Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-31

WAR STILL THE CRY
Russian Commission Reports Against Peace Plans.
JAPANESE COLUMN AT SITJASA.
Ct. Petersburg Looking For . Move From Washington or Paris-Peas- ant Revolutionists Making
 Trouble For Government.

LONDON. March 31. Dispatches from St. Petersburg say that the i'm perial commission, under the presiden- cy of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie- witch, which has been considering the question of prosecuting the war, has completed it's preliminary report and favors continuation of the war.
 The report says there is nothing in the situation, either financial or mili- tary, to prevent it's prosecution.
 A special from St. Petersburg says that Russia and Japan have selected President Roosevelt as mediator to end the war, that negotiations are already in progress and that the suspension of hostilities may shortly be expected.
 The Washington dispatches are scanned with especial eagerness. The reports of President Roosevelt's confer ences with Minister Takahira and Am bassadors Jusserand and Speck von Sternburg. in spite of official denials, are believed in diplomatic circles here to relate to the opening of negotiations.
 The foreign office continues to main- tain that Russia has taken no official step, which certainly is literally true. There is an important admission, how ever, that Ambassador Jusserand upon his own responsibility may have given President Roosevelt the French idea of Russia's position.
 In view of the peasant agitation throughout the country some of the newspapers are seriously alarmed at the effect of the recent pastoral ad- dress of the metropolitan of St. Pe- tersburg, M Antonius. as being a di- rect indictment to the ignorant peas- ants to begin a war of extermination against the entire educated class, and | the papers are demanding that the metropolitan and the holy synod, whose mouthpiece it is assumed Antonius was, take immediate measures to coun- teract the effect of his statements
 A telegram from Sitjasa, Manchuria says that a Japanese column. which is probably carrying out flanking move ment, has been seen twenty-sever miles northeast of Sipinghai seventy four miles, north of Tie pass.
 At St. Petersburg a man dressed as 2 porter fired three revolver shots at z secret police agent in Great Morskais street last night. All the shots missed their aim. The assailant was arrested
 A Tokyo dispatch says Russia's evi dent desire for peace is observable t' Japanese statesmen the same as to thu rest of the world, and they possess good facilities to correctly estimate tn, peace tendencies in responsible Rus sian quarters. Japan knows that Rus sia wants peace without indemnity without humiliation and without rig orous terms, but it is clear that som vAry substantial indemnity is neces saiy as compensation for Russia's caus ing Japan to engage in this costly wal
 The land owners of the governmen of Kharkov are almost panic strickel at the spread of rural disorders, an, many of them are deserting their es tates and flocking to the cities
 The peasants of the Bolachoff dis trict, in the government of Saratoy are already discussing division of th properties of the large proprietors.
 Thousands of peasants have marches through the town of Gori carrying re flags and destroyed number of shops The crowd also attacked military pa trol. whereupon the soldiers fired vo Icy, wounding ten of the peasants, on of whom has since died.
 A Harbin dispatch says that Japanes scouting parties are actively endeavol ing to pierce the screen of the Russia vanguard posts and develop the disp' sition and strength of the position near Sipinghai.
 Yesterday there was smart brus where General Mistchenko is stationed the Japanese pressing forward in determined endeavor to learn hi [ strength.