The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-05
ANSWER TO
 pCAL FOR PEACE

out Japan's terms of peace and Russia's Acceptance of an offer which would mean surrender on humiliating terms. The papers maintains at the same time that negotiations If begun must be direct and that there must be no intervention by other powers. The Bourse Gazette says that Russia must make the best possible use of the friendly offices of the United States and Great Britain. This paper, as well as The Synotchesva. The Nasnazhisn, and others. advances the idea that the Japanese will be disposed to grant bet ter terms to the Russian people than to the bureaucrats, who began the war. These papers reiterate the demand TOT a zemsky zobor to settle the question. Even The Grashdanin declares peremp-- torily for peace, The Novoe Vremya alone dissenting from the general cno- rus by saying that peace IS not so es sential as foreign and international enemies" imagine. and picturing Great Britain, the United States and the con ttnentaI powers as beginning to trem- bIe in face of "the yellow peril"
 Members of the diplomatic corps Sunday expressed their pleasure that President Roosevelt had taken the lead in urging Russia to give up the prose cution of the war, but they said they were effort would be fruitless. Baron Rosen inc new ambassador to Washington. does not seem to be accelerating his departure on account of developments in the United States. He will sail on July 2T.s -
 American Passports.
 Washington, June 4.-Acting secre- tary Loomis of the State Department has been oficially informed by Ambas- sabor Never at St. Petersburg Of the provisions of the proposed new law m Russia under which all American pass norts. including those for citizens or the Hebrew faith. was recognized there. This information is confirmatory Of the press dispatches of week ago which announced the approval by the councii of the empire of the recommendation or the passport commission, which includ- ed universal recognition of passports.
 MT. Loomis has communicated the contents of Ambassador Meyers note to simon Wolf of this city, Chairman of the Civil and Religious Rights sec 'tion of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. This organization, MT. Wolf said tonight, had been working for twenty five years to secure the full recognition of passports granted to He- brews who desired to travel in Russia and the final triumph of the efforts of those who have labored to this end, he says, is a source of satisfaction to the Hebrews in the United States.
 Von Sfernberm Sees Roosevelt.
 Washington. June 4.-Baron Speck ven Sternberg, the German Ambassa- dor spent two hours in conference with President Roosevelt at the White House tonight.
 As ne left the White House at Il o'clock the ambassador said he could
 .,h af h ta foIl xnrffh the President as 1t related to matters of entirely confidential character. There is every reason to believe. however, that much of the time was occupied with a discussion of the general ques- tion of the war between Russia and Ja- pan and the possibility of peace. The ambassador in response to direct question regarding the prospect or peace said that so far as he knew there had been no progress in that direction in the past twenty-four hours.
 Cavalry Brushes.
 Tokio, June 4.-It is announced at imperial headquarters that the follow ing has been received from the head quarters of the Manchurian army.
 At T o'clock on the morning of June 2, the enemy's cavalry, number ing about thirty, came to Siashihot- shu. nine miles east of ChangJu.
 ''On the same day at noon, cavalry men of like number appeared at Nan chengtzu, six miles northeast of Why uanpaomen. but were repulsed. On the same day also our scouts attacked the enemy's cavalry five miles north of Changtu railway station, killing one man and two horses and capturing one saddle horse. Otherwise, there has been no change"