The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-11
Belligerents to
Name Plenipo-
tentiaries.
HOSTILITIEs
AT AN END
GeneralsGetOr
ders to Cease
Fighting.
HEAOE RES / y
WITH JAPAN
Result Depends
Upon Toxic S
Demands.

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, June 10.-The last bat
tie in the Russo-Japanese war has been
fought, pending the result Of the peace
negotiations, now brought to their pre-
liminary stage through the good Offices
of President Roosevelt. Both Russia
and Japan have agreed to the appoint
ment of plenipOtentiaries to consider
peace terms, and they will be named
without delay. Undoubtedly WashfnG-
ton will be named ms the pInce where
the negotiations shall take place, as
the American capital fs favored by
Japan, to whose wishes Russia will de-
fer. As soon as the plenipOtentiaries
are named nm arInistice will be de-
ciared. Pending the declaration of the
armistice fighting will be suspended,
orders to that effect, 1t is believed, hav-
ing already been sent to the command.
ers of the rival armies in the field.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 11.-Paris is
Russias choice for the opening of
peace negotiations. If Japan insists
upon Manchuria or Washington, Rus
STA doubtless will agree, but Paris is
preferred and the Emperor already is
prepared to issue instructions to Nell
'doff. the ambassador to France, to act
as plenipotitary to receive the japanese
conditions.
The Russian Government has commu-
nicated to the Government at Washing
ton Russia's reply to Presiden. Roose-
velt's appeal, at the same time thank
ing the President warmly for the
friendly spirit in which it was con-
ceived.
The press is now enabled to give
some additional interesting details of
the extraordinary council presided over
by the Emperor, which met recently at
Tsarskoe-Selo, and at which the
practical although not the final decision
was taken to terminate the war if the
terms We're not too onerous While the
Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexander
Michaelovitch were the leaders, all the
members of the imperial family except
Nicholas Nicholaevitch favored an at
tempt to conclude peace. Only General
Sakharoff, the Minister of War, and
General Lobko, from among the Min
listers, held out for the prosecution of
the war. The former displayed a tele-
gram from General Linevitch, report
ing the strategic position of the army
as good and expressing not only con-
fidence in his ability to defeat the
enemy, but even to assume the often
sive.
EXPECT JAPAN TO BE LENIENT.
General Sakharoffs argument, how
ever, was easily outweighed by the con-
siderations presented by the Ministers.
especially as the Emperor from the be-
ginning manifested strong disposition
to end the struggle if honorable terms
were procurable.
There was q wide divergence of opinion
as to whether Japan would attempt to
impose impossible terms, but the consen-
sus of opinion was that Japan was too
wise to desire now to humble her gigantic
neighbor and force conditions which
Russia and only make peace an armed
truce till the Russian empire could make
further preparations.
An enduring peace, it was agreed, was
impossible If Japan tried to force upon
Russia humiliating terms, such as the
surrender and disarmament of vladivo-
stok and the absolute limitation of Rus
sia's naval strength in the Pacific.
The ground therefore was already pre-
pared for the reception of President
Roosevelt's message. which was conveyed
to the Emperor by ambassador Meyer
personally the following day, and his
Majesty accepted it cordially, especially
as he had good reason to believe that the
! President HAD taken pains to disabuse
him Of any. idea that the United States
was unfriendly to Russia or desired to
see her DESTROYED as power in the Pa
cific.
A formal truce is expected to be pro-
claimed as soon as the place of meeting
of the plenipotentiaries has been settled
upon.
PEACE MAY BRING A CRISIS.
The radical press, which hounds the
Government no matter which way it
turns. is promptly seeking to take advan-
tage of the new situation created by the
, possibility OF peace. Although for
months it has been preaching peace and
the abandonment of the whole IF the
ManchuriaN adventure at any cost, il has
already veered around and pretends to
be horrified at the fact that Russia can
contemplate the possibility of surrender
ing her position on the Pacific and pur-
cha sing peace at the price OF an indem-
nifty after the sacrifice of millions of the
peoples money and thousands of lives,