The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
RUSSIAN PEOPLE
TRUST M. WITTE
Wisdom of Cars Choice Becomes
More Apparent Every Day.
MESSAGE TO ROOSEVELT
PRINCE OUKHTOMSkY'S SUIT
FOR SANDER.

st. Petersburg, July 16.-M. White
spent an hour with Mr.. Meyer, the
American ambassador, at the Klein
michel palace today. discussing the
forthcoming peace conference. Before
leaving for Paris next Wednesday NJ
White viii have still another audience
with the emperor, and in the meantime
he must pay a round of official visits to
all the imperial ministers. NJ White
is expected to be the bearer of a per-
Sonal message from the emperor to
President Roosevelt. The Associated
Press is authorized by NJ. Hartwig, di-
rector of the first department of the
foreign office, to deny in the most cat
egorical fashion the report of the al
legged contents of the Instructions of
NJ. White. published in Paris by the
Echo de Paris. and elsewhere abroad.
Mere Guesses.
Reports pretending to reveal the
character of the instructions 10 the
Russian plenipotentiaries are mere
gUesSwork,'' said NJ. Hartyig. These
instructions have been seen by only
four persons, the emperor, NJ. White,
Foreign Minister Lansdorff and my
self. The Echo de Paris says they con
Sist of five pages, whereas the fact is
they cover over twenty pages. The pa
per says the instructions are very
vague, while, on the contrary, they are
very detailed. On one point only ac-
cording to the Echo de Paris. are they
absolutely specific, namely, as to the
vostok, but can say to you that there
are many others Gil bien d'autres).
Pure Inventions.
NJ. Hartwig also pronounced the sto-
ries that NJ. Muravieff's dispIa cement
was the result of intrigues by Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff. to be pure inven-
lions.
The Novostoi says it believes that the
desire of the anti-German coalition.
which Great Britain is trying to en-
gineer to restore Russia as a threat
against German aggression, should be
a powerful diplomatic weapon in the
hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries.
Europe wants to end the war" says
the paper, 'aS Russia'S preoccupation
in the far east destroys the political
equilibrium. Austria is in danger from
Germany. which seeks a thoroughfare
to the Adriatic in exchange for COM
pensation in the Balkan peninsula Ger
many has pTetensiOns now which she
would not have dreamed of before the
war. 1t is evident from
the Morocco incident that Europe wants
peace in order that Russia may safe
guard her against German aggression"
Supports White.
Prince Mestchersky. editor of Crash
DAMN. I'm warmly supporting NJ. Whites
appointment, declares him to be the
only Russian statesman equal to the
task set him
Reports are printed that NJ. Putkov-
sky, formerly Russian financial agent
at New York, will be added to the COM
mission or Will replace as one of the
Shipoff, director of the Russian treas
ury department, but these reports can
not be confirmed tonight.
Count Ignatieff, instead of Prince
SViatOpolk- Mirsky. will succeed NJ.
Bouligan as minister of the interior,
according to the Slovo.
Prince Oukhtomslzy editor OF the
st. Petersburg Viedomosti, has brought
suit against the Novoe Nremya and NJ.
for SANDER NJ Skaal-
kOvsky in the Novoe Vremya has not
been sparing in his attacks on NJ. Mu-
ravieff, and on July IL, as told in these
Prince Oukhtomsky took
NJ. Skaalkovsky personally to task in
the NiedOmosti, whereupOn the former
writer assailed the prince, saying that
he was no fool. but recalling Victor
Hugo's observation that while every
man has a right to be fool he should
not abuse the right Prince Oukhton-
sky was also arraigned for alleged
subsidies which he received from the
government and for his interest in
railroads and fantastic Monaghan
mines, which compelled him out of
gratitude to compose servile pane
gyrics."
VIII Be No Duel.
1t was thought that these attacks
would result in a duel between the two
writer's.
The Bourse Gazette prints long
article attacking the Northeastern ST.
berian company of St. Petersburg.
which is presided over by NJ. Contion-
livsky, having Admiral Abasea, of
Yalu fame, among the stockholders, but
which the paper says is really managed
by John RoSin, an American. for the
benefit Of Americans. The Bourse Ga
zette asserts that the company has TAX
en- entire possession of the spacious
ChakotSky peninsula, where mining
privileges are denied to Russians. 1t
the whole affair as "a
warning against the American invasion
of Russian territory, which is connived