New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed in Last Weeks
Paper,

Now that vacation time has come. 1 suppose
the Car is wondering how he will spend his, re-
marked the Busy Man.
mot Just yet" responded the Constant Reader.
''T'he Car has been especially busy listening 10
peace proposals. Ever since Togo wiped out Rus
sia's last feet, the party at St Petersburg
has been weakening. Its leaders were asSaliea
everywhere by the press. that before hao peeh
loyal to it, and at meetings which cursed the
bureaucrets, and threatened a revolution unless
-,eace was declared At Moscow, in spite OF police
prohibition, the All Russian Zemstvo Congress was
held which demanded popular assembly that
might vote 10 end the war. Journalists at ot'
Petersburg to escape the vigilance OF Governor
General Trepor whom the Czar had clothed with
dictatoriaI powers. held meeting on boat IN
the Nova, and passed resolution IaVoFHls
revolution Near the capital q great meeuns
rose 10 fits feet deaed the police, and yelled Ter
the Cars downfall. Ugly reports OF mutihF
among the soldiers also reached the Gar ears
Accordingly, when the American Ambassador ap
preached the Car with the proposal that FreSueii
Roosevelt would be willing TO open the way lof
reace negotiations IS said that he welcomed lne
proposition. The President sounded the hih"uO
and from him also received friendly assurances
The assent of the other powers was then oD'aheu
and thereupon the President Issued puphc state
raent saving he had appealed to both the oeihsei-
ents to end the and had offered his services IN
o,r,g5ns, the time and place for the beginning OF
negotiations The action Of the President Is re-
garded everywhere as a mastery suoAe'
Il understand that meanwhile the armies ha''
STONED fighting" said the Busy Man.
The rlunor to that effect was unfouhoeo' re-
,lsad tho Constant Reader. "Oyama has oeeh
noupdjng Inevftch and has driven his troops nor III
SO far that the Japanese are now "l'hh sti4h'.e
distance of the Harbin-V -Vladivostok railway AS
soon as they cut this VladiVostok VIII DC iSoi'eo
Eighteen transports have landed more japanese al
Co. ~ rainforce Oyama and most Of Tosos
feet is now moving toward Vladivostok aoso no
longer worries about the three Russian ships
which escaped under Admiral Enquist ana .ooh
refpqe in Manila President Roosevelt decided
49, +La,- co,,ld stav only twenty-four hours for
ra,atrs vbereat the Car ordered them intefneo'
The Russian losses in Corean Strait are no" esti-
mated at 1900 dead and 4,Soo captured
1T certainly will be q relief 10 nave the wa.
ended" said the Busy Man. Ihen Europe WIN
have peace" .ho
Constant Reader. with a shrug of the shoulders
In the last week four countries nave hAu u4-
culties which, if carried too far might uis'u" '9
tranquility of Europe. They are Norway ana
-. .,5 France and Germany, Norway sud
denIv and unexpectedly to outside opserVefs'
seeded from Sweden. The Norwegian oloi 'n.ile' @
or Parliament voted TO dissolve the union oi N"i
way and Sweden, which had exlstea ios e"e 4aS'
ninety years. and Herewith deposeu hihs So. So
Yet to show that it had no i'll will TO MN persoi-
sIv If asked him TO choose young prince OF ms
house for king of Norway, What pfecipi.,.71 N
this action was King Oscars reIusa4 " es'0D @
an independent consular service fof NoI"aS' i'Ao
action which Sweden will take will depend Ihuch on
the action Of the Swedish Riksdag, "hich inc
venerable King has summoned for an extraordinary
session All the Norwegian members or the oipio-
ynatic and consular service Of the King have re-
signed"
But you don't mean te say that france ana
Germany ara on the way to war;" interrupted the
Busy Man.
no. no; not as bad as that" responded the
Constant Reader with half smile. EXTERNALLY All
is serene although there have been profound IN
ternal Disturbances. Morocco is the Immediate
cause of the trouble The failure of France 10
assert dominant influence in Morocco caused Aa
DeicassA its Minister of Foreign Affairs, who mad
been cb,Hy responsible fer this policy, to resign.