Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-16
WITTE CALLS ON TIE CAR
PlsnipOtsntiary Has conference with En-
perOr Regarding His Mission.
CHIEF ENVOY WITH FULL POWERS
81. Petsrsburg Newspaper says Pres
ervation of "BaIance OF Power"
Should he strong weapon in
Observation-Disclosures Hands,

Observation-Disclosures Hands.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 10 NJ.
witte had another audience with En-
peror Nicholas today. Investigation in re-
| liable quarters enables the Associated Press
/ to positively announce that the reports
| current here last night that NJ. White might
/ not go to Washington were incorrect. NJ.
| Whites instructions, 1t can also be stated
authoritatlvely, name him as flrst plenipo-
tertiary and clothe him with plenary pow
! ers The Instructions are couched in gen.
eTal terms.
Attitude of Russia Defined.
The Syiet, which sometimes tnterprets the
views of the military party, Indignantly re-
jects the Interpretation put on M. Whites
appointment abroad, namely, that it is
equivalent to the acceptance Of any peace
| terms Japan may choose to offer except
leveling the fortlncations OF Vladivostok.
The paper calls attention to Emperor
Nicholas marginal notes on various ad-
dresses expressing his determination to con-
| tinue the war. and especially refers to his
| telegram to Lieutenant General Linevitch,
June H. which the commander-in-chief read
to the army and which has just been pub
| lshed here, in which the emperor pledged
| himself to do everything possible to tighten
the heavy task Of the army and expressed
confidence that ali obstacles would finally
/ be oveTcome and that the war would end
| happily for the Russian army, as proof that
the emperor has no intention to make
| peace at any price. AS further evidence
the Sviet draws attention to the unusual
note attached to the official announcement
Of NJ, Whites appointment. Being intimately
acquainted with the situation, NJ Witte un-
dOnhfa6ly will no ~ no hfvh n nd I'M
portant mission with which the emperor
has graciously charged him and know how
to protect the interests of Russia.
The Slovo thinks that the desire Of the
powers, especially of Great Britain, in view
| OF Emperor Williams attitude toward
France to see Russia rehabilitated in order
to preserve the balance of power in Europe
should become a strong diplomatic weapon
| in the hands Of the Russian plenipoten-
tlaries for the restoration practically Of the
status quo ante-bellum
The Bourze Gazette says that inasmuch as
Japan appreciates NJ Whites desire for
peace the ground at the outset is cleared
or distrust and suspicion. At the same
time the paper adds, Japan will find that
while NJ Witte will be reasonable he will
make no disgraceful or humiliating con-
SESSIONS. The Bourse Gazette considers 1t
|
only in peace but in a close and lasting
unprecedented
China's Possible Role.
| Z Chinas possible role in the Russo-Jap-
anese negotiations is attracting more atten-
! ton. Chinas notification that it would de-
cline, unless assent was previously given TO
/ it to send a representative to the peace
conference, to consider the Washington
treaty binding If its provisions affecting
Chinese territory were regarded as preju-
dicial, was sent to all the powers in the
! form of a circular note. Russia, according
| to the Foreign ONCE, sent no reply to
| Picking but II may be stated that some pa
| pers which have occasionally inspiration,
| like Prince Outktomskyis Viedomosti, look
with complaisance II not satisfaction upon
! the prospect that China may try to have
| a voice In the terms of peace Their argu-
| ment is that any action on China's part
| will necessarily be in the direction of re-
| stricting Japan's war spirit and that the
other powers, possibly the United States,
in support of the principles Of the Chinese
territorial integrity, will be compelled to
greater or less extent to support the Chi.
nese claims.
The Shanghai correspondent of a Russian
news agency reports that China has al
ready selected WI Ting Fang, former min
lister to Washington, to go to the United
States to watch the proceedings.
Whites Party Engages Passage.
PARIS, July l5.-The North German
Lloyd company has received a dispatch
finally engaging passage on the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse sailing from
Chez bourg, July 2s for the following list of
| Russian plenipotentiary and their party;
NJ. White, chief plenipotentiary.
| Professor De Martens, professor OF inter-
national law at the University OF st. Pet
NJ. shipon. director of the treasury de-
Major General YermolefT military attache
at London.
M. samoiloff. of the Russian foreign
ONCE.
d'affaires at Peking.
NJ. Korotovotiz, formerly secretary of the
| Russian legation at Picking.
| NJ. Naboukon, of the foreign office.
| Conditions at the Front.
! TOXIC, July 15.-An army oficer who
has returned from Manchuria says that
| the expectation that General Linevitch
| would assume the aggressive is diminish
ing. The Russians who formerly conducted
the most active reconnaissance, General
Linevitch, with his staf personally. going
70 the advanced line in an endeavor to
draw out the Japanese and discover their
| positions of strength, have ceased, and II
| is believed that General Linevitchs tactics
are now to be nonaggressive and entirely
| on the defensive
Reports of the existence of epidemics and
contagious disease among the Russians con-
tinue to reach the japanese army.
The Jill, discussing today the substitu-
ton Of NJ. Witte for Ambassador Mura-
! vieff, says that the recall OF the latter re-
calls his speech at The Hague. The Jill
| says:
The higher standing and larger caliber
| Of NJ. White OF his advocacy of peace i'm
| proves the situation"
! Later details from Karksavorvsk say that
! the Are, which continued 70 burn until
July 10, practically destroyed the town.
| M. POkOtlIOR starts,
SHANGHAI, July I'm Pokotilof. Rus
sian minister to China, left today for Van
couver on the steamer Empress OF China.
NJ. Pokotiloff is on his way to Washing
ton to attend the peace conference, about
20 be held. He has been appointed by
the Russian government to assist the
plenipotentisries from that country in their
work before the conference.