The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-06-16
|IS RUSSIA'S CHOICE
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS In PARIS,
JAPS WANT WASHINGTON.
1t Is Thought Russia Will Give in
Russian Government Thanks Pres-
dent Roosevelt for His Good Work.
Details of War Council of Russia
Some Wanted War Continued.


Russia's choice for the opening OF
peace negotiations. II Japan insists
upon Manchuria or Washington, Rus
STA doubtless will agree, but Paris is
preferred, and the emperor already is
prepared to issue instructions to M.
Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador to
France to act as plenipotentiary to
receive the Japanese conditions.
The Russian government has COM
municated to the administration at
Washington it's consent to the publ
cation of Russia reply to President
Roosevelt's appeal at the same time
thanking the president warmly for the
friendly and lofty spirit in which 1t
was conceived.
The Associated Press is now able
to give some additional interesting de-
tails of the extraordinary council pre-
sided over by the emperor, which met
recently at Tsarkoe-Selo, and at which
the practical, although not the final,
decision was taken to terminate the
war if the conditions were not too
onerouS.
Besides the older military members
of the imperial family, all of. the cab
, met ministers were present-M. Man
ukhin, minister of justice; General
Fredericks, master of ceremonies;
Prince Dolgeruki, Count Solsky, Bar
on Beese and members of the imperial
:, encourage. General Bragomiroff ano
Vice Admiral Doubassoff were there
as strategic experts of the army ant
! navy.
With Grand Dukes Vladimir ant
, Alexander Michaelovich as leaders, al
the members of the imperial family
. except Nicholas Nicholaevitch favored
r an attempt to conclude peace. Onl.
General Sakharoff, the minister o
:. war, and General LoDko, from amoni
= the ministers, held out for the prose
g cution of the war. The former dis
q played a telegram from General Line
O witch reporting the strategic position
q of the army as good and expressin
q not only confidence in his ability t
Is defeat the enemy, but even to assum
) the offensive General Sakharoff's a.
10 gument, however, was easily ou
l. weighed, as were the consideration
er presented by the other ministers, e
70 pecially as the emperor from the b.
ginning manifested strong dispos
ton to end the struggle if honorabl
g terms were procurable.
There was wide divergence
" opinion as to whether Japan woul
attempt to impose impossible term
ID but the consensus of opinion was thu
D. Japan is too wise to desire now
I'd humble it's gigantic neighbor and fore
conditions which would forever ra
ne kle in the heart of Russia and on
Ill make peace an armed truce till tt
if Russian empire could make furth'
be preparations.
w An enduring peace, it was agree
nd was impossible if Japan tried to for
cy upon Russia humiliating terms SUI
os- as the surrender and disarmament
it Vladivostock and the absolute limit
is ton of Russias naval strength in t
sc Pacific.
&C. The emperor, therefore, was alrea
,p- prepared for the reception of Pre-
cir dent Roosevelts message, which W
he conveyed to the emperor by Ambas'
tie dor Meyer personally the follow
ne day, and his majesty accepted it c.
daily, especially as he had good r.
use son to believe that the president h
di- taken pains to disaDuse his males
he of any idea that the United States W
lat unfriendly to Russia, or desired to S
ian her destroyed as a power in the
lei cific.
in Japan has agreed to President Ro
for evelt's suggestion to appoint pleni
)w- tentiaries to meet those OF RUSSIA.