Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-05
READY FOR PEACE
MEDIATION IS NO LONGER TO BE
SCORNED BY RUSSIA.
Report From an ''unimpcsChable
Source" Says Russia Has Plan
TO End War and viii Enocavor
70 Make Offensive and Defens.
i've Alliance With japan.

st. Petersburg, Dec S-A rspor
which comes from An uniu pesc Ia bic
source has rehc hed The Pu blisbers
I Press correspondent that Russia is moi
only ready 70 receive 81! pence propos
ais japan may have 10 make Tut thai
with the fall Of Port Arthu she vii
te ready 70 sue 70; peace
That ls the SITUATION today. not with
standing The swash bucbllnc attitude
Of those who claim to frame the EN-
pre- policy, and VIII t,e The slruatior
right along, even Il this and 50 bse.
quaui statements 10 this eh acf were
officially denied.
Before the world al large Russi q
cannot atiord just DOW TO appear tired
Of the struggle and skeprcAl As 10 its
outcon g, but diplomatic circles are
permit cd TO Know The truth, and Rus
slH representative al owe, the civil
lzad world have received strong iuti
nation that sincere and authorize Il ve
Of ers Of mediation must not oe treated
lightly ID the future
Ii uusi bs assumed from thus that
Russia considers the conflict is entire.
~ hopeless There are bound 70 te
some Russian victories IL Name hurla,
and the general hellet Is that they Will
come soOD owing to the fact that Field
Marshal the Marquis OyAma has haan
compelled 10 pR-i with large bodies Of
men IL orde, 10 hasten the tall If Port
Arthu,
But Russia has far Eastern irterast s
u much EraBte, IN pOrtAncs than even
the possession Of Por1 Arthur, and as
these interests have hasu attacked IN
the past by GREET Britain and Chiua
This ally Will he Japan, II the plans Of
today do not uiscArry The battles Of
The day are To he followed by close mes
Of commercial and political UNION TO-
morrow
Naturally Russia viii CONS der ne,
friendship b sufficiently great Eiti to
expect the ,ApB oase 70 refrain from
the oblecrion TO Purr Arthur, from
special rights IL L oraH and from oths,
provinces which are set down IL the
JHpADese program today Is lndlspsnsB-
tile. Diplomats osrs are confident thu,
the n1EhdO and his advisers Will taEe
the same view.
The strength Of the argument thai
armed Jpshoe berwesn the rwo naDous
would be b constant Danhce 10 the
prosperity Of both, while an ofensi vt
and defensive alliance vould assay
noth grsBf future ls consl dered IL.
conrrovertl bic. The czAr's adviser.
know full well thHf Grssf BrlTaiu {:
friendship tor japan Is believed Z!
uauy leading JBpEnase 80 te The out
Erowth..ot NngIand's hEtrsd Of RpssiH
and not Of love TO, The little brown
men.
Details 10 t,e followed II the settle
Dant arg not YET obrAlna ble but The
program is worE 81 ont with great care
and according 70 Jhe informant Of The
correspondent provides 70, Rll F'oss!
biliTiss. II provides 70, peace ty ne
dlarlon on the pgr1 Of b foreign power
70, Jshoe through Japanese Of 2, and
70, pssos ny msans Of JAPANESE p,o-
posHl.
The contingencies oi PO-i Arthur s
tAIl Is well as o! the rescut Of The
fortress by the Baltic feet Arv provided
10, a. uluuJely Rs are rnost Of vlcto-
rias south Of MuEdan huf the final
chBpterSt II al, fbs point 10 Thic L
al these lines converge. 1s I'll alliance
Of such i-on- bound Ties that Russia
Auo japan Will stand Is one # auy
other power attempts one step u tie
ta, East which dosss NOT epquAll!
please The czs, Apd miEado