The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-10
Way Seems Clear.
DIE HAS BEEN CAST.
Gar Will Make Peace if the Terms
Are Not Too Hard


St. Petersburg. June 9.-Midnight.)-
N. Boutiron. first secretary Of the
French embassy. had long conference
with Foreign Minister Lamsdorf this
afternoon. and N BOmpard, the French
ambassador. is hurrying back from
Paris France instead Of displaying
jealousy at the initiative taken by Pres
ident Roosevelt with a view to bringing
Russia and Japan together for peace,
has apparently warmly welcomed il and
viii give 1t cooperation
No fuTther definite development is
now expected until President Roosevelt
returns to Washington from his trim TO
Virginia. Statements in the dispatches
that the presidents sole aim is to bring
the warning powers together in direct
There has been no undertaking on his
part TO aDDrise Russia of the japanese
terms nor. II IS believed. to find a pre-
liminaTy basis for negotiations.
Main Obstacle Removed.
The main obstacle to the presidents
effOrts>haS been removed with the en-
peroT's aCqUiescence in his initiative.
and negotiations are probably now pro-
ceediuE al Toxic.
When the question Of the naming Of
peace pleuipotsntiaTies Is raised. the
name of George De Stall who preceded
Count Benbendorf as Russian ambaz-
sador at London and who was presi-
dent of the peace conference at The
Hague in 1899, at once occurs to every
Russian.
Notwithstanding the progress already
made. a great deal of skeptiCism is
manifested in certain quarters as 10
the result Of President RCOseveIts ef-
forts. The public seems reluctant TO
believe that the emperor could have
assented to anything like movement
toward peace.
Chatter of Cynics.
Some cynics even try to create the
impression that Russia only seeks 10
ascertain Japan's terms and then. by
Haunting the hard conditions imposed
in the faces of the representatives OF
the people when they meet To arouse
the whole nation to resist them Such
talk however. is mere irresponsible
chatter The emperor has east the die
and viii make peace If JaDan's terms be
such that Russia can accept them with
dignity.
The emperor. it must' be 1Ointed out.
has not sued for peace. He has only
assented to a proposition submitted by
the head of a friendly power and the
matter officially goes no further than
that Russia now as ever. Is ready tc
see If a common basis can be reached.
May Avert Crisis.
The commencement OF formal peace
negotiations. especially if coupled with
the prompt announcement of the con-
voking of a national assembly. may
avert the threatened crisis which the
liberals are forcing on the government,
or II may only serve TO pTeCipitate il.
Moscow IS now a perfect hotbed of
protest against the existing regime,
and the address which the deputation
from the alI-Russian zemstvo congress
has brought TO st. Petersburg to pre-
sent 10 the emperor has fairly stunned
the members of the government. Moth
ing approaching such language used in
thu document from men of such stand
ing as those who signed it has ever be-
fore been heard in Russia. There is a
peremptory ring about it which is ON
nous. Those bearing the address came
to ST. Petersburg sclaiming to be the
pIenipotentiaries of the Russian people
delivering an ultimatum. not begging
terms but demanding rights and al
most threatening the government with
civil war if il does not yield. What is
more ominous stiIl is that the body
which this deputation represents has