Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
Nicholas PreSCribeS to His
 People What He Wants
NOTHING HUMILIATIN6
A Message Which Brings All Glasses of Russians TOgsther-This Mes sage Is not Anticip4tOry Of Rssalt of the Portsmouth Meeting.

St. Petersburg. July 3I.-Emperor Nicholas martial message 70 the Or-n- burg clergy in which he expressed his determination to conclude a peace hon olable to Russia or worthy of her greatness and which was gaZetted yes terday. is reprinted in every paper In Russia today. It has struck a rcspou- sive chord in many quarters. even among the friends Of peace. The em-
 peror's words. however, by no means bear out the construction placed upon them by the jubilant war party nor do they at all exclude the idea Of a sue cessfuI termination Of the approaching negotiations at Portsmouth. but they | certainly strengthen the militant splr.t aroused by the cabled versions of the Sato interviews and the cold figures | representing the supposed extent of the demands of Japan
 Subsequent explanations have failed
 to efface this idea of oppression en- | tirely and many voices have been rais-
 ed to the government to resist oncrOus ! conditions For example the mer- ! chants of Moscow. who are largely old : believers and who control much of the wealth of the nation. are sending an ! address to General Linevitch tO express ! confidence that the army will defend ! Russsa's honor and that a humillAtius
 peace will not be made
 While many influences tending Co
 unify the nation. if it should be ueces-
 sary to continue war. are evidently in ] operation. no disposition Is shown 0" anticipate the result of the peace con ference nor to make the task of thr | commissioners more difficult Wlttc's
 presence at the head of the mission ts
 regarded as a guaranty that the ac- l ceptance of basis of peace WAl t-
 found if possible. In significant
 connection with the peace conference
 is the meeting of the emperor.s chosen
 councillors twenty-tWo iu number.
 representative of both the liberal
 and conservative schools. as well as tLr
 ministers. which will be helc tomorrow
 q day sooner than was expected, t'
 pass their verdict on the national aS- semblv project The deliberation prob
 ably wiu continue week p-rnaI's
 longer. but the emperor wishes Co reach a conclusion before the birthday of Grand Duke Alexis Nikolatvitch helr to the throne. Aug r. and manifesto
 generally is expected on that day PromulgatiOn of an 1cceptahie re- form project would make the accept ance of the decision or the peIce c1-i- ference. either for or against peace much easier. President Ntkiiln- N- t--r St. Petersburg uOuilla. biie lI-'''---7 eral member of the delegation Whici [ presented the zemstvO address to lAe emperor. in an interview today u-- 9 cIared that criticism of a project De-
 fore the publication of the particulars
 Dvollld be premature and uncalled l1i- and that such details as 10 the tosin 7 of representation and the extent ot [ suffrage were unimportant. as the rep . resentatives of the people themseife es I would decide what form would De oes' r when they meet
 f Several papers today comment ol'
 the proposition 10 make the Baltic "a
 mare clausum. The question ts Ern-
 erally regarded as one between Gree 7 Britain and Germany, in which iS1s- sia is a disinterested spectator