Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-09-18


mats, but We learned later on that he
left the train at Konigsberg, and did
not proceed any farther" SO that
was a mere blind. But the morning
after the congress mad adjourned to
await the Russian decision, Beaccns-
field went to Lord Rowton's room.
He said 81 have been thinking over
this matter very seriously most of the
night, and I have quite made UP my
mind what to do. 1t seems to- me i'm
possible for Russia to concede these
points, and, if they refuse, nave
sketched out my plan. We will return
to England at once. My desire is, if
possible, to get to London upon Sun
day night and to have a good nights
rest. On Monday morning / shall go
down to Osborne-or Windsor-and
after lunch I propose to lay my report
before Her Majesty. A declaration of
war with Russia will follow. Kindly
make the necessary arrangements for
our journey" I rang for a Bradshaw,
said Lord Rowton, and spent some
time in studying it. I found as mat
ter Of fact, that it would be impossible
for us to carry out Lord Baconsfield's
plan. The trains die not suit We
could only get to London on the Sun
day night if we took a special train
from Cologne. Accordingly, without
hesitation, I wrote out a telegram to
the stationmaster at COlogne-WhCm
I happened to know-a colonel some
body-they are all old military officers
in er1pany-ordiering him to have a
special train ready for Lord Beacons-
field and myself at such-and-such an
hour On THE specified day.
Upon this telegram tle entire mat
ter turned. Bismarck was at once in
formed of it by the Cologne station
master. The prince knew, what the
English Gid not, that the Russians had
been instructed by the car to submit
to anything rather than go to war with
England So Bismarck sought out
Beaconsfield. "Do these four points
really represent England's ultimatum
to Russian" eyes, they do" There
upon the honest broker" went to talk
it over with the Russians. The result
was that, at tne next meeting of the
congress, Russia yielded on all four
points Thus Beaconsfield was enabled
to return to England and make his
speech ABOUT peace with honor
There are, Of course, to be no inter
mediaries at the Portsmouth Peace
conference. The negotiations are to
be exclusively between Japan and Rus
STA. Doubtless each will at first put
forward extreme pretensions. Discus
sion and patience will then be neces-
sary to bring the plenipotentiaries to-
getner Both countries really desire
peace; of that there can be no doubt.
Of either it might be said, as Bismarck
said to General Grant Of Russia at
the time Of the Berlin congress, that
it mas swallowed more than it can Gil
gest, and needs relief" Moderation
on both sides should bring it. I'M
moderate demands by a victor are al
ways blunder. Igpatieff fell into it
in the treaty of San Stefano. Bis
marck avoided it, in the teeth OF the
Prussian army and the Prussian court,
when he came to treat with Austria
after Koniggratz 1t is to be hOD82
that the Japanese will see that true
policy and magnanimity coincide, and
will show to the world those great vir-
tues which, as La RochefOucauld says,
are more needed to sustain triumph
than defeat.