The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-16

Join With the United States In In.
duclng the Victor to Make Moderate
Terms with Good Chance Of Success,
Although Russia Knows About what
TO Expect Armistice Not Likely to Bs
Arranged Until the ENJOYS Meet
| WASHINGTON, June l5.-Washington has
| been determined upon as the meeting
place of the Russian and japanese pleni.
potentiaries entrusted with the momentols
duty OF negotiating treaty OF peace The
selection Of this capital was the logical
outcome Of Japan's objection to Europe
and Russia's objection to any place in the
Far East.
The following official statement was is
sued from the White House this afternoon:
when the two Governments were unable
to agree upon either Chefoo or Paris tho
President suggested The Hague, but both
Governments have now requested that
Washington be chosen as the place of meet
ing, and the President accordingly formally
notified both Governments that Washington
| will be selected"
Practically every one who is familiar with
what the diplomatic representatives OF
Russia and Japan and the President are
doing says that there has been no hitch
in the proceedings and that the negotiations
are moving along in most satisfactory
manner.
| Now that the place for the conference
| has been chosen, the announcement OF the
plenipotentiaries from the two Govern
ments will probably be made and they will
start at once for Washington. 1t is thought
here that the plenipotentiaries will not get
| to work before the middle OF August.
While the treaty OF peace will be signed
In Washington, 1t is quite probable that tho
actual negotiations will take place at some
cool summer resort on the Atlantic coast.
The original objection of the beligerents
! to this city was that the summer here -
usually very hot and enervating and 1t
was regarded as too much OF a hardship 10
| impose upon the elderly men who will COM
pose the joint peace commission to have
I Them IJeTlOIHl tIlei cANCcuA'Siy N'S'o-
duties in such climate. That ii is the
! expectation Of those who are concerned
| in the present phase Of the peace exchanges
that the negotiators will spend little time
| in Washington was indicated by the follow
ing semi official statement obtained at the
! White House.
After meeting and organizing in WASH
ington, if it is found to be too hot herej
the meeting can he adjourned to sons
summer resort in the North.
BELlIGERENTs MET HALF WAY.
As has been stated in these dispatches
and confirmed in the White House an
nouncement given above, Russia first su&-
gested Paris and Japan first suggested
| Chefoo. Objection was Immediately raised
by each of the beligerents to the meeting
place named by the other.
Russia was decidedly opposed to Chetoo,
or any other place in the Far East, partly
on account of its remoteness from st. Peters,
burg and partly on the ground that Rus
sia did not desire the negotiations to be con-
Quoted at any place within or near the scene
OF recent hostities Then again, Chefoo Is
a Chinese town, where the pro-Japaness
sentiment is extremely marked, and Russia
naturally did not desire to take the chance
that her negotiators might be influenced by
that sentiment, remote as such chance
must necessarily have been.
Japan's objection to Paris was that 1t
was the capital Of Russia's ally and tho
place in Europe outside the Cars domin-
ions where sympathy for Russia and hatred
of Japan were most rampant.
Realizing that neither would accept the
others suggestion as to the place OF meet
ing, each belligerent made a second choice.
Japan suggested the United States. When
this preference was indicated to President
Roosevelt he made it plain that IL Russia
and Japan agreed that the negotiations
should be held in this country and requested
him to designate the particular place, he
, would name Washington. Russia, however,
still chung to the idea that the negotiations
should be held in Europe, and 1t is under
stood she tentatively indicated that she would
he satisfied II they were conducted at
Geneva.
From the first President Roosevelt did
not favor having the negotiators meet in
the United States. and presumably in or
der to counteract the suggestion OF Japan
he indicated to both parties his belief that
The Hague was the proper place for holding
the negotiations. japan, however still OBJ
jected to the selection of any place in Europe.
and Russia whose opposition to conferences
in the Far East remained as steadfast "a
ever, ultimately overcame the difficulties
that had been encountered by agreeing to
the proposal that the peace commission
should assemble in the capital OF the United
States.
JAPAN FINALLY Satisfied.
1t may now be said with propriety, the