Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-03
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anEsat Britain Gives Approval % All
Its Allyb PIanA
STRONGER ALLIANCE EXPECTED SoOS
Mznp CeainG a eaSSAalin % DIS
naaotling Of vladivOstoh Nay
Grove tho Rock Upon WhSch
Negotiations VIII Split.

WW0bulukJOhA1 0uty W.
20 the Washington conference assuret
mat whatever her peace terms, the'
,1sifl have the sympathetic approval o.
.zzsnat Britain. Several suggestions
4Dm Washington to London that tht
,nasse Of peace would be served By an
,ovplanation to japan from her ally
lnNDfing moderation in her Demands
ennpn Russia have not avaiied 70
uchange the British government In ita
apparently unalterable determination
no stand by Japan however severe she
makes her conditions Of peace nor
Aas the British government seen its
rway clear TO render assistance to
AWashington in the efforts which this
government is making to obtain an
rarmistica Advlces reaching here show
mat London is opposed to an armis-
Alce until Japan has been satisfied that
Mussia's plenipotentiaries are prepared
N do more than discuss means Of end
ing the war: II Russia 10 ready TO con-
..raude peace and has 30 empowered her
UlenipotentiarieA Great Britain, 1t IL
ahalieved might favor an armistica but
sven IN such event 1t is said she would
not be willing 70 offer Japan advice on
ne subject.
AZ UNDERWOOD IN Washington Lord
NAnsdowne's position Is that as the
11.,yai ally Of Japan. Great Britain can
,0ffoFd 10 take no step, nor assume any
,.4titude that would In the remotest
'-cSeefTass redo,snd 10 the advantage Of
-1anan'a enemy However much Eon-
~ NAV wish peace for humanitarian
q &,na her loyalty to japan, whose
.asdss1 az an "a 6fsv6Dts her even
- io6Irectlv hr,neina pressure to
49, 80 .ngoost,ons adv,co or other
- - T%,SSn seosrdtnSS ESgotiationa.
- $500 - zvNich rn,oht aoyve IN mod.
s.s Tanon.o rooco Conditions or has
: -. 49, Whon 1snor aska her aIlv
-. 1870 A." Tondon government il
1919 - - ~ I,runod,ateIv N give
80 ~. 49,. - 800 will ho hased on Ia
- .s.o.s.. oo a r-,narv consIAer.
'D -
lion
nor 70 this atttude on tne part ..
y LONDON government mlSinVeIpre.eu
y washington as inuicauns InH* i'
Acfals 90 not snare IN inc WISH "
~ neutral powers Tor peace II mas
nasn made plain mat tne act'vity ..
tAlD president mas inc IuI sVnpeeny VI
E1le brltlan people altnousn .neAI u,s'
acignt' y n ueclareu "uSS 70 u" Sne
SBharea OF tnelr ally
At the same time the LONDON gov
tN1nment In it, exchanges with the
4American embassy inLondon, mas not
NAnAtated 70 declare its confidence tnat
AApan's terms will not be unreason-
U111e viewed In the light'of the results
esftne war. AS 1t was recently express
- by one cognizant OF the British at
1llEude London has never, either In
&loe negotiations preceding the war or
AlMCe The war began, found Toxic as
snzming an unreasonable position. Ja-
DeR has been exceedingly reasonable
tthncughout this -struggle. and we are
800 u al Apprenensive thas sne VIII
lHsng % washington demands mat are
1lmmoderate or unreasonaoie
Believing, rs oiicial washington
lnaH' that Japan Will NOT insist on the
Msnmantlement OF Vladivostok, should
Snnssia fail TO agree to 1t In return ior
M naturalization OF Port Arthur. the
session Of sakhalin, which 1t 10 under
,eDaDod will be among the essential con-
t1lficns, will, the ohicials here believe,
NgDve the most serious obstacle to
spa1ce in the far east sakhalin had
;Cnne been captured when the president
tiaittated his efforts to bring the bel
1llssrents together. The fact that up TO
N1nt time Japan had not taken q foot
,tue Russian erritory simplthed, In the
.epranion Of Washington and Berlin, the
IsDabblem Of bringing about peace nego-
NlisaionR It is understood Sunday
suAght from source which although
nnct ofacial, is well informed. that Rus
- viii vigorously oppose the cession
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