The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-15
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 EXACT TEXT OF NOTE
RUSSIAN FOREIGN OFFICE! STATEMENT As TOP FACE
 MOVEMENT.

Its Concluding Paragraph Caused Pes- simism and Nervousness Even in St.
 Petersburg-Foreign Minister Lams-
 dOrf Now Declares That the Text as
 Communicated to Roosevelt is Differ
 ent--PIace for Meeting of PIenipO-
 tentiaries Not Yet Agreed Upon
 Land Battle Imminent.
 St. Petersburg, June 14.-6:42 p. m.- The words in the last line of the Rus sian foreign offices communication to the Gazette, saying the imperial gov ernment has mo objection in princi- ple'' to the meeting of plenipotentiaries proposed by President Roosevelt, If the Japanese government expresses desire therefor" are causing much com ment and some little depression in cir cles which were exceedingly optimistic yesterday, especially as it is understood those are almost textually the words in the note handed to Ambassador Meyer. In certain quarters it is considered to be an attempt to compel Japan to re- indicate her willingness to agree to the meeting in order to save Russia's face" but this idea is repudiated at the foreign office, where the Associated Press was informed that the condition al clause applies to the question of a meeting to which Japan had already consented. .1~.
 We are waiting" it was added, for Japan to indicate the time and place where she desires to meet our plenipo- tentiaries. The note only serves as a warning that Russia does not engage herself in advance to conclude peace"
 Special advices from Paris quote Dr. Montono, the Japanese minister, as saying Japan cared nothing for. Rus sia's jockeying for position and is cal lous regarding the formalities. pr. Mo- tono is said to have declared that the first question which will arise when the meeting is held will be that of an arm istice. +5....
 The foreign office is in constant com munication with Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador at Washington, but beyond the statement that nothing; has been arranged, it vouchsafes no information. The chances of the meet ing taking place in the United States however, seem to have vanished, As announced in the Associated Press dis patches Sunday, the choice of Russia is Paris, owing to the desire to have M.s Nelidoff, ambassador at Paris, who par ticipated in the making of the treaty of San Stefano as one of the plenipo- tenttaries; but if Paris should not be acceptable to Japan, Russia is disposed to the selection of The Hague.
 The principal objection to Manchuria is the time which would be necessary to get the negotiators to the scene.
 It is understood that the first task of the plenipotentiarie will be the conclu- sion of a limited armistice. This must come soon in order to avoid a general engagement, which reports from the front indicate that Field Marshal Oya- ma is already launching.
 The court at the end of the week will remove from Tsarkoe-Selo to Peterhof, wherethe emperor and his immediate family will occupy the Little Palace for the renaoinder of the summer. This palace is situated in the corner of the vast park where there are famous foun- tains rivalling those of Versailles, which, with the military music every afternoon and evening, attract inn menss crowds. The palace, however, is tucked away in the corner of the park, and, as it is surrounded by high walls, it is inaccessible to the public.
 Attention was called to the conclud- offices statement in this paper yester- day It was pointed out that if any hitch had occurred in the negotiations it might be from just such an expres- sion as made by the Russian foreign office as follows ''The imperial govern nlent would have no objection In princi- pie to such an attempt (meaning .Roose- velt's proposition to bring about a ligerents) If the Japanese government expressed desire therefor" It was also pointed out that in the light. of Japan's attitude heretofore and her present dominant position in the war it seemed hardly reasonable to suppose that she would express a desire" be- fore Russia had expressed desire her. self for a meeting of plenipotentiaries, : of suing the defeated for peace. At tention was further called to the fact that if such an expression occurred in the czarss note to President Roosevelt which note had not been published and has not yet been, it was not unlikely that Japan would object as she had always maintained that the nrSt word for peace must be looked for from St. Petersburg, but at the same time allow ing it to be understood that she would not be unwilling to listen to it. So it seems that Japan would point out that it is not for her to express a desire but for Russia to do it, Japan later meet ing that desire with an expression of willingness to try to conclude peace. That there has been some slight hitch there can be no doubt. The explanation is that it is due to inability to agree on a place of meeting for the plenipo- tentiaries.
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