Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-07
ENJOYS ARE NAMED
RUSSIA AND JAPAN GIVE THEM
COMPLETE POWER TO ACT.
Work on the Treaty of Peace Will Be-
ain Early in August-President
Roosevelt Again Triumphed in In
Sitting tina ENJOYS Have Full
Power.

oyster Bay, L. l., July 4,-Oficial
announcement is made by President
Roosevelt of the names of the Russian
and Japanese ENJOYS to the Washing
ton peace conference. The character
and ability of the men selected by
both belligerents is an earnest dem
onstration of the desire of the re-
spective governments to conclude, II
nossible. the tragedy being enacted IN
the far east. The plenipotentiaries
are:
Russia - Ambassador Muravieff,
formerly minister of justice and now
ambassador to Italy, and Baron Kos
en-, recently appointed as ambassador
to the United States to succeed Count
Cassini.
Japan-Baron Komura, minister OF
foreign affairs, and Kogoro Takahira,
minister to the United States.
BY direction of the president Secre-
tary Loeb made the formal announce
ment in the following statement:
Power to Conclude a Treaty.
"The president announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
have notified him that they have ap-
pointed plenipotentiaries to meet here
Washington as soon after the hrst
of August as possible. The two Rus
sian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador
Muravieff. formerly minister of justice
and now ambassador at Rome, and
Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese
plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura
now minister of foreign affairs, and
Minister Takahira.
at is possible that each side may
send one or more additional represen
tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both
Russia and Japan will be entrusted
with full power to negotiate and con
clude a treaty of peace, subject, Of
course, to ratification by their respec
tive home governments"
Full Power Demanded.
A day or two ago the Russian ant
Japanese governments formally com
municated to the president the names
of the plenipotentiaries they respec
lively selected. Acting as an inter
mediary the president communicate
the names of the Japanese ENJOYS t.
the st. Petersburg government, ant
those of the Russian representative
to Toxic. After giving both govern
ments assurances that the selection
were satisfactory the president, &C
cording to his agreement with tn
belligerents, authorized the public al
nouncement of the ENJOYS.
Some delay was occasioned in tn
selection of the plenipotentiaries b
the insistence of Japan that the Ell
voys of both governments be clothe
with full power to conclude peace an
to negotiate a permanent treaty. Tn
Japanese government indicated poin
edly that the emperor would not pc
nit his ENJOYS to enter upon TENT
tive conference in which Japan was
define it's terms and then let Russi
decide whether the conferees shoul
proceed with their deliberations. Th
Toxic government insisted that tn
Observation-Disclosures should have CO..
ferred on them treaty making power
and that the negotiations should
entered upon in a spirit of perfect ST
cerity.
Such. too. was the position take
by President Roosevelt. He mai
tanned that only by clothing the e
voys with ample authority to act Il
their respective governments could
lasting peace be achieved. He stron
ly urged the st. Petersburg COVER
ment to accede to what was regard'
as a reasonable proposition OF Japa
That he was successful in his prese
tation of the matter to the Russia
emperor is indicated clearly in Il
statement which he issued today.
The PRESIDENTS announcement pre-
tically concludes the preliminary I
gotiations for peace. Minor details
main yet to be arranged, but the &C
ference now seems to be assure
While no absolute date for the me-
ing of the ENJOYS has been fixed,
has been determined that the I'll
session will be held in Washingt
about the first of August.
No decision has yet been reached
to the place of holding the session
In this connection the word here"
the official statement issued today
likely to be misunderstood. 1t mea
merely gin this country"
The sessions of the conference,
course, will not be held at Oyster B'
although it is expected now that
envoys of the two comforting pow'
will come to Oyster Bay to pay tn
RESPECTS to President Roosevelt a
to receive his greetings. This trip
the presidents home probably Will
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