Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17
GEN. TREPOFF REAL
RULER Of RUSSIA
"Tcll Nc What lie viii DO aud |
VIII Tell You What the car
win Do" Says NJ Wilte,
PlENlp0TENTIARlES MEETING.
Time Not Fixed Russian CbouylnIs,s
Very MISUNDERSTANDING
On Japan.

a. Petersburg, June Il, las Il. m, -.
Although IN the absence OF Official adj.
vices the Russian government IL not yet
able to announce the definite concu.
sion Of arrangements for the mcolInr
~ the Russian and Japanese plonlpo.
tonllurIos, the foreign ONCE last nlshl
said the negotiations TO that end were
progressing rapidly ana issued a state.
mcnt for publication IN this mornings
newspapers acqualnllng the public with
the speedy progress toward the open.
Ing of the conference,
Count c0ssinis report Of the selection
of Washington from the cities favored
by Russia has not set arrived, but II
N thought the ambassador IN waiting
FOR the nNlng OF the date Of meeting,
Whlrh VIII depend on the trnNoling al.
lNnRements Marquis Ito, president of
NE Japanese privy council, ana NJ, Ne.
lldon Russian Ambassador Ut Paris,
VIII mako necessary tn perform the
journey AFTER nnAl HrrungrmontB
nave been made, the foreign Olnro, II
IN expected VIII issue another Official
note announcing the successful com.
plctlon NJ steps preliminary To the con.
ference ana naming Rusems repre-.
sentative on representatives. IN.
communication Of the foreign office IN
as follows,
According ~ adylcos from Wash.
lngl0n Immediately after the receipt
of the Russian note responding 10 the
proposition Of President Roosevelt, NJ,
EQUATIONS Hs to the place and the time
of meeting commenced, These nogollu'
lions are proceeding speedily but are
not yet actually finished"
Pesslmstlc chouvlnIsts are building
mountains out of the wording Of the
Associated Press dispatch from wash.
ngton announcing that Great Britain
was unwilling 10 use her influence with
japan TO moderate her ally's terms de-
caling that II II meant that Great
Britain had sounded Japan and found
her IN mood 10 insist on n heavy IN.
demnlty ANA other humllIutlng de-.
mands, II also meant the indefinite pro.
lonaNtlon Of the war,
The general disposition. however is
10 suspend judgment until japan 70.
Neals her terms, and N diplomatic cir.
cles there IN Il hopeful feeling that these
terms VIII form the basis Of "A possible
agreement In conversation yester.
day with a friend, NJ, Witto, president
Of the council of ministers, declared
himself along the lines Of the inter-
Wow win him printed w the SloyO
Wednesday morning, witch was filled
with the gloomiost forebodngs, M re-
lated IN these dispatches, and I'm which
N, Wlttc declared that he would not
servo ns one Of the plonipolcntiarlos
for three rcnsons, the last of them be-.
INK that he should do everything TO
avoid II,
"Eyon II tho rumor Of Lamsdorffs
resignation N true, which ! insist IN
not the case" said NJ Mittc In tho
Sloyo interview, "thc main situation
would not bc changed and tho nrst and
mira reasons would hold for mo"
~ the Associated Press stated, while
NJ, Whites name Was not mentioned IN
the Interview, the yoll Of hls identity
could be easily pierced,
In the conversation yesterday NJ
Witlo confirmed the statement that N
WAS utterly impossible that he could
participate In the peace negotiations,
supplemcntng II on other grounds with
the unique reason that he had been
educated To consider the japanese an
inferior race and would, therefore, be-
unable TO discuss with them peace dur.
Ing war wherein Russia WAS not "a
victor Far from being intrustcd
with the responsibility Of conducting