Arizona republican., 1905-02-24
ITS IDLE TALK
RumOrS of Peace Utterly
 Without Foundation
SLAVS' GRIM RESOLVE
CaSSini Says the War Cannot End Un- til Russia Is ViCtorious-TAe Peace Stories Set on Foot to Help a JaI- aneSe Loan.

aneSe Loan.
 Washington. Feb. 23-At the White House and at the state department. at the Russian. French. German. British and Italian embassies and the Japan- ese legation today. where inquiries were made regarding rumOrs of peace | between Russia and Japan. the most positive statements were made that Ir either of the beTigerents was think ing of proposing peace it was a secret securely locked in the foreign ofl,e at St Petersburg or at Tokio. The pres ident has heard absolutely nothing or an avowed intention on the part oC Russia or Japan 10 sue for peace at this time. much less an actual pro posal. Secretary Hay today aSzrrs.i three ambassadors that while this gov ernment continued ever hopeful for peace, there weIe no indications here that the time for peace was near.
 Sir Mortimer Durand. the British ambassador, is a close personal friend of Lord LansdOwne. and is -a close touch with the British foreign orHca The ambassador had a long talk vIth Secretay Hay. calling at the state de- partment soon after his return from Philadelphia He placed not the slight est confidence in the rumors Of peace. that Japan had asked anybody To pro- pose peace he said he did not believe. and the London government had no. cabled her concerning the reports Baron Sternburg. the German am bassador, has heard nothing from his foreign office on the subject and ueith- CT he nor the president in their con versation yesterday could find a favor able sign of peace at this time This much can be stated on the best autaor- ity, that the president. Emperor ViI- liam and King Edward will scrupu- lously avoid intervening until it Is cer- tain that their services are desired by the belligerents.
 In long talk with the Correspondent of the Associated Press today Count CaSsini. the Russian ambassado-. said talk of peace was never more absur,I than now The ambassador has had positive information from the very highest officials in St. Petersburg that the war will be prosecuted Nith in- creasing vigOr- IL is expected that General Kuropatkin with the opening of the spring campaign will accom- plish much. in view of the reinforce ments he has received The emnerar has every confidence in his military ability.
 ''The peace talk can have but one object" said Ambassador CaSsinI t.,- day. '-the assistance or the Japanese loan. It is about time for Japan Go raise another loan. and these runlors of peace generally begin at such a time l can reiterate. in the light og recent advices I have received. in ths. most emphatic manner. that the var in the far east will end when Russia is victorious and not a moment be- fore. The recent disturbances in Rus sia, while annoying. cannot in the slightest affect the governments for eign policy The war will go oa Co the end. as I have been saying ever since it began Talk Of peace is ri.8ic- ulous, as will be proven by the actlv- uies by General kuroparkin when the spring campaign opens in earnest
 Equally positive statements are made at the Japanese legation that Japan while. of course. is ready for peace on her terms as she has been since the war began. sees no outlook for cessation of hostilities vet. and is preparing to follow up the victories of last autumn with even more ds-ci- sive battles in the spring. now that the fall of Pert Arthur has released the. besieging army there and it Is availa- ble for operations in the north
 Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng. the ChI- nese minister. was another diplomat who called at the state department but could hear nothing of peace