Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-24
THE PRESIDENTS PEACE PRoPo-
SAILS TO JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

volt IN establish peace between the bel
Iioerent nations is spoken of by the
nress as a great diplomatic success.
Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister
Of Washington, refers to it as the most
admirable piece of craftsmanship he
has ever seen. He thinks it will be
regarded as the beacon light of the civ
ilized world The press has praised
the president without an exception. 1t
was a great piece of work and proves
AGAIN that our clear-headed president
knows how to do the right thing at
the right time. We sincerely hope that
the negotiations now on foot will bring
about the much-desired peace. For
russia to continue to fight would
amount to a murder of her soldiers by
the officials in power. 1t has been con-
clusiyely demonstrated to the civilized
world that in the ART of war Russia is
a back number. The sympathy of a
majority of the people of the United
States has been with the Japanese.
The people of this country have not
forgotten the friendly attitude of the
Russian government towards us when
we were in trouble. We are not I'M
grateful for the great services said to
have been then rendered us by Rus
STA. The press has not referred to
this. and a short history of the part
Russia has played in lending this coun-
try a helping hand in time of need is
very interesting.
In our struggle for independence,
during the darkest hours of the Revo-
luton, we received from Russia a
moral support which greatly aided us
i,,In
that time on there was sympathy and
cooperation between Russia and our
nation on questions of belligerent and
mutual rights. There were no misun-
derstandings between the United
States and Russia, the latter did all in
her power to keep up at pe"ce with
The world. In the war of 1872, Russia
offered her mediation to bring the war
to a close. We accepted the offer i'm
medately, but Great Britain refused
The war was fought to finish, and
our navy in that war, proved to be the
greatest sea fighters in the world.
The world, since our recent victor .es
on the seas. acknowledges the --meri-
can superiority in that kind of warfare
The treaty of Client, which brought the
war of 1912 to a close, did not def
nitely settle the northern boundary dis
pute. Again we offered to submit the
questions to Russia as an arbitrator,
but again England refused.
In the war of the Rebellion , 1868,
nearly all of the great European pow
ers heartily wished that the south
would succeed, and that our nation
would be divided What was Russia's
attitude in those trying days? Rus
STA sent to us a most friendly massage,
and this message came to us, like the
morning star, in our darkest hour. Rus
STA said to us that the preservation OF
our Union was necessary to the un1ver-
sal political equilibrium. She pledged
to us her most friendly interest. Will
lam H. Seward was then secretary OF
state and he replied to the effect that
the friendship between the two nations
had it's birth with our national exist
ence Russia has thus proven her
friendship for our nation for more than
one hundred and twenty-five years,
and we sincerely hope that the United
States can now prove to be friend to
her. 1t certainly was fitting and proper
for our president to be the first to
move to bring about peace. Russia
has lost heavily, but we hope she has
learned some most lasting and valuable
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