The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-06-16
ROOSEVELT SCORES A TRIUMPH
PERSUADEs RUSSIA AND JAPAN
To SEEK PEACE
Proposition Accepted by Both Powers
-PienipOtentiaries Appointed,
May Meet in Washington.

President Roosevelt scored a dip
.lOmatic triumph Friday by sending to
both Russia and Japan a cablegram,
urging them TO conclude a treaty Of
peace, and rendering them his kind
Offices to bring about negotiations
looking 10 a cessation OF hostilities
and the ending OF the devastating
war
The proposition has been accepted,
and plenipOtentiaries viii be appoint
ed in all probability to meet in Wash
ingtOn, as soon as possible, and in the
meantime an armistice viii be agreed
upon and hostilities viii be suspended
pending negotiations.
Russia Waiting Upon japan.
St Petersburg, June 11.-Russia Is
waiting for Japan TO FIX the time and
place when and where the japanese
terms viii be placed in the hands OF
Russian representatives The foreign
Office expects that the delay will be
brief
The emperOr's government would
prefer that Paris should be the scene
Of the initial step. but il is explained
to the Associated Press that neither
the place nor the personality Of the
Russian representative matters great
".
VIII Have No Power.
The Russian representative viii not
be a plenipOtentiary with full power
to negotiate His duty practically will
be confined to the reception and trans
mission to his government Of the Jap
anese terms for decision as to wheth-
er they afford q basis for actual peace
negotiations He viii be clothed with
power to effect an agreement for the
suspension Of hostilities, which sus-
pension probably viii be for a very
limited period during which Russia
must decide the mOmentous question
Of peace or a prolongation Of the war.
During this temporary armistice,
both countries probably will be free
to continue the movement Of troops
and munitions OF war within pres
cribed limits, although nothing def
mite on this point will be known until
the meeting takes place.
Text Of Presidents Dispatch.
Washington, June 1O.-The follow
ing is the text Of the dispatch sent
to both Russia and Japan By the pres
ident, through the diplomatic chan
nels, Thursday, as given out last
night:
THE president feels that the time
has come when in the interest OF all
mankind he must endeavOr to see il
it is not possible to bring to an end
the terrible and lamentable conflict
now being waged. With both Russia
and Japan the United States has in
herited ties Of friendship and good
will 1t hopes for the prosperity and
welfare Of each, and it feels that the
progress Of the world is set back by
the war between these two great ma
tons
The president accordingly urges
the Russian and japanese govern
ments, not only for their own sakes
but in the interest Of the whole civil
lized world, to open direct negotia-
tons for peace with one another. The
president suggests that these peace
negotiations be conducted directly
and exclusively between the belliger-
ents; in other words, that there may
be a meeting Of Russian and japanese
plenipotentiaries or delegates without
any intermediary, in order to see If it
is not possible for these representa-
tives Of the two powers to agree to
.erms Of peace.
THE president earnestly asks that
the CRussian) (Japanese) government
do now agree to such a meeting, and
is asking the (Japanese) (Russian)
government likewise to agree. While
the president does not feel that any
intermediary should De calleQ WIN
respect to peace negotiations them
selves, he is entirely willing to do
what he properly can If the two pow
ers concerned feel that his services
viii be Of aid in arranging the prelim-
inaries as to the time and place OF
meeting. But II even these prelimin-
aries can be arranged directly be-
tween the two powers, or in any other
way. the president will be glad, as his
sole purpose is to bring about a meet
ing which the whole civilized world
viii pray may result in peace
Greatst Diplomatic Triumph
St Petersburg, June 1O--The text
OF President RoOsevelt's personal ap-
peal to the sOyereigns Of the warning
countries to arrange a meeting Of the
plenfpotentiaries for the purpose Of
agreeing on terms Of peace, which ar
rived hire this morning, rent the VEIL
and for the skeptics at St Petersburg,
who refused to believe President
ROOsevelt's efforts to bring the belig-
erents together could succeed, II came
like a bomb shell. President ROOse-
velt's sole purpose to bring about a
meeting has been achieved and now