The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-07-01
DATE OF PEACE MEET
ENJOYS OF RUSSIA AND JAPAN
ASSEMBLE IN AUGUST.
Negotiations a. 70 Date Conducted BY
Ambassador Msysr-MlnIstsr Of
Foreign Affairs In Russia Thinks An.
other Battle VIII Seen De Fought
IN Manehurla.

81 FeternDurks June 1t,~TNe&0tiA'
tons for the peace conference have
taken an important step forward and
a proposition for the date Of the meet.
Ing Of the pienipogentiaTiea 81 Wash.
lngton has been submitted 70 Russia
and Is now under consideration. The
exact date proposed has not been as
eeFtained. but there So reason % sup
pose that II Il some time during the
hFst week or 10 days Of August. which
Is about the earliest period ~ which
the Japanese enVoya could be expect.
cd to reach Washington. allowing
reasonable time for the acceptance Of
the proposal and the Interchange Of
the credentials OF plenlPOtentiaFies,
The emperoT'a answer IL not expect
ed for q day or two. a. the diplomatic
mills o. Russia grind slowly and the
foreign once. as one OF the secretaries
puG IL. ia not used 10 huatiing. Amari'
can methods" but Il 70 thought that
the date viii oe satisfactory. a. Il W..
give ample tune for Nelidotf. the Rus
sian ambassador al hAFia. or other
Russian nsgoliatoFa 20 reach Wash
tngton. and there viii be little pre-
limlnary work for them 70 DO when
che Japanese terms are submitted.
Probshiy ReOsssslts Suggestion
whether the proposal regarding the
date originated al Toaio OF AZ Waan'
iREi0n can not be learned. but this fact
thar the negotiations Were conducted
through Ambassador Meyer may indi
cate that President Roosevelt has per
hAps again stepped 10 the fore and
suggested 70 the tuo powers. neitha
Of whom would be willing 70 take the
initiative. q RuilAbis date.
Ambassador Meyer il ntill eKehAnk
ing communications with Foreign ain
lister LamsaoFa By letter. the ministei
being c0nnned 70 bis apartments Ia
the ministry. but In hia latest uots
written By hls Own hAHd. Count Lams
doga expressed the hope that be would
hare auficlently recovered TO permit
81 personal exchanges ~ Views today
The ministers indispoalgion hlao pro
vented him from receiving tho Ger
man. Frunch and American GmbansA
dora during the last few days
~. HnrAtnH. assistant minister d
foreign affairs and the spokesman o,
ths foreign once. in an Interview "a
the Gazette. declares an aTmiMlic,
pending tho meeting ut the piealpo
tUntiaFtea ia improbable and ho com
meHia on the possibility q = batti'
taxing place befoFe 3 conference Il
held.
japanese Army Larger.
The Russky Invalid. the army or
gan. supplies an argument Tor p@ac'
IN an estimate oi the strength u th'
japanese army. which Il places from
go 900 10 100000 men. including th'
forces operating in Korea. In The av'
japanese AFmieM opposing 0eneFa
I.tnoyiteh. exclusive % cavalry ans
artillery. IL estimates that there ar
from $50 900 to $50. 900 bayonets. whlcl
give Field Marshal oyamA = decides
numerical superiority over IN
strength usually allotted To L4novttchl
army. The japanese forces. Il says
are divided az follows:
General kuroki. iib.o0o 10 s0o.oo'
bsyuneta. General Okn. 10000 10 llb,
600 bayunsts: General Nosi. 80 .0oo Il
$4,000 bayoneta: General Nodru. $500
bayonets. General kawamura, 1890
10 $1,000 bayunets.
The Novoa vremya points TO an IN
terview Which It's correspondent a
Paris had with n Japanese diplomat
who says that white nobody outside o
the emperor 81 Japan and bis principa
advisers IL yet In possession Of jar
ans terms. he believes that they ar
moderate and win be acceptable. IL
adds that Japan IL anxious 10 conclud
a laating peace. but her st..,ude IL no
Influenced By tas aiiKhtest doubt ne 4
her financial ability to continue th
war, ahe having anticipated a mucl
longer and more difieult period o
hostiiities.