Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-19
OYAMA LAUNCHING A GENERAL
ENGAGEMENT.
FOREIGN OFFICE SILENT
Indications Point to Washington
Being Selected as Place of Meet
ing of Peace Plenpotentiaries-
President RooseveIt's Good Offices
May Be in Demand.

st. Petersburg, June 15.-The for
eign Office is in constant communica-
ton with Count Cassini, ambassador
at Washington, but beyond the state
ment that nothing has been arranged,
it youchsafes no information.
1t is understood that the first task
of the plenipotentiMies will be the
conclusion of a limited armistice
This must come soon in order to
avoid general engagement, which
reports from the front indicate Oyama
is already launching.
Every foreign minister ami ambasr
sador now in ST. Petersburg attended
the reception given by Foreign Minis
ter LamsdOrff yesterday. Several dip
lcmats. who displayed some unneces-
sary nervousness earlier in the day
over the concluding clause of the Rus
sian foreign officers communication
to the Gazette Saying that the imper-
ial government has "no objection in
principle, to meeting of the plenipo-
tentiaries provided by President
Roosevelt eff the Japanese govern
ment expresses a desire therefor') !,
were treasured after talking with the
foreign minister and learning that the
communication did not reproduce the
exact text of the note.
Our Capital in Favor.
Washington, June 10. = Gradually
the negotiations for peace in the far
east are nearing focus. The one
point to which the energies of those
directly concerned are being directed
is the choice of place for holding
1.-THE conference of the plenipotenti-
Jaries. It is known officially that three
cities are now under consideration by
Russia and Japan. These cities,
named in the order of likelihood. are
Washington, The Hague and Geneva.
Thus far no decision has been reached.
Objections are made by the Japanese
to The Hague, but it is not believed
their objections are fundamental or
unalterable. However, as the situa-
ton now is Washington appears to be
the city most likely to be selected. 1t
can be said on AUTHORITY that if the
conference is held in the United
States it will be in Washington. The
announcement of the selection of the
place is expected within ayfew days.
1t may come today and it may not
come for several days. Thus far Pres
ident Roosevelt has acted merely as
an intermediary between Russia and
Japan in the conduct of the negOtia-
tions regarding the selection of a
place of conference. He is in no
sense of the term an arbiter in the
matter and at this time there is no
probability that he will be the arbiter.
1t is expected that Russia and Japan
will be able to reach an agreement
without the assistance Of an arbiter.
Should a deadlock ensue-a condition
that is regarded as quite unlikely-it
is not improbable that the president
may be requested by the two powers
to name a place of conference.
After the selection of the place the
two governments will name those who
are to represent them respectively at
the conference. Then an armistice
btween the contending armies in the
field will be arranged and, pending
the result of the peace conference,
the great armies facing each other in
Manchuria will lie on their arms
awaiting final signal from their
governments.