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Brooklyn Eagle Editor Gives Some in,
dressings Views. Z,

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terestinss Views.
u In his recent lecture on Journalism
on the I. II. Bromley foundation at
Yale, DR.. St. Clair McKelway. editor
OF the Brooklyn Eagle, said:
| have remarked concerning news
papers and business men. ] would
like to submit n few words concern.
Ing the relations Of the press 10 pub.
lie mon. Those relations are improv.
Ing. Public men are finding that what
may be called the rowdy press cal do
to them no harm. Decent newspapers
are finding that rowdy public men
can do to them no harm-and no
good---in the long run. There are
rowdy public men. There are rowdy
newspapers. They have natural
likeness and affinity, one for the 9th.
err. The decent sort of public men
and the decent sort of newspapers
are letting the rowdy sort alone. A
line of cleavage In every reading COM
munity forms itself between decent
public men and rowdy public men. or
the rowedy public journals. They
are significantly alike. Both have an
uncommon desire not to be or to he.
come, but to be thought better Or
greater than they are and they know
they are. They do not wait for people
TO see or to infer their merits or their
achievements. People might be mis-.
taken or people might be slow. Proc.
lamation assists perception and quick.
ems the pace OF 1t.
AS for the relations between up
right public men and upright news
papers, let this be said: Such public
men are generally in public trusts
Such newspapers are opponents OF
news and views by men trained III
that art and duty. Thus the rela
tons between such men and such
newspapers are practically relations
pe.wecii' iet US sa!' o"lcei'o' 'le ''''
eUi'ors' reporterS' correspondents "i'o
tie lihe' heir 'ciu'tois IMMUNITY
aliect tiie eotisiuer'lt'o Oh VI p'oitc III
lesests. iupiic men worthy Vi tn'
name would benefit the city, State
OF Iation' lhey peiie'e tiat the
iueas Vi tiie't purity are iiheis W W
'ilat' lhes "oulu No'u lheir P'r''
10 us lucas anu 10 us iueals. I u'ii'
Journals wo"lu 10 '''e s 'I NOV
public men divide OH by parties. Par
ties aiVlde on INES Oh policy an'
principle. Journals divide on TIL
same lines. me relations petwee'
me press ana pnpiic men are prina
rily, therefore, those oil alliance 0
! OIL opposltioh' mat depends on ilks
ness or OF nnlikeness or belief. Part
: action Is mat Dy ~hich puDlic ne
; ana pubic Journals aifect one ahotl
er. Inc pubic men are one set 0
:, factors, anu tiie pubic Journals ar
anolher SET. me part Oh the puDii
man is the spoken WORD. me PAL
OF Inc pupiic journal Is inc write
WORD. But the spoken WORD, miles
made the printed word, is not ia
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06
THE WEST 'YiiIIRIGINIAN'S
I.IOFFICIALSDIRECTORY

~ y 80 10
+ President OF the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York.
Vice President Charles W. Fair
banks, OF Indiana.
Secretary Of state-John Hay, Of
Ohio.
Secretary Of the Treesury-Leslle
NJ. Shaw, Of Iowa.
Secretary OF war-wm. H. Taft, OF
Ohio.
Attorney General-w. H. Moody. Of
Massachusetts.
Postmaster General - George B.
Cortelyou, OF New York.
Secretary of the Navy-Paul Nor.
ton, of Illinois.
Secretary. Of the Interior-Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, Of Missouri.
Secretary Of Agrlculture-James
Wilson, Of Iowa.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalt, OF California.
President Of the Senate pro tenn
pore-Willlam P. Frye, Of Maine.
Speaker Of the House Of Represen.
tatlves- Joseph G. Cannon, Of Illinois.
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Chief Justice-Melyllle W. Fuller.
I
Associate Justices-John NJ. Harlan
David ]. Brewer, Henry B. Brown, Ed
ward D. White, Rufus W. Peckham,
Joseph McKenna, VIM. r. Day, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na-
than Coz and Jeter c. Pritchdrd.
United States District Judges-John
]. Jackson and Benjamin F. Keller.
United States District courts-The
| Northern District.
Judge-Alston G. Dayton.
i Clerk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Attorney-E. NJ
Showalter.
q. s. Marshal-Charles D. Elliott
I Tho Southern District.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller.
Clerk-Edwin NJ. Keatley.
District Attorney-George W. Atkin
son.
Assistant District Attorney-Elliot
Northcott.
u. s. Marshal-John K. Thompson
!, United States Senators.
) Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan E
' Scott.
. Representatives In Congress.
v First district Blackburn D. Dove
). ner.
Second district-Alston G. Dayton
q Third district-Joseph H. Gaines.
Fourth district-Harry c. WOOD
yard.
: Fifth distrlct-James A. Hughes.
State Government.
, Governor-Wm. M. o. Dawson.
: Secretary OF State-Charles Y
Swisher.
= Superintendent Of Schools-Thoma
c. Miller.
: Auditor-Arnold c. Scherr.
: Treasurer Ogdin.
: Attorney General-Clark W. May
:. Adjutant Generals. B. Baker.
: Commissioner OF Banking-M.
!. Kendall.
. Commissioner Of Labor. v. Ba
ton.
= Chief Mine Inspector. W. Paul
Supreme Court Of Appeals.
70 George Pofenbarger. presiden
!" Henry c. McWhorter, Henry Branno
" Frank Cox, Joseph NJ. Sanders.
Clerk-William B. Mathews.
% County Government.
~ Judge Of Circuit Court, Fourteen
i Judicial Circuit-John W. Mason.
" Judge Of the intermediate Court
"a U. s. Kendall.
>" Prosecuting Attorney = Scott
" Lowe.
." Straightforward r. Furbee.
nS Clerk Of the Circuit Court-R.
70 Parrish.
ae' Clerk of the County court-Geo,
Ms Jacobs.
ns County Surveyor. H. Wilcox.
l'h County Superintendent Of Fl
.,"t Schools-Carter L. Faust.
ar Gilbert Holman, East
IS district; A. ]. Mcdaniel, Vest
us, district.
Legislators.
'uit State Senators-Charles W. Swl
aia er and Joseph H. McDermott.
re Members Of the House Of D.
Vi gates-Thomas W. Fleming, jar
re- B. Fox and Lamar G. Powell.
us County Court.
up' W. E. Cordray, president; s.
ers Fleming, c. P. Moore.
VS. Falrmont District.
Use Tuaffcpa of fhe peare-T, r. =
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Waneta Council No. 6, D. P.
Meets every Friday evening, Odd
Fellows Hall, corner Of Merchant
and Market streets.
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500 lbs
! MASONIC.
Fairmont Lodge No. 0.

Fairmont Lodge No. Q.
Meets first and third Monday even.
ings Of each month, Masonic Temple.
corner Of Main and Bridge streets
Orient Chapter No. 9, r. a. M.
Meets second Monday evening Of
each month, Masonic Temple, corner
Of Main and Bridge streets.
Crusade commandery No. 6, x. T.
Meets fourth Monday: evening Of
each month, Masonic Temple, corner
Of Main and Bridge streets.
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Setting Sun Tribe No. 16.
Meets every Thursday evening,
Odd Fellows Hall, corner Of Mer-
chant and Market streets.
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X. OF P.
Mt. City Lodge No. 4s.

Mt. City Lodge No. 48.
Meets every Thursday evening, S15
Main street.
Falrmont Lodge No. is, U. r.
Meets second and fourth Friday
evenings of each month, Bis Main
street.
Pythian Temple No. S, r. s.
Meets every Tuesday evening In
X. OF P. hall.
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White Oak Camp No. 20.
Meets every Thursday evening,
Willard Hall, W. G. T. U. building,
corner Of Fairmont avenue and First
street. u
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Division No. 2, 9Th Pa. Regp U. r.
Meets every second and fourth
Monday evening in Eagles Hall, over
postoffice.
Marion Hive, No. 80, meets every
Tuesday evening in Eagles Hall,
over postoince.
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Marion Lodge No. II.
Meets every Tuesday evening, Odd
Fellows Hall, corner of Main and
Monroe streets.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

All Music sung in SThe Beauty Doc.
tor" on sale only at Marion Piano
Go, z. u \, N ". Il u X ~ q.
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The West ginian respec tfuIIy
3soliclts lob printing d al kinds.
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White Camp No. SAB.
Meets every Thursday evening
Eagles Hall, Skinner Block. Main
street.
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MODERN wooDMEN OF AMERICA
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F., M. AND P.SBRANCR.

ARRIVES.
No. 2.-Pittsburg Accom'n 7:05 P. NJ.
No. 50.-Pittsburg Accom'n LOOP. M.
No. 4.-Pittsburg Accom'n 9:5OP. II.
DEPARTS.
No. 1.-Pittsblrg Accom'n 500 A. NJ.
No. 3.-Pittsburg Accom'n 1850 "A. NJ.
No. 51.-Connellsville Ac'm 2:10 P. NJ.
No. SO leaves daily for Morgantown
at 9:05 P. NJ. No. so arrives from Nor.
gantown at $3.50 A. NJ, daily except Sun.
day; No. 66 at 800 A. M. Sunday only.
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Houses Rented by
W. A. LAWLER,
Harris Office,
ma BALTIMORE &OHlo
RAILROAD.

PASSENGER trains will arrive at
i and depart from Fairmont on the
following schedule on and after No
vember 9th, 1904:
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Fairmont Division, No. 472.
Meets every first Sunday at 2:30
P. NJ; Third Sunday at 1880 P. NJ.
Eagle Hall, Main street.
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PaIatine Lodge No. 81.

nj. didkilie LodSG we y" =
Meets every Wednesday evening,
Odd Fellows Hall, corner Of Mer-
chant and Market streets.
Mountain City Encampment No. 5.
Meets first and third Friday even
lngs Of each month, Odd Fellows
Hall, corner Of Main and Monroe
streets.
Canton MononsaheIa No. 8, Pm.
Meets every Thursday evening, Odd
Fellows Hall. corner of Main and
Monroe streets.
West Virginia Lodge No. g., o. r
Meets every Monday evening, Odd
Fellows Hall, corner Of Main and
Monroe streets.
Seven Star Lodge No. 81, D. r.
Meets every Monday evening, Ode
Fellows Hall, corner of Merchan
aud Market streets.
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Showalter Tent No. z.
Meets every Monday evening in
Eagles Hall, over postoftlce.
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Fairmont Lodge No. II.
Meets every Monday evening, Home
Savings Bank building, Main street
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3. P. o. e.

Lodge No. 2s4.
Meets every Tuesday evening,
Elks' Home, Main street.
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F. o. e. AERIE $50.

+. y. Z. REhlE o5E.
Meets every Wednesday evening
Skinner block, Main street.
Royal Arcanum.
Meets every second and fourth
Tuesday evening, over Musgraves
undertaking rooms.
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF DBL
FELLOWS.
(colored.)
Mt. City Lodge No. 1888.
Meets first and fourth Monday
evenings of each month, 419 Jackson
street.
Lodge No. 24s, P. o. P. G. M.
Meets third Monday evening Of
each month, 419 Jackson street.
Lodge No. 1872, H: r..
Meets fourth Thursday evening Of
each month, 419 Jackson street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-06

City Government.
Mayor-George W. Kinsey.
City Clerk. Engles
City Collector-Charles L. Barnes.
City Treasurer. e. Powell.
City Engineer. M. Pickett.
City Assessors. E. Billingslea.
City sollcitor-A. o. Stanley.
Chief Of Fire Department.. Frank
Reed.
Water Commissioners. Howard
Swisher.
Street commlssloner-Geo. H. Rich.
ardson.
Health O1dcer-Harry Robinson.
Chief of Poliee--James u. Morgan.
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ORDER RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
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Meets every Wednesday evening.
Skinner block, Main street.
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Eshould prevail in the Reichstag. will
expect ruin from its predominance.
slS In France the Republicans know
from their experience Of Boulangism
and Of the. Dreyfus struggle that 1t Is
mot impossible that Monarchism and
Clericalism may succeed, in upsetting
the republic, They would not think
that France was safe in the hands OF
M numerical majority, and II a plebis
cite set up al king or an emperor or q
dictator of any sort that would moi
Z in the least, reconcile them. They
would fight against monarchist ma
iority Just as heartily as against {
monarchist minority. In Britain eacf
,;E party believes that the other party
when y It succeeds, succeeds by mis-
leading the people: Neither part.
4 ssupposes that the majority are bi
more ii kelly Ito be right than to b
8s Y wrong. Their political differences d
not go so deep down as in France, bu
y they have no more faith than til
French, In the wisdom Of numbers.
This rs perhaps the most fund'
mental divergence between the poll
icaIs beliefs Of Europeans and, Anne
leans. The latter hold that Americ
cannot be ruined. The people ma
make small mistakes, but not gres
4 ones. The country is safe in the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-29
nine HUSBANDS III. !
RENWooDs WOMAN WILL HAVE fIF
THE POLICE WILL LETT HER i
b ALONE. s.5 "
(By Publishers Presss!)

WHEELING, w: Va March 20
Pela Gorgoyitch, aged 80 and remark
ably pretty, was arrested at Benwood
today upon her own confession that
she has had eight husbands and no
divorces. Yesterday, she was arrest.
ed for impersonatlng another,s wife
for the purpose Of securing merchan.
disc. In the hearing she said she had
been married eight times. She was
fined for fraud. A: foreigner who ex-
hibited a license to; wed and thus be.
come the ninth, paid the fine and the
woman was released. Before the
couple could become man and wife to.
|day, as they anticipated, the police
had again arrested the much married
woman and are holding her for inyes.
tlgation.
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BADLY. MANGLED
WAS BODY OF ELECTRICIAN HIT
BY SUBWAY TRAIN THIS
81 MORNING.

+ NEW DIRK, March 29.-Alfred
Moore, an electrician, while crossing
the tracks in the subway this morn.
ing was run down and killed by an
express train. Moore's body was
thrown twenty feet. Before the mo
torman could bring his train to a
stop It struck the body several times,
throwing IT finally in front Of the sta
tion at Twenty-third street, nearly a
block from where the man was first
hit. Many women on the station
platform tainted. The body was bad
II mangled. 2 & Is s z !.
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DOVE OF PEACE SEEM IS 10 be
t5oNERlN e OVER R.ss
RIM ii III lIsTi oNs. S.sss .isss
yJNlTED STATES u As PLAYEp!
FRo oMINsNIs PA RTs IN STEPS
SO FAR TAI ZEN: Fss
\ lBy Publishers Press.)I

gAsHINGToS n are % The
apparently well auth hentt Gated report
from abroad that peace negot atfons
nave at last actual IL been begun gbe.
tween Russia and ~ apan, Is receiYed
m ashington Wft much gratifica.
zion particularly by Presid lent n ooses
seis Just what part the United
States has. plaged IN bringing about
this result viii probably not be re;
sgealed Until the treaty ofspeae shall
have been signed IS no secret,
however, that President i Ro ooseyelt
has, on several lifferen occasions,
stated that this yernmelt would be
Should the bellige gerents equest3 III. 1t
is quite llkel too that even stronger
Inns were throw out. During the
past few weeks there have been, fre.
apent rchang ges aof dispatches be;
tween Tie State DEPART ment and Min.
lister Grtsc com, at sTo klo, and Ambassa.
dor Nc Gormiek at ST Petersburg,
The very fact that these dispatches
have not been made public leads Ito
the conc clusion that the related to the
matter o. peace Snego ations 1T Is
Hell eyeds that our repres sentat tiyes al
The two capitals We're Instructed Y tc
sound the foreign officers there OF
the subject and to suggest Indirectly
and tentative ii, Of course. that the
United States would be glad to do al
insits power, with the consent: Of Rus
sia and aJapan, To- lay the foundation
fox peace gotiati lions. H
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Coal mel PROTEST

interests are willing to bow TO the
provision Of the law, and that they
are not protesting against the pay.
,ment of just taxes. Not an oil man
appeared in the meeting and the pro.
test has come from the coal interests
solely.
While at midnight the meeting had
not concluded there is assurance that
there will be no change in the deter.
;m[lnations of the State authorities. At
torney Hubbard, who has been here
from Wheeling, attending TO matters
in the Supreme Court of Appeals, was
at the meeting. He has given it as
his opinion that the matter will stand
the test in Sthe4courts. He says that
lesallseholds are certainly valuable and
that they should be taxed.
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|S0IJ'IEI.ANIERlCA BLIAlNIESBO2NEN

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countries. They point that in yene.
zuela5 and almost universally in South
American countries, every concession
or contract given to q foreign com.
pany, contains the provision that IL
disputes arise they shall be- settled
by the local courts and shall not in
any case became the subject Of; diplo.
matte interference. Minister Bowen,
1t is alleged; has overlooked this fact
and has represented TO the United
States government that the rights Of
American, French and Italian cor.
porations have been ruthlessly disre;
garded by yenezuela. II the dlplo.
matte representatives Of the South
American government stationed here
reflect their home sentiment 1t IS
certain that the sympathy Of South
America as a whole Is with yenezuela
rather than with the United States,
In the case Of the, New York and Ber
muda Asphalt Company, liz is pointed
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out that every proceeding against the
company has been by due process Of
Law. and that the receiver legally ap.
pointed is making detailed reports Of
his operations pending the, final deter
,mination Of the case.
The company, 1t is asserted, has
clearly forfeited its concessions be.
cause It has not carried out the terms
OF its contract, which. among other
things, provided for the canallzation
Of certain rivers. 1t is also charged
with having aided e. the Mates frevo.
luton. The Orinocol Steamship Com.
pany's claim against Venezuela was
originally for a million dollars. Ar.
bitrators fixed the aomunt due It at
SIS, 600 Venezuela says the award
Will be paid in due course, and hints
at the fact as a reason that II has
mot yet been settled, that most ot
the surplus revenues Of the country
Continued Oh, Fourth Paue.| lsI5
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KAISER TEACHES FRANCE A0LESSON

Frances action In this matter
caused the suspicion az Berlin that
France was bent on closing the mar.
li,s iketss 81 Morocco all the powers ex-
IseptS Eng land ana Spain III order 70
secure the cooperation Of ENGLAND
and Spain 70 back her claim to pres
dominance.
In order TO halt the French pre-
tensions the Kaiser resolved to visit
Tangter and ma ake plain TO tie world
that Germany does not regard with
3equanlmity the ABSORPTION Of Moroc-
60 BY France. IL The French govern.
3ment lin the first Instance had asked
Germany to recognize French rights
in Morocco, while promising to do,
nothing to scirtail German trade. Ger
many would have acquiesced. but
France appeared to think that Ger
many was d negllg lgible quantity Ii.
the N Medlterrane can and IS now learn.
ing her mistake,
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EMPEROR WILLIAM N Makes PLAIN
TO THE 5sWo Id WHAT Il e Il
THINKS sARo UTSFTHlNes. KS
M, :. 20. -. -.-...TT 3l'
-(By53 Publlshers,,.!S.p] Spref &.

a! ~ byfS St'uUllsIerS u lSress.) 80
| LONDON, March 29-The following
official statement was made TO your
correspondent today in regard to the
visit Of Kaiser Wilhelm to Tangier:
sThe Kalser's intention is to teach
France a lesson in international Scour..
tesy and to assert Germany's resolve
to preserve the open door$i Morocco.
After France had formed agreements
concerning the rights Of the powers
in Morocco, the French government
told the Sultan OF Morocco that France
had obtained an European mandate
to control Moroccan AFFAIRS. Germany
learned this and ediateIy inform
ed Morocco that the statement was
untrue, as France had never asked
Germany for such n mandate.
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AGAINST AS ssMENTso OF LEASE.
oLps AND So & LL DAW.'Il. a.
SON AN D5 Dill ON

eHARLEsTo ". Va March 30.
meeting was held here tonight
between Soyernor William NJ. o..
1 Dawson and TAX missioner DIE
Jon on tie one side, and the author:
lied repres sentat atiYes Of the biz! coal
corporati ions on the other, to discuss
the matter Of staxati ion. The coal men
are here in force to protest against
the enforce cement Of the new law re-
lating i'd the taxation Of the lease;
hold as personal property, as provided
for In the statute: X
Among those here are Hon. Taylor
Yinsons General IS IT, Glare; ] Jos. Gaines,
;Maleom Jackson ID. . knight, Edgar
Ruck and other leading attor;
5neys or pract ctically all, Of the
big coal corporati ions Of the State are
represente led Governor Fleming OF
Fairmont is also here but did not ap.
pears before the citing. III
midnight last night the question
of taxation was still being; argued
before the meeting, The fact that
only coal interests are represented
here s5eyid dence that the oil and gas
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WASHINGTON MAY CHOSEN
AS PLACE OF final SETTLE EMENT'

.ItI Isl pretty we'll understood now
that the original Tentative terms up.
on which apan might be willing 10
take mp negotiate were transmit.
ted toE Russia through the medium Of
President RI oseyelt. In an informal
conversation some time ago at the
White House Minister! Takahlras is
said to have given the President his
own personal views on the subject
expressly stating however. that in do:
ing 30 he was not speaking for his
goxernmen but entirely on his own
Fesponsibility. The manner in which
he presented the subject to tile Pres.
Ident, made possible the denial is;
sued ia few days later from the Japan.
iese{ legation, and also from the State
Department 8thatsthe japanese: govern,
ments had not approached the United
States government In the direction Of
peace: What was done was entirely
unofficial but 1t gave the opportunity
tosthe President of taking the matter
up with Ambassador Met Cormick, and
leaving to his discretion the manner
tnSsIwhich in he8might bring 1t to the at
tention Of the foreign office at st.
Petersburg The overwhelming de
feats Of the Russian army at Mukden
and Telling, 1T is believed, caused the
Russians to ceiveS Sthe suggestion in
9 more kindly spirit than they would
have otherwise displayed
b There is Asome talk here of Wash.
|ington being selected as the place for
the final conclusion fof peace. The
la!c|ltinowled dged neutrality Of the Uni
ted States, the distance of Washing
ton from the scene of trouble and bias
of most of the European powers one
way or the other as between Russia
and Japan point to this city as a mos
feasible point for the meeting Of the
peace commissi sioners. 4 N <