River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
MOVEMENT TO END THE WAR
GAR PRACTICALLY ACCEPTS OF
FER OF MEDIATION.
President Loubet, Of France, Said tc
Have rendered His Services in
Ending Hostilities.

Chicago, Dec. ga special cable
gram from ST. Petersburg to the Chi
cago Tribune says that the first definite
steps were taken Saturday to bring about
peace between Russia and Japan.
The car has accepted an offer made
by President Loubet of France for
mediation. He has cut the red tape
of Russian bureaucracy, and by thus
brushing aside the involved processes
of diplomacy virtually has put himself
in the attitude of asking for peace.
Maurice Bompard, the French ambas-
sador to Russia, left here Saturday
for Paris. He carries with him an au-
tograph letter of the car tacitly &C
cepting the offer of mediation. In
his letter the car accepts the offer
with certain reservations.
This special dispatch is the first in
timation given to the public that the
disastrous war in the far east is ike
ly to be brought to speedy end.
Up to this time the czar has persist
emily refused to listen to any talk of
| peace until he had conquered his pow
erful foe. Previous offers of media
ton have been intercepted by the
grand dukes and the bureaucracy that
constitute the war party in Russia,
and whose members have been amasS-
ing great individual fortunes by the
war.
1t seems, however, that this offer of
mediation was sent direct to the car
by President Loubet Nicholas and
Loubet are very close friends. and it
is understood that the president of
France indicated to the car his belief
in the utter hopelessness Of the war;
that his empire was on the verge of
an internal strife, and that unless he
overruled his grand dukes and his
ministers he and his crown must in
evitably fall.
Japan has frequently expressed its
Willingness to- enter any peace confer
ence which might bring the war to a
close.
The form now will be for President
Loubet to notify the mikado that he
has received from Russia an express
sion of it's willingness to take part in
permit of but one other statement by
France and that is that should Japan
see fit to discuss with it's adversary
| terms for an amicable settlement OF
| the war France would esteem it a
| great honor if the representatives OF
| both nations would meet in Paris
where every courtesy will be extended
4 Irx hot Fri he
French government"
When Japan receives the offer OF
mediation no time is lost by both
armies in calling an armistice. I'm
| der the arrangement active hostilities
cease and the armed forces remain in
| the exact position in which they were
when the armistice was declared
While this armistice is in effect the
two governments name in outline their
| terms, of peace, and when these are
agreed on general form the armistice
| is removed and protocol goes into eff
| feet. This is a signed agreement by
both powers indicating the general
| terms of peace.
Then the armies are withdrawn and
the war is practically over, although
not formally so until after the peace
conference meets, and, after perhaps
months of elaboration, signs the arti-
cles of peace.
London, Dec. 26-Reports from Ber-
lin declare that the car no longer en-
phatically rejects the peaceful advice
rendered him regarding the war. 1t is
| cfo Of oh Yfi
ence in Russia are seeking to end the
war and their efforts are not meeting
with rebufs.