H. E. Hu Wei-te, Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg, has telegraphed his Government to the following effect "Tu reference to Japan's demands for an indemnity and for the cession of territory, the Czar has been holding a secret conference. ihe War party has, as usual, insisted upon the continuance of the war; but the: Czar was unmoved, and instructed his plenipotentiaries to continue the negotiations with the view of securing peace."
The same authority has also wired that the influence of the revolutionaries and of those who are demanding the institution of a parliamentary system in Russia will be irresistible unless peace is promptly restored and that so far as he sees there is a possibility of peace, and the Chinese Government should prepare to take the necessary steps accordingly.—Special service.
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