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MAKES AN APPEAL
TO BOTH NATIONS
PRESIDENT SENDS NOTE TO RUS
STA AND JAPAN.
suLL TEXT OF DOCUMENT
Urges, IN the Interest Of Humanity,
That Warning Powers Conclude
Peaos-President Confident
Il Of Success.

OXBVnS Az Tie 4uLSESst VI x1u10hulCy,
That Warning Powers Conclude
Peaoe-President Confident
Il Of Success.
Washington, June 10.-An identical
note. the text of which, by authority
OF the president, was made public late
Friday night at the white house by
Secretary Loeb, has been forwarded to
the governments of Russia and Japan
by President Roosevelt. In the interest
OF humanity the president urges the
warning nations to conclude peace. It
Is suggested by the president that the
negotiations for peace be conducted
directly and exclusively" between the
belligerent nations. The note indi-
Gates the presidents belief that an in
termediary may not be necessary to
effect conclusive negotiations, but like
wise expresses the presidents willing
ness to do all that he properly may do
to promote the preliminary arrange
ments for time and place for the
meeting OF representatives Of Russian
and Japanese governments. The text
OF the note is as follows:
The Presidents Note.
The president feels that the time has
come when, in the interest Of all man
kind. he must endeavor to see il 1t is
not possible to bring to an end the ter
rible and lamentable conflict now being
Maged. With both Russia and Japan the
United States has inherited ties Of
friendship and goodwill. It hopes for
the prosperity and welfare of each, and
It feels that the progress Of the world
10 set back by the war between these
two great nations. The president ac-
cordingly urges the Russian and Jap
anese governments not only for their
own sakes, but In the interest OF the
whole civilized world, to open direct
negotiations for peace with one an
other. The president suggests that
these peace negotiations be conducted
directly and exclusively between the
belltgarents. In other words, that there
may be meeting of Russian and Jap
ansse plenipotentiaries or delegates
without any intermediary, in order to
see IL It is not possible for these rep
sesentatiyes Of the two powers to
agree to terms Of peace. The presi-
dent earnestly asks that the (Russian)
6Japanese) government do now agree
TO such q meeting, and is asking the
kJapanese) (Russian) government like
wise to agree. While the president
does not feel that any intermediary
should be called in In respect to the
peace negotiations themselves, he is
sntiraly willing to do what he properly
can, II the two powers concerned feel
that his services will be of aid in ar
ranging the preliminaries as to the
time and place OF meeting. But if even
these pfsliminArses can be arranged
directly between the two powers, or in
any other way, the president will be
clad, Is his sole purpose is to bring
about meeting which the whole civil
Used world will pray may result in
psace."
Proposition Will Be Welcomed.
The foregoing note was forwarded to
the Russian and Japanese governments
yesterday afternoon. 1t is rendered
significant by the fact that
1t was prepared and sent only after as
surances had been received from Toxic
and st. Petersburg that such a propo-
sition would be welcomed. While both
Count Cassini. the Russian ambassa-
dor, and Minister Takahira, Of Japan,
Rere oogn1Gant OF the nature of the
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governments through them. 1t was
eAblsd by direction Of the president to
b. Petersburg and Toxic and there
delivered directly to the Russian and
Japanese governments respectively by
Ambassador Meyer and Minister Girls
som.
A formal reply to the note may not
be received for several days, but, as al
ready made clear, informal assurances
that 1t would b welcomed already are
at hand. In view Of the significant
character OF the document and of the
attitnds toward 1t which both Russia
and Japan have assumed, it is regarded
IN ofnetal and diplomatic circles as the
arst arm and decisive step toward ulti-
ma&A peace.
President Is Confident.
When President Roosevelt left Wash
angtpp Friday on two days trip to
Virginia. he was confident that the re-
sult Of tho International negotiations
fpr peaes Ia the far east had been sue
ssssfnl, md that the final blow in the
1usso-JDpanese war had been struck.
90 deeply interested ,s he in bringing
the two belligsrent nations to a com
mon understanding that he would not
have left the white house at the time
when the situation was 70 delicate I'M
I'll he had obtained assurances that his
Efforts to bring Russia and Japan into
contact, In an ahaicable spirit. had been
successfully concluded. While extreme
reticenoe IL manifested in every official
and diplomatic quarter, 1t is known
authoritatively that the exchanges
which have been In progress for the
past ten days between the Washington
government and the powers of the
world including the two belligerent ma
lions have been successful to an unex-
Dectad daSrse. President Roosevelt,
Who hqs tak1a the lead In the negotis-
f1ols. Aas been accorded the cordial
support OF the great continental pow
ers. including Russia's nearest friend
France. The direct representations
made through Ambassador Meyer, at
p Petersburg, to the czar, were rss
,slved ~ Emperor Nicholas in a most
6tendty spirit. Toxic responded in.an
l0ually smicabls way. So near are the
NO warning powers to amicable con-
saCt n this moment that in ALI Wash.