The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-14
TRICKS BY RUSSIANS?
IS CHAR SEEKING ONLY TO LEARN
 FOES TERMS.
Japan Will Hold Back--IsIanders Ger tain to Delay Action Until Sure of Good Faith of the Mus
 covitc.
Walter wellman's Washington Special
 to Chicago Record-Herald.

Walter wellman's Washington Special
 to Chicago Record-Herald.
 Are the Russians up to their old tricks in this peace business? Reports involving the sincerity and good faith of Czar Nicholas's acceptance of the principle of open-table negotiations with Japan proposed by President Roosevelt have reached this city through both official and unofficial channels. They were the first things laid before President Roosevelt tonight when he returned to the White House from his weekend sojourn in Virginia. As the man who is now the foremost figure in all the world stepped out of his carriage in the White House porte- cochere at 10 o'clock tonight clad in rough -and-ready suit with leggings and the familiar slouch hat, there were waiting for him. besides a horde of newspaper men, Secretary of War Taft The Secretary stood on the stone steps, and as the President sprang out he cried gayly: Hello, Taft! How is the IidY' A few minutes later the President and the Secretary were studi- ously inspecting a number of impor- tant dispatches which had been received and translated since the President left Washington on Friday.
 According to the reports, which seem to be accurate, but which the reader Is cautioned are not yet confirmed from official sources, and are therefore to be taken with a measure of reserve for the present, theCzar had made 1t known that while Russia will appoint peace plenipotentiaries to meet the condi- tions of the Czar's acceptance of the Presidents proposal, these pelnipoten- tiaries are not to have plenary power and are not to meet the envoys of Japan with power to arrange definite tems. If this be true, then the Czar is not acting in good faith. He is merely proposing to name envoys who are to receive the terms of Japan and then submit the to St. Petersburg. where the final decisions must after ward be taken.
 At this junctufe comes a well authen- ticated report from Tokio that the Japanese Government will not name it's peace envoys till 1t shall have been advised of the appointment of the Rus sian plenipotentiaries. and, further. shall have been informed of the nature of the powers which the Czar's agents are clothed with. The Japanese do not propose to be caught in the wiles of Russian diplomacy. Present indica- tions are that the Russians are trying simply to elicit the Japanese terms. not perhaps with a view to an honest endeavor to met them, but to use them as a reason why the war should be continued. If. as is highly probable, Japan demands a large indemnity, the Russians might immediately turn to their people. declare the impossibility of submitting to such national humiliation, and use what they regard as the severity of the terms as an ap- peal to Russia to gird up its Joins and resume the death struggle.
 Although both Russia and Japan have accepted the proposal of the President to have an open table conference be- tween envoys of the two powers, and the President had hoped to make public to- night or tomorrow the text of the &C., ceptanoe received both from St. Peters burg and Tokio. it is feared this obsta- cle may clog the wheels for some days to come and make 1t necessary for President Roosevelt to do his work over again to a large extent. If the hitch, as yet only rumored and not known with sufficient certainty to ena- ble one to declare 1t without reserve should prove a serious matter, there Is no doubt the President will again bring to bear his now well-known skill and indomitable courage and endeavor to straighten out the tangled web.
 The Japanese are intensely suspicious of Russian good faith. They have had a good deal of experience with Musco- vite diplomacy and are better judges of It's quality and sincerity than We of the West. The Japanese are moving with extreme caution. They will in- sist upon Russia naming her envoys and apprising Japan of the character of their powers before Tokio names and instructs her plenipotentiaries.