Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-06-21
MAY END PEACE CONGRESS
President Fears Outbreak Of
Host.lities May Wreck Plans.
PREVENT CONFERENCE.
Russia Agrees to Washington as Meet
ing Place and Will Not Urge
The Hague.

Washington, D. c., June 19.-Russia
has given up hopes of taking the peace
conference to The Hague and will agree
to Washington as the place of meeting.
W lille the progress Of the preliminary
negotiations for peace between the far
eastern belligerents is necessarily slow
at THIS stage of the proceedings, it is
known that President Roosevelt hopes
they practically may be concluded before
he shall go to Oyster Bay for the sum-
her. Ills desire to facilitate in every
way the negotiations induced him to re-
consider his original plan to go to Oys-
ter Bay this week.
Will Return Friday.
After his visit to Worcester and Will
jamestown, Mass, where he will go to
attend the commencement exercises of
Clark university and Williams college,
ne VIII return to Washington, arriving
mere next Friday morning. 1t is ex-
pected that if nothing unforeseen shall
happen some definite announcement of
the status of the negotiations may be
MADE soon after his return. There is a
possibility even that the selection of the
plenlpotentiaries of both Russia and
Japan may be announced before the
Massa chusetts.
A final determination of the seat Of the
conference having been reached, the Pres
ldent, III common with the political
world, is awaiting the action Of the bill
llgerent nations as to their peace en-
voys: With that part of the programme
the PRESIDENT, naturally, has nothing to
do. When the selections have been made
the names of the ENJOYS of the respective
Governments no tod 70 bo
President. By him, they, in turn, will
Will be communicated to the governments
IN interest, and formally announced to
the world.
Hope Battle Is Not Near.
1t is the hope here that the arrange
ments for the conference may proceed
with such facility as to avert general
engagement in Manchuria between the
forces of Gems. Linevitch and Oyama.
The precipitation of great battle at
the present stage Id the negotiations
would be regarded as a most unfortunate
act of judgment-an error which might
imperil seriously the negotiations for the
conference. Indeed it is believed in some
quarters, that whatever might be the
result of such a conflict it would be
source of so much bitterness that the ne
gotiations, the status of which is now
so favorable. would collapse.
Does Not Heed Attacks.
1t can be said that the President is
giving no heed to irritating personal
reverences to him which have appeared
in q part of the European press. His
conduct of the peace negotiations thus
far has been as nearly directly as pos
sible with the Emperors of the bellig-
erent powers and the arrangements con-
Guided represent their personal views as
we'll as his own. The reference to the
President by an important st. Peters
burg newspaper as broker is regard
known in Washington that it does not
reflect the sentiments of the st. Peters
burg government. Such comments serve.
however, to accentuate the desire
of the President and of the powers
generally to avert, if possible, an
other serious engagement on the Man
churian battlefield, lest the conciliatory
efforts heretofore made may be rendered
fruitless through the utterances of the
Russian press, backed as they may be by
the powers of the war party in the en-
plre.
Has Not Heard from Japan.
st. Petersburg, June 10, 500 p. NJ
This was Whitmonday and a great reli-
gious holiday. Private as well as pub
eign office only half a dozen officials were
on duty and they declared that Russia
has not yet been apprised Of Japan
wishes as to the time of the peace meet
ing or the number of plenipotentiaries,
but the officials indicated that Russia
would be found willing to meet Japan's
wishes. Any number of plenipotenti-
aries from one to three is agreeable to
Russia.
In addition to the names of Ambassa-
dor Nelidoff and Baron Rosen, the name
of Prof. De Maartens, professor of in
lternational law at the university of St.
petersburg, and member Of the inter-
national arbitration court, is now men
toned, as is also the suggestion that
Count Cassini might possibly be one of
the plenipotentiaries.
Fear for Linevitch.
If the impression which prevails at the
foreign office that Japan intends to send
the Marquis Ito and possibly other
statesmen from Japan is true, it is
pointed out that the meeting can not oc-
cur within a month. In the meantime,
so far as indicated here, there have been
no moves in the direction of renewed
.hostilities. No confirma ton has been re-
,celved here of the report from Godzyadni
Of j une II, that negotiations for an arm-
'stlce had been begun between Field Mar
shall Oyama and Gen. Linevitch. On the
contrary, the latest news from the front
leaves little doubt that Oyama's columns
are III motion and disquieting rumors are
Russian army, according to which Oya-
ma has succeeded in pushing both his
TANKS forward respectively opposite
kuanchengtsu and Kirin, whence he can
draw moose around troops below this
line.