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RUSSIA WILLING TO END WAR.
JAPAN NOW BLOCKS PRESIDENTS
PLAN FOR ARMISTICE.
Insists That Peace Eavoys Meet Before
Orders Are Sent to Stop Fighting
Roosevelt Urges Bciligerents TO
Hurry the Naming OF Observation-Disclosures
Special Cable pe,p,teh 10 TIM srs

Special Gable Dc,plteh 10 THR sun
FAIRS. June 23.--The St. PETERSBURG
correspondent of the Echo de Paris say;
That Russia will asl; President Roosevelt,
10 obtain an armistice. The correspondent
says he is assured that the Car has COM
manded Foreign Minister Lamsdorff to
write to Ambassador Meyer to this effect
WASHINGTON, June 23.--Reluctantly the
Administration has reached the conclusion
that hope Of an armistice between Russia
and Japan before the assembling OF peace
plenlpotentiaries in Washington must be
abandoned In view OF this conclusion,
new representations have been made by
PRESIDENT Roosevelt to both belligerents
with view to having them decide quickly
upon the earliest practicable date for the
initial session Of the peace conferees.
Some difficulty In securing an early re-
spouse from Russia to these representations
is being encountered through the fact,
OF which this Government has been notified,
that Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister
Tor Foreign Affairs, is i'll and unable for tho
present to give his personal attention to
the matter. 1t Is not known here or be-
lieved that Count Lamsdorr's indisposition
Is OF serious nature, and it is expected
that he will be ready in few days to take
up with the Gar and his ministerial COL
leagues the question Of an early meeting.
The Japanese Government. even II IL
were not opposed to an agreement to cease
tghtlng at this time, regards its position
As such that 1t feels that the war must go
on until the peace plenipotentiaries meet
In Washington and draw up an agreement
to suspend hostile operations pending
The negotiations Of peace and comfy. The
Japanese Government has been led to
adopt this course through the fact that
Russias acceptance Of the Presidents ap-
Deal for peace was not entirely frank In
nat 1t left loophole through which Russia
night withdraw from the Washington
conference if the terms proposed by japan
we're regarded at ST. Petersburg az entirely
90 harsh.
The Administration hero realizes how
thoroughly convinced the Japanese are OF ,
he justice Of this position, and it Is ga It's
ed that even if Russia comes forward with ,
farora BILE response to the intimatio con-
eyed to her that the American Govern
'ent would like to zee an armistice ar ,,
inged, Japan would not meet Russia =.
alf way. q
MI Takahira, the Japanese Minister, got
'ck to Washington from his New England .
1p iris evening and found awaiting him at -
e legation request from the President
at he come TO the White House at his
rliest convenience. Mr.. Takahira promptly
implied with the Presidents desire, and =,
ey were in conference for sopf hias been r.
While it is said that infornope that Russia al
ceived encouragingtfier the question Of Oh
u pe VIKING dtmistice before the peace or
alrLtsstentieries meet there is reason to wi
ieve that the Presidents purpose In al,
.dins for the Japanese Minister was to
phasize the view of the Washington II
vernment that the earliest possible :.
o should be fixed for the meeting OF the ID
,oys of Russia and Japan. Both helliger-
Governments have indicated that an
y date in August for the initial session ha
the renipotentiaries could he conven- mi
ty arranged and there appears to be Tv
,ry prospect that the Presidents efforts tu
have the conference tegin by that time jol
he successful. In
t became known to-day that Count Ar
'sini, the Russian Ambassador. had an I'm
,rview Yesterday with Secretary Hay Lii
the latter's residence, and that in the Re
rse of long discussion OF the subject 20t
peace Mr.. Hay put forward the argu- ju
Mt that it was detrimental to the inter- mi
; of Russia and Japan to carry on hostili
when an amicable settlement seemed wi
ured, and expressed for the American vi
vernment the opinion that further blood vi
d was contrary to the principles OF hui o. .,
nifty. dr.
he knowledge that has come to Wash ii,
ton, however, of the positions held by the lol
,anese and the Russian Governments fc
h respect to an armistice offers no hope se e
t the representations made by Mr.. Hay wi
the Russian Ambassador, and which the
,sident doubtless made tonight to the M
oanese Minister, will have any effect at m
Petersburg or Toxic. pph
The President had an interview to-day ilp
n the French Ambassador and was
conference tonight with Secretary Taft on
Attorney General Moody. W. ~: