The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-14

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u Humanity ~ ysssidat ungn ths
warning nations 70 eonolude psooe.
u y s1ggesesd b. The pEssidsat tha>
the negotiations for psacs b conduct
ID "dirsotly and sxcludvely" bstwssn
the bslligsgsat nations. The note IN.
dioatss the president's belief that IN
intermediary may not b necessary 10
eject conoluEive neGotiations, but like
wise expresses the psssident's willing
neas 10 do all that he properly may do
70 promote the preliminary arrange
nents for time and place Of meeting
for the representative Of the Russian
and Japaneoo goSeFnmsnts.
Text OF Dlspaich.
Following Il the taxi Of the dispatch
given out:
ION June 8 the following dispatch
was sent BY the president through dip
lomatic channels to the japanese and
Russian governments:
1.-THE president feels that the time
has come when In the interest Of all
mankind he must endeavor to - II It
10 possible 10 bring TO an end the terri.
BILE and lamentable conflict now being
waged. With both Russia and Japan
the United States has inherited ties Of
friendship and good will. 1t hopes for
the welfare and prosperity Of each. and
1t feels that the progress Of the werld
ID set back BY the war between these
two great nations. Tho president 40.
oordingly urges the Russian and jap
anese governments not only for their
own sakes, but in the interest of the
whole civilized world, to open direct
negotiations for peace with one another.
"The president urges that these peace
negotiations be concluded directly and
exclusively between tho belligerents;
in other words that there may be .
meeting Of Russian and japanese
plenipotentiaries or delegates without
any intermediary, in order to SEQ IL it
10 not possible for these representative
Of the two powers to agree 10 terms of
peace. The president earnestly asks
that the (Russian) (Japanese) govern
ment do now agree TO such q meeting
and is asking the (Japanese) (Russian)
government to agree Likewise.
"While tho president does not feel
that any intermediary should be called
with regard to the peace negotiations
themselves, he 10 entirely willing to do
what he properly can, IL the powers
concerned feel that his services will b
Of effect, in arranging the preliminar.
les az to the time and place Of meeting.
But II even these preliminaFies can be
arranged directly between the two
powers, or in any other way, the pres.
ident will be glad, ~ his whole pur.
pose IL to bring about meeting which
the whole civilized world will pray
may result in peace"
Proposition Is welcomed.
Tue foregoing note was forwarded to
the Russian and japanese governments
Thursday. It is rendered especially
significant by the fact that 1t was pre-
pared and sent only after assurances
had boon received from Tokyo and st.
Petersburg that suoh q proposition
would be welcomed. While the repre-.
sentatives Of both the Russian and Jap.
anese governments in this country were
cognizant Of the nature of the note IL
was not sent to their respective govern
ments through them. It was cabled
by direction Of the president to st. Pc.
teEsburg and Tokyo and there delivered
directly to the Russian and japanese
governments BY Ambassador Meyer
and Minister Griscom.
First Decisive Step.
4 formal reply TO the note may not
be received for several days. but a. al.
ready made clear, informal assurances
that 1t would DO welcomed are already
at hand. In view Of the significant
character Of the document and the at
titude toward 1t which both Russia
and Japan have assumed, It 10 regarded
in Official and diplomatic circles a. the
first firm and decisive step toward ul-
innate peace.
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