The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-13
GENERAL NEWS
prasident Urges Peace-Same Note to
Each Party.

Washington, q uAo 0.-AA Auch1ASoA
noto the text of which, by authority
~ tho President. was made public
Io+o tonight at the White House by
Secretary Loeb, has been forwarded
- tba Governments of Russia and
Tonan bv President Roosevelt. In
tba interest of humanity, the Presi-
Jon+ urges the warning nations to
conclude peace. 1t is suggested by
tho President that the negotiations
for % neace be conducted directly and
avcInsivelv" between the belligerent
nations. The note indicates the
Presidents belief that an intermedl-
orv NAV not be necessary to effect
conclusive negotiations. but likewise
ovnresses the Presidents willingness
to do all that he properly may to
promote the preliminary arrange
ments for a time and place of the
meeting of representatives of the
Russian and Japanese governments.
The following is the text of the
dispatches given out:
~On June Sth, the following dis
match was sent by the President,
through diplomatic channels, to the
Japanese and Russian governments {:
"'The President feels that the
time has come when, in the interest
of all mankind, he must endeavor to
see if it is not possible to bring to
and end the terrible and lamented
conflict now being waged. With both
Russia and Japan the United States
has inherited ties of friendship and
good will. 1t hopes for the prosper
ity and welfare of each, and it feels
that the progress of the world is set
back by the war between these two
great nations. The President accord
ingly urges the Russian and Japan
ese governments not for their own
sakes. but in the interest of the whole
civilized world, to open direct nego-
tiations for peace with one another.
The President suggests that these
peace negotiations be conducted di-
rectly and exclusively between the
belligerents; in other words, that
there may be a meeting of Russian
and japanese plenipotentiaries or
delegates without any intermediary,
in order to see if it is not possible
for these representative of the two
powers to agree to terms of peace.
The President earnestly asks that the
Russian) (Japanese) government
do now agree to such meeting, and
is asking the (Japanese) (Russian)
government likewise to agree. While
the President does not feel that any
intermediary should be called in re-
spect to the peace negotiations them
selves, he is entirely willing to do
what he properly can if the two pow
erS concerned feel that his services
will be of aid in arranging the pre-
hmlnaries as to the time and place
OF meeting. But if even these pre-
hmlnaries can be arranged directly
between the two powers, or in any
other way, the President will be glad,
as his sole purpose is to bring about
meeting which the whole civilized
world will cray may result in peace
The foregoing note was forwarded
10 the Russian and japanese govern
ments yesterday afternoon. 1t is
rendered especially significant by the
TACT that it was prepared and sent
only after assurances had been re.
Gelved both from Toxic and St
petersburg that such a proposition
you'd be welcomed. While both
count Cassini. the Russian Ambas.
Sauor, and Minister Takahira, o1