advocated by a strong party at the admiralty on the ground that after passing the strait of magellan their progress could not be dog ged and reported by cable the colliers could rendezvous at tha south soa and other si pacific islands tho main risk would be that in the vast stretch the vessels might be beaten off their track and there is the danger breakdown of some of the serious of a although the transport gamt ships is equipped with apparatus for the making of extraordinary repairs selection of this route would be the tantamount to a decision not to reach vladivostok till the spring a long voy age requiring economical speed for at least four months 7 the french crula yew arrived today jurld de la or B C to join tho other from french sydney warships which have been here for several days A |