Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-10
PRESIDENTS MUTE
TO RUSSIA AND JAPAN
!, Interest Of Civilized World
ue Urges Them to Open Direct
Negotiations for Peace
NO INTERMEDIARY NECESSARY.
B,ron spcek Won siembsrp, Germas
Ambassador Has Been Ills
Right Bower

washington, juno p,'-An Identical
,o,o tho text Of which by authority OF
,he prcsIdont was made public late to-
p,sh, AT the White House by SecN
ooh has been forwarded to the gov.
,rnmcnls Of Russia ana Japan by Pres
,acni Roosevelt In tho interest Of hui
manly tho president urges the warning
nations 10 conclude peace II Ia auR'
se,,oA by the president that the ncRo'
so,,ons for peace be conducted direct
10 and exclusively between the bcl'
,s,ront nations, The note indicates
,hc prosldonts belief that an intcrme'
dlory may not be necessary 10 enocl
ooncmalyo negotiations, but likewise oN
nrosses the presidents Willingness 10
40 All thnt ne properly may do 20 pro-
wole the preliminary arrangements Tor
n limo and place for The meeting Of
representatives Of the Russian ana Jap.
oncso governments,
TEXT OF THE NOTE,
Tho following II the text Of the dis
balch AZ given OUT
ION june s the following dispatch
was sent by the president through
automatic channels, 10 the japanese
ond Russian goyornment'l
o'rhe president feels that tho. TINE
has como I'm the interest OF an
mankind whom no must ondenVor 10 soc
n n II possible 10 bring to AN end tho
terrible and lnmontable conflict now
belng wagcd win both Russia ana
Japan the United states has inherited
llcs NJ friendship ana good VIII u
hopes for the prosperity ana welfare ~
each, ana n feels that the progress or
the world IN vet back by the war be-
tween these two great nations,
uTho president accordingly urges tho
Russian ana Japanese governments not
amy for their own sakes but In the In.
,epesl Of the whole civilized world 10
open direct negotiations Tor peace with
one another The prosldon, suggests
mai these poace NEGOTIATIONS be con.
duclod directly and exclusively DO
tween tho bclllgorcntsi In other words
maj There may be- meeting ~ Russian
and Japanese plcnlpotonllarlcs or dele
oates without any intermediary IN
order 10 see II II Ii not possible for
these representatives Of the Two powers
10 agree to terms Of peace, Tho prcsi-
dent earnestly asks that the WussIan)
Oapanose) government do now agree
10 such a meeting and IL asking the
Japancse) ORusslan) government to
agree likewise
oWhnc the president does not feel
mai any Intermediary should he called
with respect Ia tho peace negotiations
themselves, he II entirely willing 10 do
what No properly can, II the powers
concerned feel that his services win ho
" effect IN arranging tho prollmInnrlcs
ma IN the time ana place NJ meeting,
pui n cyon those pronmlnnrios ram bo
arranged directly between the two
powers, or I'm any other way the presl.
dent viii be glad, nv Mis- sole purpose IL
to bring about meeting which tho
Whole chllzcd world viii pray may re-
sul IN peace"
The foregoing note was forwarded Ia
the Russian and Japanese governments
yesterday II IL rendered especially
significant by tho fact that II was pre-.
pared ami sent only after assurances
Mad been received from Toxic ana 81
Petersburg mat such proposition
wtOld Ne welcomed, While both Count
Caaslnl the Russian ambassador, and
Minister TuRahlra Of Japan, were cog.
Meant Of tho nature ~ tho note, II wa'
MOI sent 10 tho respective government
through them II was cablod by direc'
lion Of the president 10 g. pctersburs
ana Toxic ana there delivered direct,
10 The Russian and Japanese govern
mtn,s respectively by Ambassador
Meyer and Minister drlscom,