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WASHINGTON LETTER,

! plomatic world by his frank identical not
| TO Russia and Japan in which be express
es In terms regarded no extraordinaril
! forceful for the language of diplomacy
his urgent desire that peace between tn
belligerenis may he speedily accom-
plished. II ia genei ally assumed that tn,
| President, as a result of his extensive
communications with both the Gar an,
Mikado. conducted through the United
States Ambassador to St Petersburg aat
the Japanese Minister TO Washington
was assured that such an appeal would b'
welcomed nv both nations. In fact n,
other hypothesis would account for tbs
publication of The precise language rt thu
appeal
foThe President feels that the time ha
come when in the interest of all mgnkint
he must endeavor to see if it Is not posi-
bile TO bring to an end the terrible ant
lamentabe conflict now being waged.
says the President and further along bs
SAYS, THE President accordingly urges
the Russian and Japanese Government
not only for their own sakes, but in the
interest of the whole civilized world, +,
open direct negotiations for peace with
another" While the note is not excep
remarked that in diplomatic rarlance the
expression urge" is particularly strong
and would ordinarily be replaced by sucl
an expression as hope for" etc.
The effort of the President to secure di
rect negotiations rather than further tC
act IA intermediary will prove relief to
many who have watched the negotiations
with no little anxiety fearing that Japai
at least would look to the United States
TO insure good faith on the part of Russia
an insurance which the President would
assurdedv he poworess TO give: especial
" without the sanction of Congress. II
the belligereuts act upon the president :
appeal there will undeniahly be added
another triumph to the administration Of
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Moroccan situation is beginning tc
attract considerable attention. although
somewhat overshadowed by the peace ne
gotiations. Germany has issued an invi
tation to all the powers signatory to the
Convention of Madrid, negotiated in 1850
TO attend an international conference tt
take steps to preserve the open door II
Morocco and ms the United States signed
that convention it is invited TO the new
conference. Moreover It is intimatet
| that President Roosevelt intends to sent
representative to this conference. al
| though by so doing he would run the risl
of seriously offending both Great Brit all
| and France. especially the latter. It vii
be remembered that France and Great
| Britain negotiated treaty whereby the
former guaranteed the open door In Mo
rocco for lhiitv years and when the treat
! had been du, signed its contents wpr,
| communicated 10 Germany. Immediate
| ". OF almost so. Emperor William mad,
| his pIans 10 ~ to the Mediterranean aut
touch at Moroeen While there or sooi
! after he had been there aud M a supposet
sexual 10 his visit the Sultan rejected tn,
| proposals of the French foreign MINISTER
| NJ, Delcasse. Now the Emperor calls ~
| international conference tonndn the worl
of France and Great Britain and do i
over again along Inns that will give Ger
many hand IN the affair. With Nil Thu
| the United States Is. of course, little con
| cernsd, but II is matter of regret to con
servativp statesmen that the President
should entangle this country in the affair
The plea on which the President will ael
will be the protection of the foreign trade
! interests OF this country, but ms the
| United 81 ates sold TO Morocco during the
last fiscal year less than ~ 600 worth Of
goods the plea is obviously somewhat
speeiously.
Considerable interest is manifested in
what Is termed here the peaceful revolu
4 I'm of Norway against the rule of Sweden
The particular interest which attaches IN
Washington being due TO the fact that IT
resulted in the return of Minister Grip
who was popular in the national capital.
Minister Grip Is Norwegian and will. 1t
is supposed, ,esign from the diplomatic
service of Sweden when he returned to
the Swedish capital. The outcome OF the
revolution is also looked for with Interest
especially AS 1t seems possible that Nor
way may establish republic following
the lines of the United States, but IT is
hoped with some modern improvements.
Arrangements ARE practically complete
for the trip of Secretary Taft to the Phil
ippncs aud it il regarded ms noteworthy
that few members of Congress- of any par.
ticular standing, especially in the Repnb-
lean party, will make the journey.
There are few of the more prominent
Democrats. but the leading Republicans
in both houses of Congress are conspic-
uous by their absence. The reason of
thi. il not easily explained, although II Is
said that the older men in both parties
regard the trip as too extensive aud ar
duons to permit of their undertaking 1t.
If the judgment Of prominent Republic
cans is to be accepted the President has
run up the white flag before the assaults
Of the stand patters and will not call Con
gress in special session next fall The
stand patters have been insisting that
here would be no extra session for some
lime but recently Senator Hansbrough,
after long talk with the President came
,ut and told the newspapermen that he
believed that the stand patters had won
he day. Senator Hansbrough IL one Of
hose Republicans who believes as did the
President short time ago, that the peo-
pie are being robbed by those tariff
schedules which require revision. More
,ver, the Senator is standing by his colors
,ut he is likely to have a hard time ex-
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