The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
ceedings Of the conference being record
ed in both tongues.
Maybe Another Battle.


London, June 17.-The practical
certainty now that the peace negotia-
tons can not begin for another month
leads to the conviction that another
battle viii be fought in the interval
According to the Daily Telegraph 5
Tientsin correspondent a japanese for
ward movement has already COM
menced. in spite of the rainy season.
The Daily TeIegraph's Toxic CORE
spOndent gives an interesting idea of
the situation from correspondent
who is said to be in a good position to
know the actual facts This corre-
spondent says the principal Russian
depot is at Gunshu pass whence
many light railways are being con-
structed northWard to facilitate re-
treat. Lieutenant General Linevitch,
bewildered by the strategy of the Jap
anese, is making repeated recon-
naissances and throwing out innumer-
able scouts. Nevertheless at the pres
ent moment, the correspondent says,
his army is completely envelOped. The
Japanese army has made a circle q
hundred miles in circumference
around LdneVltch and is gradually
closing in. The Japanese correspond
ent of the Morning Post says the
Russian evacuation of Omoso shows
that General KaWanamura of the
army of the Yalu," despite the diff
hculties met over a mountainous coun-
try has arrived. in time to synchronlze
with the movements OF the other Jap
anese armies and the correspondent
adds storing events are imminent.
Russian Press Comment.
st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE note
of the foreign Office announcing that
the negotiations for the meeting of
the Russian and Japanese plenipoten-
tiaries were proceeding rapidly was
printed without comment in the morn
ing papers but the press is discussing
japanese probable terms and declares
with practical unanimity for con-
tinuatiOn of the war rather than the
acceptance of humiIiating conditions.
In this the newspaper are upheld by
puDuc opinion which is steering
around to support the war policy il
Japans terms prove too hard. Only
the Nasha Ziesn advises Russia that
she need not be alarmed at the pay
ment of indemnity, the cesSion of the
island of Sakhalien, the remuneration
of her right to keep warships in far
eastern waters or the surrender of
VladlVOstok but the paper holds that
Russia must retain northern Man
churia and the Vladivostok railroad.
The BOurse Gazette, which draws a
gloomy picture of Russia's relations
with France, Great Britain, Germany
and Austria the NOVOe Vremya and
the reactionary Sviet sound hostile
notes against the United States. The
NovOe Vremya reiterates that Russia's
chief enemies in the far east are not
the japanese but the British and
Americans on account of their COM
mercial rivalry, while the SViet objects
to Washington as the place of meeting
for the plenipotentiaries. declaring
that the atmosphere there is unfriend-
ly and asserting that Russia s repre-
sentatives viii be subjected to pre-
judicial interferences in the capital
of the enemy.s ally"
All the papers discuss the retire
ment of Grand Duke Alexis from the
Office of high admiral and a general
feeling of relief is manifested at the
fact that the present naval regime is
ended.