The Worthington advance., 1905-03-31
PEACE i MAY soon
Be Declared
END OF WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA
JAPAN MAY COME WITH
IN SIX WEEKS.
rndica tions Are That Negotiations Are
Already Under Way-Japan Said
to Have Offered Terms Which Rus
sia Can Accept.

CLCA SOul VoASA AO VI ,
stop the war!" is increasing. The
folly and futility Of carrying hostilities
further are admitted by financiers,
bankers, merchants and, indeed. by the
majority Of military men. The latter
foresee the inevitable loss Of Kirin,
which would add hundred fold to the
difficulties of maintaining the army. 1t
is loudly asserted that the time to
make peace was after Liaoyang, or as
this opportunity was missed, after
Mukden. It is feared another disaster
is impending, and it is believed this
would render the situation hopeless,
leaving Harbin and Vladivostok at
the mercy of the japanese.
Peace Likely in Six Weeks.
st. Petersburg, March 27.-The in
formation contained in dispatches for
over a week regarding the change in
Emperor Nicholas attitude concerning
the advisabiliiy of making pacific pro-
posals to Japan is fully confirmed. and
in very high quarters peace within six
weeks is regarded as certain. The
positiveness with which this is affirm
ed would indicate that the government
is already in possession of information
as to the Japanese terms, which indi-
cate a basis to which Russia can agree.
The exact situation is shrouded in mys
terry The secret of what has been
done and what is being done is zeal
ously guarded.
Pourparlers in Progress.
1t is reported, however, from source
close to the throne that pourparlers are
actually in progress in Paris, but pos
sibly only of preliminary character,
and that Copenhagen may be the scene
of the first exchanges between repre-
sentatives of the two powers. In this
connection Importance is being attach
ed to the visit of NJ. D'Iswolsky, Rus
sian minister at Copenhagen, and Bar
on Rosen, former Russian minister to
Japan, to M. Bompard, the French am
bassador to Russia, on Tuesday. The
parties to this conference refuse to ad-
NIT that significance is attached to it.
In the meantime the foreign office is
silent
Powers Urge Gear to End War.
In this connection it is said that
practically all Europe has lately urged
Emperor Nicholas to make peace, the
king of Portugal being the latest to
make an appeal. This pressure from
Europe, together with the military and
financial reverses, appears to have in
fuenced Emperor Nicholas to try to
secure son1e- acceptable settlement.
Russia Has Lost 100000 Men.
Stung by the wholesale criticism
lately heaped upon the war Office for
it's unpreparedness and incapacity in
providing the Manchurian army with
men, guns and munitions, the army Or
gan Saturday laid bare what has been
done since the opening of hostilities,
giving the exact figures. From these
it appears that up to March II the war
Office had dispatched 13,0Sl officers.
761 .467 men, 14S,4O8 horses, 1881 guns
and 316.321 tons of munitions and sup
plies to the front. Military men find
from the figures practical admission
that the war has cost almost 100000
men in killed, wounded, prisoners and
sick, as the whole effective force in
the far east is now believed not to ex-
ceed 100000 men.