The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-06-24
WILL MEET IN WASHINGTON
PEACE ENJOYS TO CONFER AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Time of the Meeting and Selection
of the Plenipotentiaries Not
Yet Announced,


national capital has been selected as
TIE seat of negotiations between the
p enipotentiaries of Russia and Japan
10: treaty of peace. The choice of
Washington as tie location of the peace
conference marks another forward step
in the negotiations toward ultimate
peace in the far east. instituted by
President Roosevelt
OL.cla! announcement of the selec-
ton o! Washington was made by Secre-
tsry Loeb at the white house at 1923
j. m. Thursday. 1t was in typewrit-
isn form, and read as follows:
When the two governments were
unable to agree upon either Chefoo or
Paris. the president suggested The
EasMe, but both governments have
no@ requested that Washington be
chosen as the place of meeting, and the
president hes accordingly formally no.
| titled both governments that Washing
| ton will be so selected"
This statemcn, was supplemented
shortly xfterward by semi-officia an
nouncement that after meeting and
organizing the plenipotentiares Of the
| two governments, If it should be found
to be uncomtortably hot in Washing
ten. may adjourn the meeting to some
summer resort In the north and there
co..t ;ilue their sittings until such time
n. tie weather in Washington shall be
ga comfortable"
Time Of Conference.
The time of the conference. while
nj so important as the place, is Of
ccH"srn. ESPECIALLY to diplomatists. A
III 3 MINER conference anywhere Is
r. re&arded with entirely pleasurable
a3;i"t' atoms. 1t is pointed out. how
erfr that the proposed conference is
s""r'F:v likely To lie convened before
~ .iaj.e 81 August and perhaps not
un'il a later date. 1t may lie July 1,
possibly a little later before the ar
ra"" 3.ents for the meeting of the
| ipotentiaries finally are completed
E&th Russia and Japan are moving
with the utmost deliberation, for the
game of diplomacy now being played
is Of even greater Importance to each
| government than are the movements
OF lie armies on the battlefield. After
the completion Of the preliminary ar
| raMSements. the Observation-Disclosures must
| proceed to Washington. and it will
require at least a month for the ne
| grtiators of the two governments. with
their respective STATS. to come togeth-
err he distance from Japan. partic-
u.arly, being SO great that a shorter
1 oil
view therefore. of all the conditions
ard including in the equation the fac
tor of unforeseen DELAYS over matters
of minor consequence. 1t seems quite
| unlikely that the conference will as
semble formally before the middle Of
August or the first of September.
May Convene Early i'll August.
Washington, June 1o.--Kogoro Taxa
hira. the japanese minister. called at
the white house Monday TO inform the
president that the Japanese plenipo-
tcntiaries would be able to reach
Washington the first part of August,
ii it was deemed desirable for them to
be here by that time. The personnel
OF the mission has not yet been an
nounced. When the president re-
turned to the executive offices after re-
ceiviAg Mr.. Takahira he found Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador,
awaiting him. The information
brought by the minister was COM
municated to the ambassador, who ia
cabling his government to find out
when the Russian mission will arrive
When this is known it will be possible
to decide upon date for the confer,
ence. The general belief is that it will
convene about the middle Of August.
Still Opposing Peace.
st. Petersburg, June 20.-The wal
party has by no means surrendered
On the contrary, backed by the mill
tary element, 1t is making concerted
effort to dissuade the emperor from
concluding peace. Even with the two
armies already cIinching, members Of
the war party are filing st. Petersburg
and Peterhof with optimistic views
and Lieut.. Gen. Linevitch and his lieu.
tenants are reinforcing their argu.
ments with roseate reports of the STRAIT
egic situation.
Debs' New Organization.
Terre Haute, Ind, June 21.-Eugene