The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-16
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
June u. 1908.

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Japan in which he expresses, in
terms. regarded as extraordinari
ly fOrceful for the language of di-
plomacy, his urgent desire that
peace between the belligerents
may he speedily accomplished.
1t is generally assumed that the
President. a. a result of his ex-
tenSive communications with both
the Gar and Mikado, conducted
through the United States Am
baSsador TO ST. Petersburg and
the japanese Minister to Wash
ington. was assured that such an
appeal would be welcomed by both
nations. In fact no other hypOthe-
sis would account for the publica,
ton of the precise language of the
appeal.
The President feels that the
time has come when in the interest
of all mankind he must endeaN or
to see if it is not possible to bring
to an end the terrible and lamen
table conflict now being waged.'
says the President and further
along he says. the President az
rOrdingly urges the Russian and
japanese Governments not onl for
their own SakeS. but in the inter
est of the whole civilized world.
to open direct negotiations for
peace with one another" While
the note is not exceptionally en-
phatic for the President. it is re
marked that III diplomatic parl-
ance the expression urge" is par
ticularly strong and would ordi
narily he replaced by such an ex
preston as 'hopes for" etc.
The effort of the President to
secure direct negotiations rather
than further to act as intermedi
ate will prove a relief to many
VINO have watched the negotia
tionS with no little anxiety fear
lug that Japan at least would
look to the United States TO in
sure good faith on the part of
Russia, an insurance which the
President would assuredly be
powerless to give; especially with
out the sanction of Congress. If
the belligerents act upon the
Presidents appeal there will un
deniably be added another triumph
to the administration Of Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Moroccan situation Is be-
ginning to attact considerable at
tention, although somewhat over
Swallowed by the peace negotia-
lions. Germany has issued an in
vitatiOn to all the powers sigma,
tory to the Convention of Madrid,
negotiated in 1880, to attend an
international conference to take
steps to preserve the open door in
Morocco and as the United States
signed that convention it is in
vited to the new conferen e.
Moreover it is intimated that Presi-
dent Roosevelt intends to send a
representative to this conference,
although by so doing be would
rRp the risk OF seriously offending
both Great Britain aud France,
especially the latter. 1t will be
remembered that France and Great
Britain negotiated treaty where
by the former guaranteed the open
door in Morocco for thirty years
and when the treaty had been duly
signed its contents were cOmmuni
Gated to Germany. Immediately,
or almost so, Emperor William
made his plans to go to the Medi.
terranean and touch at Morocco.
While there or soon after he had
been there and as a supposed Sc
quel to his visit the Sultan reject
ed the proposals of the French
foreign Minister M. Delcasse.
Now the Emperor calls an inter
national conference to undo the
work of France and Great Britain
and do it over again along lines
that will give Germany a hand in
the affair. With all this the
United States is, of course, little
concerned, but it is matter of re-
greet to conservative statesmen
that the President should entangle
this country in the affair. The
plea on which the President will
act will be the protection of the
foreign trade interests of this
country, but as the United States
sold to Morocco during the last
fiscal year less than 81, 900 worth
of goods the plea is obviously
somewhat specious.
Considerable interest is mani
tested in what is termed here the
peaceful revolution of Norway
against the rule of Sweden. The
particular interest which attaches
in Washington being due to the
fact that it has resulted in the re-
turn of Minister Grip who was
popular III the National Capital.
Minister Grip is Norwegian and
will, 1t is supposed, resign from
the diplomatic service of Sweden
when he returns to the Swedish
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