Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-03-31
SMALL HOPE
FOR PEACE
Situation in Far East Has Com.
pleteIy Changed in Past
Few Days.
LOOKS LIKE MORE WAR
Japanese Are Actively Conducting Cam
paign and Russian Papers Are
Significantly Saying Nothing.

Paris, March 31.-Whatever hopeful
ness of peace the situation may have
had some days ago, the situation has
now completely changed and there is
every prospect that war will drag on
again. Consequently, dispatches to the
effect that Foreign Minister Delcasse
and DR.. Motono, Japanese minister to
France, have been comforting at the
formers house, relative to peace, are
inaccurate. DR.. Motono made a state
ment to the Associated Press today in
which he said: 81 tell you explicitly
that there are no peace negotiations or
preliminaries for initiating peace nego-
tiations in progress at this time, so far
as am aware, and believe my infor
nation is complete. The statements
that have conferred with M. Delcasse
at his residence are false and are cal
culated to confuse the situation, which
is perfectly plain. There is no repre-
sentative of Japan authorized at this
time to discuss peace, or to fore
shadow in the least what conditions
the Japanese government might con-
slider if negotiations assumed prac-
tical stage. On the contrary, Japan is
now engaged in conducting military
campaign and she will resolutely pro.
ceed with that important work
No Immediate Prospect Of Reconcile
alton.
Washington, March 31.-M. Jusser-
and, French ambassador, is of the
opinion that peace is not an immedi.
ate prospect between Russia and ia
pan. He so expressed himself after a
visit to President Roosevelt today to
bid him goodbye before the President
goes on his vacation. He said that
both combatants at this time seem
bent on continuing hostilities for a sat
isfactory adjustment of their Difficult
ties. He added that he did not talk
with the President on the subject OF
mediation and he did not believe that
the Washington government had con-
cerned itself officially in any move
ment looking to the cessation OF war.
1t was learned, however, that prospects
of peace were discussed at length
Cautious of Airing Peace Views.
st. Petersburg, March 31.-The
newspapers today are SO significantly
silent about peace reports from abroad
that it leads to the inference that they
have been warned by the government
of the inadvisability of airing their
views at this time.
Saws Roosevelt is Mediator.
New York, March 31.-Repeated an
nouncements in regard to the proximi-
ty peace are confirmed, it is asserted,
in a dispatch to the Times from st.
Petersburg, by information from what
is called an unimpeachable source,
showing that Russia and Japan have
selected President Roosevelt as media
tor, that negotiations are already in
progress and that suspension OF hos
tilities may shortly be expected. The
Times correspondent adds: "The selec'
ton of President Roosevelt as media.
tor. which was due to Japanese initl-
ative, is regarded here as excellent dis
elimination The japanese thereby Sc
cure a firm friend, who at the same
time will make 1t point of honor to
bring negotiations to a successful
close, and who therefore would not be
likely to have accepted the difficult
post Of mediator, if the Japanese in
tend to present any exorbitant de-
mands."
Informal Action Being Taken.
st. Petersburg, March 31.-N is dif
ficult to shed light on the subject Of
peace. From all information obtain
able it Is regarded as certain that ac
tual negotiations between the belliger
ents are not yet under way but the
task of bringing them together Is pro
ceeding informally through the Unitet
States and France, in the persons O
President Roosevelt and M. Delcasse
French foreign minister, who have
been appraised by Russia's irreducibl'
minimum, which, in addition to no ces
sion of territory or indemnity, Is be
lieved to include guarantee Of right o
way over Siberian railroad to Vladivos
took, through northern Manchuria.