The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-06-22
AMERICAN CAPITAL
Chosen by Mikado and Car
as Place for Conference.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Selection Made Known to Public In a
Brief Note from Roosevelt.
All Other Suggested Places
Are Barred.

All Other Suggested Places
! Are Barred.
Washington has been selected as
the seat of negotiations between the
plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan
for a treaty Of peace. The choice OF
Americas national capital as the loca.
ton OF the peace conference marks an
other forward step In the negotiations
toward ultimate peace in the Far East
instituted by President Roosevelt.
Official announcement Of the selec-
ton Of Washington was made by Sec
retsry Loeb at the white house at 1:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon. 1t was in
| typewriter form and read as follows:
when the two governments were
unable to agree upon either Chefoo or
Paris, the president suggested The
Hague, but both governments have
now requested that Washington be
chosen as the place Of meeting arS
the president has accordingly formally
notified both governments that Wash.
ington will be so selected"
This statement was supplemented
shortly afterwards by semi-oficial
announcement that latter meeting
and organizing, the plenipotentiaries
Of the two governments, if it should
be found to be uncomfortably hot in
Washington, may adjourn the meeting
to some summer resort in the north
and there continue their sitting until
such time as the weather in Washing
ton shall be more comfortable.
Now that some Of the details OF
the negotiations, which have been
pending for more than two weeks, are
known, the selection Of Washington is
regarded as the only logical solution
of the problem presented to the bel
ligerent governments After the ac-
ceptauce by Russia and Japan of Pres
ident Roosevelt's proposition that they
consent to the discussion of peace,
Russia indicated Paris as the most
desirable place for the meeting to ne
gotiate a treaty, and Japan indicated
Chefoo. There the subject rested. for
forty.eight hours. Finally, Japan de-
clined to consider Paris, for obvious
reasons, and Russia objected to the
holding Of the conference in any ORR
entail city.
WASHINGTON was then suggested as a
place at which the belligerents could
meet on common ground, undisturbed
by either political or personal infu'
ences. AS a means Of facilitating the
negotiations, the president suggested
that the conference be held at The
Hague, the seat Of the international
arbitration tribunal, and the location
of the first general arbitration con-
ference, called at the instance Of En-
peror Nicholas Of Russia. He indi'
Gated that for both practical and Sen
timental reasons, The Hague would
be a most desirable place Of meeting
for the plenipotentiaries.
Further consideration OF the subject
developed the practically unalterable
objection Of Japan to any European
capital as a seat for the conference.
She objected particularly to The
Hague, believing that 1t was too TAR
within the sphere OF Russian infuen'
ence, and for a similar reason she
declined favorably to consider Geneva
Until Thursday, however, irreconcila'
bic opposition to the selection OF any
European capital was not known defi'
nitely. At q conference which Togoro
Takahira, the Japanese minister, had
with President Roosevelt during the
day, he conveyed to the president the
Japanese governments final refusal to
consent to the holding Of the confer
ence in Europe.