New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-19
10 CHOOSE SIX ENJOYS.
Ayrsfstce after Pleapotenha'1es
Are -4pp0inted.

III. u
.>.r4atfvefy decided each TO appoint three pieni-
-.1..,.,a-.as IN represent them in the Washington
conference NJ Nelidof. It is understood mas
.,r.sav accented the craftsmanship Of the Hus-
.,an mission and is being consulted about the
.s,.cs,o, Of his assistants but Washington mas
,,o, ye. heard whether Marquis Ito's health VIII
hermit him to come the ranking 1aPaheso
p]enipotentiary The belief here Is that rietu
Marshal Yamagata will be designated IN ilo
place should the marquis be unable to accept
1t is expected that the conference VIII con'ehe
here about the middle Of August
Pending the official announcement OF the prem
ipoteutiaries, little progress toward the ar
rangenent of an arElistice is being at'empteu
on either side Japan will not take ,he Hi'ia Nv
in reouestine an armistice 1t is improbable.
however that she would Insist on RUSSIA 5 ilah-
tng the request 1t is generally expected that
ne, tho missions have been announced the
President Will suggest to the belligerents 'he
accessibility of g limited truce and that this sug-
cestion will be accepted. Instructions Will then
90 TO Idneyitch and oyana to sign the arnis~
tice.
The whole question of arrnistice has been
informally discussed at the White House, ana
the belief in diplomatic circles Is that there
win not be a hitch on this score. Japan prefers
THAT the arn1fstice should be signed In the Held
by the Russian and Japanese commanders. ana
there are indications that this will find approval
In ST. Petersburg.
General commentator Is voiced in diplomatic
circles OF the Presidents tact in not communf-
eating TO Japan the suggestion from ST Peters
burg for reconsideration of the selection OF
Washington for the conference. The irrevocabie
opposition OF Japan to any capital of Europe
was matter of common knowledge in WASH
sneton. and the transmission Of any such sug~
eestion Il was realized would only invite an
emphatic refusal from Japan and possibly serf-
ously menace the converting OF the conference.
There have been several explanations current
among diplomats regarding rurnors of Russia
desire to have the negotiations take place at TIE
Hague One was that IT was based on mis-
understanding about the fnaIity of the decision
90 meet at Washington. Another was that the
st Petersburg government believed the Presi-
dent preferred The Hague.
Pessfnistic reports from Europe about the
Washington conference not shared by the
diplomats here. A European Ambassador who
has from the outset been in close touch with
the negotiations said tonight:
What Europe does not seem to realize is that
in these negotiations the President has been
dealing not with the party in Russia nor
with Count Lansdorf. but with Emperor Mich
olas direct There is a thorough understanding
between the President and the Emperor. the lat
Ter fully approaching the motives which
the Presidents appeal for peace. and
felt Russia could afford to make. That Russia
does not go into the conference pledged to peace
is fully understood but this does not mean that
her plenipotentiaries viii not come clothed with
full powers to negotiate peace provided Japan's
terms be reasonable, nor does IL reflect In any
way upop the sincerity with which Russia enters
the conference.
To-day passed with no signs of diplomatic
activity. Neither the Russian Ambassador nor
the Japanese Minister was caller at the White
House to-day Mr.. Takahira spending part of the
day in a long automobile ride, pastinle of
which he Is fond. Baron Speck Sternburg;
the German Ambassador. who spent yesterday
in the city, returned early this morning TO his
cottage at Deer Park, Md, confident that the
next few days would not bring important de-
velopments IN the negotiations Before leaving
the Ambassador was also in receipt of reassur-
ing news regarding the Moroccan situation,
which confirmed his belief that the acuteness of
the crisis had in some quarters been exagger-
ated.
President Roosevelt spent the latter part of
the evening quietly at the White House. after
an outing OF some hours along the shores of the
Potomac River and in the country beyond on
the Virginia side. He received no callers
The President and several of his friends. in
Guiding Clifford Pinchot the Forester of the
Department Of Agriculture left the White
House before o'clock this afternoon in an
automobile. Their destination was not an
'nounced. but 1t is understood that the party
were taken UP the Conduit Road to the chain
pridge which spans the Potomac River three
miles above Georgetown and across the bridge
into Virginia, where small hills fringe thu
river. The President and several of the Others
then TOOK q walk around the Virginia roads
and later were met by the White House double
team trap and returned to the city. Those
who came back with the President included his
Con Theodore and several friends whom thew
had picked up on the way. They reached the
White House about $50 O'Clock and showed
! evidences of their warm walk