Tokio, 7th December.
President Roosevelt, in submitting his annual message, said the country continues prosperous, He made only incidental reference to the Russo-Japanese war.
In connection with the calling of the Hague Conference, the President referred to his invi.ation to the second conference, which had been accepted by all the Powers, coupled in some cases with the condition that they should wait till the end of the war. The message continues: "The Czar, immediately after the treaty of pence had happily terminated the war, ina Note presented -through Baron Rosen, took the initiative in recommending the conference called
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