CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3536, 17 June 1905, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

Russo-Japanese Situation. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. SUSPICION OF RUSSIAN VACILLATION. St Petersburg, June 14. A summary of the commumoatmn between Count Lamsdorff and M Meyer. United States i-epre=cnta iv e at St Petersburg, is published to-day It is declared that the Czar instructed Count Lamsdorff to intimate regarding an eventual meeting that the plenipotentiaries in charg ®,,' ve /® ascertaining how far it is possible for for the powers to elaborate conditions • r peace. Russia did not object in principle to such an attempted if Japan expressed the desire, therefore the correspondent* emphasise that Russia’s definition of plenipotentiary Is thus undisclosed, also the fact that Russia is seeking to impress the Russians that japan is initatmg peace proposal LondoNi June i4> Suspicions is expressed in several quarters that the Czar and officials are seeking to gain time by consenting to examine peace terms, ultimately to .find them humiliating therefore inadmissible. , ■Some American considering that General Linevitch is in an embarrased position, have pronounced tho Commander’s protest against the conclusion of peace as bluff manufactmed in St. Petersburg and fathered by General Linevitch. The recent Japanese raid is considered to be the finest cavalry achievementinthewar.