Arizona republican., 1905-06-18
A Question Now Agitdting
 the Japanese
AS 10 Tht CONFERENCE
They Want a Match for Marquis Ito. Anyway the Peace PlenipOtentiar- ies Assembling at Washington will Constitute Dignified Body.

Washington, June 17.-Impressive in dignity and number will be the missions which Russia and Japan will send to the Washington conference for all though the plenipotentiaries will be limited to two or three the complete missions with their advisers and at taches and secretaries will each, it is sons. Japan's pIenipotentiaries prob ably will be accompanied by an army and navy officer Of high rank who will act as military advisers to the pleni- rotentiaries. In addition there will be secretaries and attaches, some of them from the diplomatic service, some from the foreign offices, and others who will act as translatOrs and recording secre- taries. Russia probably will send si- milar mission. though perhaps not so large and both the Russian ambassa- dor and the Japanese minister at Washington will place at the disposal of their respective missions their sec IC+aries and attaches.
 The Washington government will furnish a suitable place of meeting for
 the conference and as soon as the date
 foI it's converting Is fixed arrange
 rents for quarters fo- the two mis-
 slnns will Se made by the Russian and GaPanese enVoys here. There have
 been so many other important details
 to be settled that the state department has not vet fixed upon the offices for the conference. In addition to the main conference room, retiring rooms, Of fees fc- secretaries and reception room will be needed. Either the capi- tol or the congressional library are re- ga'-1ed as perhaps the best suited buildings in Washington and in view Of the indefinite period for which the conference may remain in session, 1t has been suggested that perhaps the
 congressional library might be prefer :able to the capitol, for should some unexpected obstruction arise to keep ] the conference in session until late in the fall the converting of congress in an extra session might necessiLate the re- movaI of the conference elsewhere :, Whatever expenses are incurred inci- | dent to the maintenance of quarters will of course be borne by the Wash l ingtpn government.
 If Nj. Nelidoff. the Russian ambassa- dor st Paris comes to Washington as ! the ranking Russian pleniPot entiary his rank will equal that of d arquis Ito
 At ti'e first there wa ssome doubt in
 the minds of the Japanese as to wheth-
 CT M Nelidoff possessed sufficient rank
 for a mission of the importance accord | ed the Washington conference by Ja- pan. Russia, however, at this juncture l let it be known that the Russian am ] bassador at Paris ranked even with | the Russian minister for foreign af-
 fairs Moreover it was pointed out that ! as the personal representative of his i sovereign, a Russian ambassador could
 be ranked only by a prince of the roy
 al family. Japan has not, of course l objected to the selection of M. Neli-
 doff, but in view e her expressed in- i tention to select two or three dis l tinguished personages" she is desirou:
 that Russia choose as pIeni2otentiar- ! ies men of rank and stStesmanshiI
 who possess the confidence not only Ol
 their own government but of the othel 1 UCwers.