Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-07
WANT COOL MEETING PLACE
Popular Summer Resorts Not Desired for
Meeting Of Peace Plsnipotsntiaries.
RUSSIAN SAILORS WOULD Be RELEASED
Those from Interned Transport Lena
Ask same Privileges as Those
Accorded Sailors of En-
quist Mt Manila.

WASHINGTON, July 6-while the place
for the hot weather sessions Of the peace
plenipotentiaries has not been selected, it
Is learned that Portland Me, is being re-
garded very favorably. Bar Harbor, New
port and other well known resorts have
been considered. but are Objectionable on
account of the crowds and the social at
tentions which would be shown the MEM
bers of the conference. In Portland, or its
Immediate vicinity, it is felt could be OBJ
talned the desired retirement, while at the
same time affording a cool climate.
In an authoritative quarter it was
learned today that in addition to those al
ready selected Mr.. Pokotiloff. Russian min
lister to China, has been ordered to tho
United States in connection with the peace
conference.
Russians Request Release.
VALLEJO Cal, July 6-More than 100
members of the crew Of the Russian cruiser
Lena, which is interned at the Mare Island
navy yard, have made a demand upon Com
mander Genther in charge Of the vessel,
that they be accorded the same privileges
as those granted the enlisted men on The
Russian ships interned at Manila; that is,
that all of the crew except enough men to
man the ship be parolled and allowed to re-
turn to their homes in Russia. Commander
Genther told the men that he would COM
municate their wishes to the State depart
ment at Washington.
Japan Closes Deal for Loan.
LONDON, July 6-The negotiations for
the japanese loan of $15O,0O0,0O0 with the
tobacco monopoly as security, were practi-
cally completed this morning and terms will
be signed this afternoon. The issue price
will be 80, the interest AZ per cent and the
loan, which will be equally divided between
New York, London and Germany, will run
for twenty years. The issuing houses in
New York will be Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the
National City bank and the National Bank
of Commerce in London the Hong Kong
& Shanghai Banking corporation, the Yo-
kohama Specie bank and PARIS bank, and
in Germany thirteen houses in different
cities will issue the bonds. The prospectus
will be out July II.
MikRdO Says Farewell to KOmurn.
TOXIC, July 6.-The emperor gave a fare
we'll audience and lunch to Baron Komura,
envoy from Japan to the approaching peace
conference at Washington, and the stan Of
the Japanese Peace commission today
The emperor delivered an address today
to the peace plenipotenharies as follows:
The president of the United States being
grieved to learn that the war between Rus
STA and Japan had not peen brought to a
close after the lapse of llore than a year,
and being impressed with the urgent need,
IN the interest of peace and humanity, of
terminating the conflict, has suggested that
the two governments oppoint plenipoten-
tlar1es and cause them to meet together to
negotiate peace.
pectation, to resort to arms despite our
constant abiding wish for peace, and If in
our opponent hostlitles could be brought
to an end, nothing would be more satisfac-
tory than such contamination.
Accordingly we at once accept the sug-
gestlon of the president of the United
States and we hereby charge you with the
mission 81 v OF neggSatiaating and oS4cluding
all OF your power to discharge your mission
and make every effort to secure tho re-
establishment of peace on durable basis.
Criticize MurnviefT's appointment.
ST. PETERSBURG. July en-. Muir
avieff will arrive here Sunday. He will
receive special Instructions from the en-
peror and consult with the various min
listers and will leave with his suite for
Washington probably about July 20. But
the date is not absolutely fixed.
Russia has not yet received indications
OF Japans attitude toward an armistice
The Slovo today severely criticises the Sc
lection OF M. MuraVien as one OF the Rus
sian peace plenipotentiaries, declaring that
he has neither the ability nor the tempera-
Tnent to conduct great negotiations. His
rise to the position of minister of justice
the paper affirms, was not due to his
faithfulness to the ideals of justice, but
rather devotion to the arbitrary methods
which are execrated throughout Russia
The Slovo recalls 1.-The deplorable incidents
which marked M Muravieff's connection
with the Hartman affair in Paris and The
Hague conference" as reasons for express
ing the opinion that negotiations under
his direction are sure to be accompanied
by many disappointments.
It is generally understood here that M
Muravien's selection was extremely dis
tasteful TO Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and
that 1t was the emperor's personal act.
Among the liberals a story is being in
dustriously circulated and believed that
Japan at the Washington peace conference
will demand that the treaty of peace, II
concluded, shall be submitted for the rati-
fcation Of the Russian people in order
to insure its observance in case Of a change
of government.