The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
RUSSIA'S RULERS
DEBATING PEACE
FOR FREE PEOPI b
Realizing at Last the Seriousness Of
the Situation Created by Great De
feat on the Sea, Car Holds
Peace Council.

st. Petersburg, May 81. 5:35 pm
The seriousness of the situation created
by the complete destruction of the Rus
sian fleet seems to be fully realized at
Tsarskoe-Selo, where the emperor has
assembled practically all the members
of the imperial family{to decide on the
course to pursue.
A series of conferences is proceeding
which will determine not only the ques-
tion Of peace, but whether it is advis-
able to yield to the popular demand for
the immediate convocation of, a ma
tional assembly.
Some of the members of the imperial
family are Understood to be urging the
emperor to retrieve the situation by
making common cause with the people
against the bureaucracy.
The emperor has decided to send his
brother, Grand Duke Michael, to attend
the marriage Of Crown Prince Fred
erick William Of Germany, instead Of
his uncle, Grand Duke Vladimir, whose
more mature judgment and advice the
emperor regards as important in the
present crisis.
Ministers for Peace.
| This afternoon the emperor sum-.
moned Admiral Alexief and all the
ministers to an extraordinary council.
| This was Foreign Minister Lamsdorf Is
| regular day for receiving the foreign
representatives, and when he got the
| imperial command he hastily sent the
representatives a notification that he
could not receive them.
The Associated Press was Informed
that the ministers, except those Of war
and marine, unanimously favor peace.
No trouble is expected IN meeting the
! payment Of an indemnity, as fnanciers
who were not willing to lend money for
Ia continuation Of the war, are ready
to accommodate Russia if money is
needed to conclude peace.
three regiments, the Preobregensky, Is
mailovsky and Moskovnky. which were
! at the summer camp at Krasnoye. Selo
! (sixteen miles southwest of st. Peters
burg), have been hurriedly brought
back to st. Petersburg.
/ Prince Is Petulant.
| Ouktomsky, in the Rashviet this at,
ternoonn, declares for peace in half,
the whole world to task for shutting
it's eyes to the yellow peril.
"All the nations, blind to the flu
ture,' says the prince, are fawning
upon victorious Japan. Great Britain
rejoicing in Russia fall, utters her
sarcastic condolences, and America
sends Secretary Taft and party OF
eccentric Americans to visit the land
do-China, allows Japan to boss he1
about, while the crowned Hohenzollern
who few years ago sounded solemn
warning to the Aryan race, rushes tc
tho station at Berlin to greet the little
yellow. prince, Arisugawa, and showers
him with attentions.o
Despite the outlook left to the wal
party by the,removal Of Admiral Rojest
vensky's feet, it remains evident thai
the governm ent finds it more difficult tt
make peace than war. A ukase already
existing was withheld until it was seer
how Admiral Rojestvensky' s exploit
would end; The car met the imperia
fbn4 yGlsseada$i ana it ; Is esPeetss
noning national zemski sober, or PEG
pies assembly, upon which will b
thrown the responsibility for peace Of
; war.
Government Bad Faith.
This is now, a hopeless course. The
ing or shelving all the reforms prom
ised after the January agitation is 81
fragrant that any national assembly
when convoked is certain to POSTPONE
the question Of war or peace until i
gets control Of the machinery Of gov
eminent itself. It is equally certain
that the bureaucratic -sy1npathizers vii
not take subordinate position withou
a most stubborn fight.
Neither Of these great antagonisti'
forces is greatly concerned about tn,
cars military humiliations.
The approximate scope Of the Rus
sian defeat has been published herr
: and evoked deep emotion everywhere
The arrangement between the govern
ment and people limits the grief strict
ly to sympathy for the defeated crew
men of the sane race ace and
scarcely felt the weight Of the war tina
! the effects Of this disaster are appear
ing. For the first time since the war
:: society and the encourage of the cour
: are struck heavily.