Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-17
INSTRUCTIONS TO
RUSSIAN DELEGATES
Reports Pretending to Reveal
Their Character are Mere
GuesswOfk,
THEY COVER TWENTY PAGES.
War In the Orient Dlstufbs the Bal
0nee Of Power. Warn Ing Against
American Invasion,

st. Petersburg july lG,-M, Wllte
spent nm hour with Mr. Meyer the
American ambassador at the kleln'
michel palace today discussing the
forthcoming peace conference, Before
leaving for Paris next Wednesday NJ,
Wittc viii have etill another audience
with the emperor aud In the meantime
ho must pay a round Of Official visits to
all the imperial ministers NJ, Willo
~ expected to bc the bearer Of per-
sonal message from the emperor TO
President Roosevelt
The Associated Press II authorized by
NJ llnrtwlg director Of the frst depart.
mcnt " the fopeign Office to deny IN
the most categorical fashion tho report
~ the alleged contents Of the lnsuuc'
tlona " W. Witte published IN Paris
by the Echo de- Paris and elsewhere
abroad,
Reports pretending 10 reveal tho
character Of the instructions 20 the
Russian plcnipotcntilHes are nero
guosswork" said NJ, llnrtwig "Thoso
Instructions have been seen by only
four persons. the emperor NJ, Wllte,
Foreign Minister Lamsdorh ana myself
The Echo do Paris says they consist
" ave pages, whereas the fact IL they
cover over 80 pages, Tho paper s,ys
the Instructions are very vague while,
ON the contrary they are very detailed
ON ono noint only, according 10 the
Echo do Paris, are they absolutely
specific namely is 20 the lovoling OF
the Qualifications Of Nladlyostok but |
can say 60 YOU that there are many
othoW III "a bion dautrCs),"
~ lIartWlg also pronounced tho
stories that NJ, Murnvlen's dlsplaco'
mcnt was the result Of intrlguos by
| Foreign Minister Lamsdorff 20 be pure
| Inventions,
Tho Novostoi snys II believes that the
| desire OF the nnti.uormpn coalition,
| which Great Britain IL trying 10 ongl-
nocr. 10 restore Russia as u threat
| against Gomm aggression, should y
| "a powerful diplomatic weapon IN tho
| hands Of the Russian plcnIpoietiaros
| Europe wants 10 end the war; says
| the paper, 'as Russid's preoccupatlon
| IN the far east destroys tho political
| equilibrium Austria ~ IN danger from
| Germany which seeks a thoroughiorC
20 the Adriatlc, in exchange for cons
poneation IN the Balkln peninsula Der
| many has prctcnsons now which sht
would net have dreamed Of before the
| Russo.Japaneeo war II ls evident from
| tho Morocco Incident that Europe wants
peace In order that Russia may safe
guard her ugalnst Oormon aggression
Prince Oukh,omfkY editor Of the ~
Petersburg Niodomostl, has brought
suit against the Noyoe Nromya and NJ
Skonlkoysly for SANDER NJ, Skaal
kovsky, I'M the NoVoo Nromya, haa no
been epnrng IN hlH attacks on NJ, Mura
| yiCn, and ON July II, dH told IN thcs
dispatches Prince Oukhtomsky took NJ
Skaplkovsky personally 10 taak IN N,
NiedomoslI whoroupon the former writ
cr asaailed the prince, saying that N
was a fool, but recalling Victor Hugo
observation that while every man hn
q right 10 be u fool he should no
abuse the rIght'
Prince OukhtomslSy was also arraIgn
ed for alleged subsidies which ne re-
ccIyod from the government ana 70
his inllrost IN railroads aud fantastl
Monaghan mines, which compelled hin
out OF gratitude 10 compose eervll
pAnegyrlcs'
II was thought that these attack
would result I'm duel between the tw
writer's
Tho Bourse Gazette prints long ar
ticle attaoking the Northeastern N
borlnn company ot ST. pctcr8burl
which " presided over by A. Con,Ion
liyaky having Admiral Abasen Of Ynl
fame among the stockholders, bu
which tho paper says, Is really man
aged by John Rosln, an American, 10
the benefit OF Americans, The Bours
Gazette asserts that tho company IN
taken entire possession ~ the HpncIou
Chakotsky peninsula, where mimi
privileges are denied 10 Russians
chamctorilCs the whole 0ffair Us "
warning against tho American InvasIo
~ Russian territory which Va connlyo
| at By tho lNlu acoundrCleh