The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-03-31
PROMISE PEACE
lin SIX. WEEKS
News Comes From Many Sources
That War Is Nearing an End.
AGENTS ARE CONFIRMING
Gar Said to Be Already in Possession
Of Terms Formulated BY Japan.
Movement Is Guarded.

A st. Peterburg's dispatch says
The Information contained in these
dispatches for over week regarding
the change in Emperor Nicholas at
titude concerning the adVisabllIty of
making a pacific proposal TO Japan Is
fully confirmed and In very high quar-
ters peace within six weeks Is re,
garded as certain, The positivencss
with which this Is affirmed would in
dicate that the government Is already
In possession of information, as the
japanese terms would indicate la.
sis which Russian can agree to.
The exact situation Is shrouded In
mystery. The secret OF what has been
done and what Is being done is zeal
ously guarded. The Associated Press
hears, however, from source close
to the throne that pour parleurs are
actually In progress in Paris, but pos
sibly only OF a preliminary charac'
ter, and that Copenhagen may be the
scene of the first exchanges between
representatives of the two powers.
In this connection importance Is be-
ing attached TO the visit OF M. DIS.
wolsky, Russian minister at Copenha'
gen, and Baron Rosen, former Rus
sian minister to Japan, to lombard,
the French ambassador to Russia, on
Tuesday. The parties to this confer
ence refuse to admit that significance
Is attached to 1t. In the meantime,
the foreign ONCE is silent.
Inquiry, says a Paris special, tends
20 confirm strongly the statement al
ready made that approaches toward
peace have begun at q private confer
ence in q northern European capital
In view Of the statement from ST.
Petersburg that pour parleurs were
going on in Paris, the Associated Press
Saturday night called at the Russian
embassy and the Japanese legation
Ambassador Nelidoff stated specifical
~ that he knew nothing about sucf
negotiations being in progress, ant
Minister Montono, while declining Il
discuss the general question of peace
authorized the statement that no poul
parleurs were occurring in Paris. A
the foreign office It was also statec
that officials there were not aware o.
steps toward peace.
The foregoing statements by Coun
NelIgoff and DR.. MontoDo, while indi
eating that negotiations are not pro
ceedlng in Paris, do not alter thu
main statement that peace prelimna
ries are actually progressing else
where.
The parsonage acting for Russia II
the preliminary stage Of the negotla
lions is described as "a leading gene
raj"
The parsonage acting for Japan j
not disclosed but he Is believed Il
be one who has heretofore taken NJ
prominent part In Japanese AFFAIRS.
Il is stated in French diplomat
quarters that among the conditions o
peace which Japan might ask woul
bo that Russia give a pledge TO bull
no more warships for term OF years
A diplomatic official said that sue
a condition would be the most ehec
i've means OF assuring Japan agains
Russia's carrying out her cherlshe
project Of naval rearmament for IN
renewal OF hostilIties under better COZ
ditiona than those at present exis
ing.
II Il we'll known that Russia COZ
templates a huge plan OF naval reh'
bilitation.
This appears to have stimulated il
pans diplomats TO consider means
avoiding a peace that would be equi
alent TO no more than truce durin
which Russia would have time
forge an effective weapon, and, Their
fore. the intimation IL now given thu
limitation OF Russian naval armamer
may figure as a means OF ensur'ng
prolonged peace in The Orient