Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-16
..,,,,IDO,I EXPECTS PEa,..
FRENCH BANKERS REFUSE TO
LOAN MONEY TO RUSSIA.
CUTS CFF The s!NEWs OF WAR
Difficulty in Securing F.;nds May
Force the Emperor TO Begin Megc-
tiations With France-kcuropatkin
Brings Order Cut Ct Chaos at Pass

London, March 15.-BJ delay il
pressing his pursuit of Russias de-
featei and demoralizcd army to Tie
pass, Field Marshal Oyama has af-
fordcJ General kouropatEin time to
sort cut tne GiscrganiZed units OF his
command and restore his forces to at
least a semblance Of order. So far
as known there is no considerable
force CT jap" csc nearer Tie pass
t I six Or c:Slt miles, but in Rus
sian quarters tScre is a feeling of ap-
pre- encion that some turning move
ment, q which there is no definite in
formation, is II progress. From Japa-
neso sources it is reported that many
struggling parties CT Russians, cut OH
from their commands in the retreat
from Mukdel, are surrendering UPON
the appearance Of the Japanese troops.
The council Of war summoned by En-
pcr"r Nicholas is reported tc have de
ciGed that the war must be carried
forward. TIE al!-import2nt question
CT financial means, however, is said
to have reached no solution, the stu
alton being complicated by the report
ed decision OF French capitalists not
to negotiate the loan recently offered
by st. Petersburg. The probability as
regarded in ST. Petersburg seems to
be that when General Kouropatkin
has completed the task CT reorganiz-
ing what is left of his army, he viii
be permitted to return to Russia and
that the command in Manchuria vii
be entrusted to General Sukhomlimoff,
whose war apprenticeship was served
under General DraS0miroff, who has
been regarded as the foremost of us
sia's scientific soldiers. It is possible,
however, that the command will go to
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch.
Tie revolt of the French bankers
is considered by the London newspa'
pa-s as the most hopeful ana import
ant news Of the day. promising Ar
early conclusion of peace between
Russia and Japan. Apparently tt
proposed loan has no. boz ahsoj'ta
ly refused. bat onlT "roe' pnsa,, t.
however, is regarded a. p t0g ia
mount to a refusal, and IS eE1ected
to speak lou1er to the Rus party
even than kouropatkin's reverse al
Mukden. 1t is regarded thu J. tn
death Of NJ. German. the 'nte -ov
e9nor Of the Credit Lyonnais, 1U3sia
lost her strongest financial frier2 in
France, ard that had 10 feor 800 n"
difficulty would have -
enced. With the AEleri,lE AID g
is:l markets closed to her, il is
thought that Russia can orr urn to
Germany, who is not II : to be
much more responsive tha France
and the only alternative would seem
to be to make peace. Reports 0ro cur
rent here that Japan will now 'amanA
an indemnity Ct between S5O0,000,G'O
and S750OO0,G0O.
The correspondent at St. Petersburg
Of the Daily Telegraph predicts thai
the Russian authorities will have to
battle with an angry sea of troubles
in connection with the mobilization o.
a new army. The correspondent re-
lates as an example that a few days
ago an attempt to mobilize Cossacks
in the Kuban district of the Caucasus
met with fat disobedience and thai
the employment of force led to seri
n,,c h1nn5CbnI