Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-13
PEACE is NOW
IN PROSPECT.
Roosevelt, Cassini and Takahira
in Conference Offer of
Good Will.
PRESIDENTS PLANS.

WASHINGTON, June 10. = Official
assurance that the presidents efforts
to bring Russia and Japan together to
discuss peace will be crowned with
success was brought to the White
House by Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador, who called by appoint
ment and in the name of the Emperor
Nicholas formally accepted the presi-
dents offer of good will
The following official statement re-
garding the conference was issued at
the White House:
Ambassador Cassini called to ex-
press the Russian governments assent
to the presidents proposition and to
state that they would appoint pleni.
potentiaries to meet the plenipoten-
tiaries of Japan to discuss the question
of peace"
Japan and Russia have each sug-
gested to President Roosevelt the place
which they deemg best suited for peace
negotiations. Neither mentioned Wash
ington nor the battlefield of Manchu-
ria. There is about an ever chance be-
tween Europe and the United States.
Russia is believed to have suggested
Geneva or The Hague. Japan is be-
lieved to have suggested a city in the
United States, but not Washington.
1t is understood in a high official
quarter here hat Marquis Ito and
Baron Komura, Japanese minister for
foreign affairs. will be members of the
peace conference.
During the past two weeks the presi-
dents efforts have been directed to-
ward bringing the belligerents into
amicable contact on the basis of a
mutual agreement to consider terms
of peace. This he has now accom-
plished. 1t remains for the belliger
ent powers to name their plenipoten-
tlaries and agree upon a time and
place for them to meet to discuss terms
and to negotiate a treaty of peace.
These details are now under considera
ton with n bright prospect that such
minor differences as may exist will
be resolved within a Few days.
. A conference of supreme Importance
was held In the blue room of the White
House here, and President Roosevelt,
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa-
dor. and Kogoro Takahira, the Japa-
nese minister. were the principals.
President Roosevelt now has unequi-
vocal assurances from both Russia n
japan of the acceptance of his PROPOSE
ton that they enter on negotiations for
peace. The president likewise is as
sured Of the absolute sincerity of both
governments in acceding to his sugges-
ton.
When arrangements are completed
definitely an armistice will be agreed
upon and the great armies in Man
churia will lower their bayonets pend
ing the formal negotiations of a per-
mancnt treaty Of peace.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Times says:
1T Is no exaggeration to say that
President Roosevelt Is the most popu-
lar man In Russia today. The presi-
dents rare insight. aided by the skill
md tact Of his ambassador. MIR. Mey-
er. enabled him to gauge the proper
moment 10 offer advice which the inl-
lIator OF The Hague peace conference
could not refuse"
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that
The Russian experiment In parllamen-
tarianism will begin In September. The
emperor has already given his APPROX
N to the scheme now being finally but
formally reviewed by the council of
tate for n bicameral Legislative body,
consisting of n lower house. called the
z lsudarstvennala duma Imperial du-
MAJ. and an upper house. %gosudarst-
venmala SOVIET or the present council of
the empire, but reserving to the ear
dnal authority.