The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
Instructions Have Been Photographed to Repr> sentatNes of the Czar at Washing
 ton and Paris.

CzarS wish 10 know Japan pedSs | terms.
 This interest was heightened by a
 call which MT. Takahira, the Japanese | ministers, made at the White House by | appointment during the evening. He | called shortly after o'clock and im- l mediately went into conference with | the President. They remained to- | gether about twenty minutes. When | the minister left, he declined to an- swer any questions about his call. The l Associated Press bulletin announcing | the cabling of a message to the Rus | sian Ambassador at Washington and l Paris that Russia wished to know Ja- | pans peace terms was immediately
 communicated to the diplomats most | interested.
 | It was not long before the Russian 1 Embassy was beseiged with callers, 1 but the Ambassador was without ad- | vices on the subject, though for several | days past he has been anxiously await I ing an acknowledgement of his cable ] gram detailing his conversation with 1 the President last Friday. In expecta- 1 ton that message would come later | in the evening. several Of the secreta- | ries returned to the Embassy after dim | ner, prepared to translate the dispatch as soon as 1t arrived. Count Cassini | has not yet made an appointment at the l White House.
 The President had confided to an Am bassador who called at the White House that he expected Ambassador | Meyer to be received at Tsarskoe -Selo | today or tomorrow. The instructions l to Mir. Meyer did not provide for a | formal tender Of good offices. While it
 Is impossible to give their text, they
 may be correctly paraphrased in these | words:
 Find. out from the czar what we | can do to assist an early peace" Left Largely to Meyer. ! Much was left to the tact and oiplo- matic discretion of MT. Meyer as to the manner and words in which the friend l " readiness of this country in the pre- l sent moment should be known to the Czar Care was also taken that Mir Meyers conference with the Czar should not occur until Count Cassini's report had reached Tsarskoe-Selo It can be stated emphatically. that ] in transmitting a faithful report of what occurred at the White House last Friday afternoon Count Cassini em-
 phasized the sympathy and friendly | frankness with which tiie President
 speaking informally. expressed his strong desire for peace. It is general 1 Iy realized here that the importance Of that report can scarcely be over-esti- mated.
 To all of his callers this afternoon | the ambassador. while admitting that | i had no news to impart and this ap-
 piled to his closest friends among his diplomatic conferes.
 Personally he was greatly worried by csblegam from Paris telling of the
 illness of his daughter. the Countess Cassini, who is suffering with scarla- tina.
 Contact" remarked a European ann bassador tonight, 'is what the Presi dent has been endeavoring to establish between Russia and Japan. To do this 1t was necessary to obtain from one side or the other some expression favorable to peace. Japan has re- trained absolutely from giving any in- dication as to what her terms would be, on the ground that this would be interpreted by Russia as a sign of weakness On the other hand Russia has until now met all suggestions re- garding peace with the plain. unequi- vocal statement, The Czar has deter
 mined to continue the war
 This answer precluded further rep
 resentations. If Russia has officially expressed an interest in Japan's terms there is. for the first time since the
 war began, some substantial hope of peace"
 Takahfra Will Tell. Whether upon receiving from Count | Cassini an official expression that the | Czar wishes to know the Mikado's
 peace terms the President will be able | to obtain a statement on this subject 1 from Japan remains to be seen. Dip l lomats, however, recall the statement | of Mir. Takahira some days ago 70 the l effect that Nhen Russia really wanted to know Japan's terms she could easi- ly find them out without commdnicat- ing directly with Tokio. This is ta- ken to mean that with such an official intimation in his possession the Pres ident can obtain from Mir. Takahira,
 tEe Japanese minister. a general state
 ment of Japan's terms for transmits sion to RussIs.
 Great Britain as the ally of Japan as 1t is understood here, has felt un-
 able to participate in the preliminary
 activities initiated by the President
 since the annihilGtion of the Russian fleet. Desirous as is the London gov
 ernment for peace It's officials point
 out that 90 far as an ally can deter
 mine, Japan has not been unreason- able throughout the present struggle.
 It is declared on good authority that
 thus far no circular note has been ad- dressed to the American Ambassadors abroad but that their instructions have
 been informal. though dictated direct- ly from the White House.