The Irish standard., 1905-06-03
CZAR C0NfERS With
imperial Family
EMPEROR SUMMONS ADVISERS
TO DECIDE ON COURSE
TO PURSUE.
SOME FAVOR TAKING
UP CAUSE OF PEOPLE
Prince ouktomsky Says Nations Are
Blind to Yellow Peril-Majority
of officials Said to Favor Peace
Bureaucracy Elayed.

ST. Petersburg, June 1.-The serious
ness OF The situation created by The
complete destruction OF the Russian
fleet seems To be fully realized at
Tsarskoe Sclo. where The emperor
"Wednesday assembled practically all
the members of the imperial family to
decide on the course TO pursue A
series OF conferences are proceeding
which will determine not only tho
question of peace. but whether it il
advisable To yield TO the popular de-
mand for the immediate convocalion
OF a national assembly. Some of the
members OF the imperial family are
understood to be urging the emperor
TO retrieve the situation by making
common cause with The people against
the bureaucracy. The emperor has de-
cided to send his brother. Grand Duke
Michael. to attend the marriage of
Crown Prince Frederick William OF
Germany. instead of his uncle, Grand
Duke Vladimir. whose more mature
Judgment and advice the emperor re-
CARDS as very important in the present
crisis.
Prince Prays for Peace.
Prince Ouktomsky, in the ltasviet
declares for peace In q half-dis;racted
editorial. In which he takes the whole
world to task for shutting it's eyes to
the yellow peril. "All tAs nations,
blind to the future" says the prince
ARE fawning upon victorious Japan
Great Britain, rejoicing in Russias fall
utters her sarcastic condolences. and
America sends Secretary Taft and &
party OF eccentric American ladies' to
visit the land Of the mikado. France
in fear for lndo-China allows Japan
| to boss her about, while the crowned
Hohenzollern, who q few years ago
sounded . solemn warning against the
Aryan race. rushes to the station al
Berlin to greet the little yellow prince
Arisugawa and showers him with ct.
| tentiOnS'
| Officials Favor Peace.
In the afternoon the emperor sum
| moned Admiral Alexieff and all u
! ministers to an extraordinary council
| This was Foreign Minister Lamslorff's
regular day for receiving the foreign
representatives, and when he got he
imperial command he hastily sent tn,
representatives a notification that Ii,
could not receive them. II is said tha
! all the ministers, with the exception o.
| the ministers of war and marine
unanimously favor the conclusion O.
peace.
No trouble is anticipated in meeting
the payment of an indemnity, as finan
ciers who were not willing to lenl
money for a continuation of the wal
are ready to accommodate Russia Il
money is needed for the purpose o
concluding peace.
Bureaucrats Held Responsible.
The catastrophe which has over
taken the Russian feet has given
tremendous impetus to the demant
upon Emperor Nicholas for the i'm
mediate convocation Of national as
sembly, without awaiting action upor
the report of the Bouligin rescrip
commission. With the single excep
ton of the reactionary Sviet the pres:
pours out Indignation and wrath upor
the bureaucracy, which is held roopoD
sible for all the misfortunes of tn,
war. Only the Novosti and the Boursl
Gazette, however. declare that peac,
should he concluded. The Russ, nov
the widest read paper in Russia. says
"Those guilty of Russia's disgrace
should be overwhelmed with shame