Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-06-26
Submitted and Under Con-
sideration By Russia.
Not Definitely known, but Be-
|leved Early In August.
'na' lime Is Earlist Japanese ENJOYS Can
Reach Washington.

%. petersburg, June 26-1251 A. M.
-''%o'idtlons for the peace conference
nv" taken an important step forward.
ii pi"p"Sitlon Tor the date of the meet
lilS Oh the plenipotentiares at WASH
ih%t"h having been submitted to Russia
ana being now under consideration
The exact date proposed hos not haan
hScefiained, but there is reason to
suppose that it is some time dnrin, tho
l'f"t week or 10 days of August, which
= "''u' tie earliest period i'm which
'i"' '''paiitSe representatives can be
tNpette" 10 reach Washington, allow
III" reasonable time for the acceptance
Oh the proposal and the interchange of
the nominations of lenipotentiaries.
Inc tinp"rors answer is not eXpect-
Ell Tor a day or two. as the diplomat
lc mills of Russia grind SLOWLY and The
foreign Office as one of the secretaries
put 1t us not used to your hustlinp
American methods; but it is thought
that the date will be satisfactory nc
IL VIII give ample time for NJ. Nelidoff.
the Russian ambassador at Paris or
othef Russian negotiators to reach
w aShihStoh ANA as there will be little
preliminary work for them to do until
the JapaneSe terms arr, submitted
hether the proposals regarding the
GATE originated at Toxic or az. Wash
inSton "annot he learned. but the fact
that the negotiations were conducted
through Ambassador Meyer NAV indi-
cate that President Roosevelt has per-
hapS again stepped to the fore and
suggested to the two powers. :neither
" L.. mill
initiative, suitable date.
Ambassador Meyer is still exchang-
ing communications with Foreign Min
lster i.amSdOrm by letter, the minis
ter being confined to his apartments in
the ministry, but in his latest note
written by his own hand, Count I.ams-
dorfi expressed the hope that he would
have sufficiently recovered to permit
OF personal exchange of views. TODAY
The minister's indisposition also pre-
vented him from receiving the German.
French and other ambassadors during
| the last few days
NJ. Nereatoff, under minister of for
el9n affairs ana the spokesman of the
ful eign Office. in an interview in th,.
Gazetta declares an arc,istice pending
| me NEE ting Of the plenipotentiarieS is
| improbable and he comments on the
| possibility of a battle taking place be-
| fore conference is held
| The RuSsky Invalid the army organ
| supplies an argument for peace in I'm
| estimate: of the strength of the Japan
cse armies. which it places at from 500
| on0 to 6o0.0OD men. including the forces
operating in corea. In tn" five japanese
| armies opposing Gen. Lmevitch. nX-
| elusive of cavalry and artillery, it esti-
| mates that there are from 100000 To
| l50.OO0 bayonetS, which give Field Mar
| Shal Oyam.t Il decided numerical
superiority over the strength usually
! allotted to Lin"VitChS army. The Jap
| :lnrsc forces it says, are divided as fol-
| lows. Con. kuroki. 1Il.c(0 to 120,0aO
| bayonCts; Cen. Oku, i1n.G00 to 1l3.o00
| Daymrts, Gen. Nogi. 81 COO to 10000
| tnyoucts: G,.a. NolZa, ljtdN bayonntS.
ami Gen. k.twamura. 13.ooo to 10000
| bHyonrts.
| The Novoc Nrcmya prints an inter-
| view which its correspondent at Paris
had with a japanese diplomat, who
says that while nobody outside of the
| Emperor Of Japan ani his pienipotrn-
| tIaries are yet in possession of Japan:s
| terms ne believes that they are moder-
ate an;i will be- acceptable. He adds
that Japan is anxious to conclude a
lasting peace. hut :hlt her attitude is
not influenced by the slightest doubt as
10 her financial ability to continue III"
war, she having anti'irated a much
longer and more diiiicult ptriod of hos
ti!itirS.