The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-31
PEACE DUE TO PRESS
AND THE PRESIDENT.
CORRESPONDENTS OF ST. Pc
TERseuRG PAPERS EXPRESS
THEIR VIEWS OF THE
RESULT.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 81
Mr.. Alexander N. Briantchaninoff.
correspondent Of the ST. Petersburg
Slovo, writing on the situation, says:
Peace, SO long desired. is at last
an accomplished fact. Few believed
In 1t, while many thought 1t impos.
sible. Humanity, however, imposed
peace. and that great man, the Pres
ident of the American nation. wrought
It out with all the force his high
courage and generosity Of character
suggested.
Peace has been obtained on such
conditions that no one can find 1t
unjust or incompatible with the pride
OF the two great people rendered en-.
emies by deplorable misunderstand-
ing, while there were all reasons for
them to be friends and to work to-
gether for the civilization of the Far
East.
"The peace to-day is a victory for
Russia. 1t shows that when her des.
tiny is entrusted to hands worthy of
great people Russia is an imposing
force.
at is great victory for Japan,
also, moral victory, higher and more
respectable than material victory.
as the Japanese showed in splendid
way that after having obtained all the
victories on land and sea, she did not
allow, the 'chauvinistic feeling to
dominate. preferring to be great in
peace, as undoubtedly she has been
great in war.
Victory For Humanity, Too.
But above all, it is victory for
humanity, of which President Roose-
yelt is the noble and energetic cham.
pion. Humanity wanted at any cost
to stop the butchery and 1t acted,
through its organ the press, which
here in Portsmouth has rightfuily
been called the third party interest
ed in the result of the conference.
Indeed, there have been moments in
which the conference seemed at its
end, but the press and the President
rushed to its rescue and brought II
back to life.
in my capacity as Russian lib
eral I am especially glad that such
an important event affecting the in.
ternal life of my worshipped coun.
try should have occurred in the great
United States, toward which the eyes
Of the Russian reformers are often
turned for examples and lessons Of
reasonable energy, Of noble and
broad humanitarianism, Of elevated
patriotism, and, finally, of that liber.
ty OF which we all dream with so
much passion"
Praise Given to Japan.
Mr.. Boris Souvenir, correspondent
of the Noyoe yremya, OF st. Peters
burg. today cabled his paper as fol.
lows: -
Finally we have peace. peace
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will not hurt the Russian feeling. The
Noyoe yremya from the beginning
of the campaign, and even during the
Russian reverses. has never urged a
peace which should not, be entirely
honorable, and this attitude was not
changed during the historic three
weeks Of the Portsmouth conference.
We have always said that a bad
peace would have been worse than
war. We did not want to see Russia
implore humiliating peace of her
successful enemy.
still, peace. not humiliating aid
not seem possible. We could not see
how Japan. victorious and proud OF
her successes over on Of the greatest
military Powers could discuss peace
propositions not dictated by herself.
In fact, the Japanese conditions as
published appeared to us diametrically
opposed to an acceptable peace. How
ever, events have followed each 9TH
er with great rapldity. and when We
we're waiting for rupture In the ne
gotiations suddenly the news OF
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