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RUSSIA AND JAPAN GIVE THEN
COMPLETE POWER TO ACT.
Work on the Treaty Of Peace WIN Sc
Gin Early IN Ausust-Prssidsnt
Roosevelt Again Trlumphsd In In
sistlns Una ENJOYS Have Full
Power.

oyster Bay, l. l.. July 4s--oflciai
announcement is made By President
Roosevelt Of the names Of the Russian
and japanese ENJOYS 70 the Washing
ton peace conference. The character
and ability OF the men selected BY
both belligerentR is an earnest dem
Onstration Of the desire Of the re-
spectiye governments TO conclude. II
possible. the tragedy being enacted In
the far east 1ne plenipotentlaFies
are:
Russia Ambassador Murayien,
formerly minister OF justice and now
ambassador 10 Italy. and Baron Ros-
en-. recently appointed as ambassador
70 the United States TO succeed Count
CasKini.
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 70 Conclude = Treaty.
The president announces that the
Russian and japanese governments
have notified him that they have APP
pointed pIenipotentiaries 10 meet here
lWaEhingtonl as soon after the first
OF August as possible. The two Rus
SLAM pienipotentiaries are Ambassador
Muravieef, formerly ministersof justice
i.
Ambassador Rosen. The japanese
plenipotentiRries are Baron Komura,
now minister Of foreign affairs, and
Minister TakahirA.
1t is possible that each side may
send one or more additional represen-
latives The plenipOtentiaries of both
Russia and Japan viii be entrusted
I with full power to negotiate and con
/ elude a treaty Of peace. subject, OF
! course, 70 ratification BY their respec
tive home governments"
Full Power Demanded.
3 A day or two ago the Russian and
, japanese governments formally com
9 municated 10 the president the names
Of the plenipotentiarieE they nespec-
I lively selected Acting as an inter
mediary the president communicated
the names Of the japanese ENJOYS TO
the 81. Petersburg government, and
those Of the Russian representatives
: 70 Toxic. After giving both govern
; ments assurances that the selections
) were satisfactory the president, &C
eordlng to his agreement with the
belligerents. authorized the public an
9 nouncement OF the ENJOYS.
Some delay was occasi0ned in the
! selection Of the plenipotentiaries by
I the insistence Of Japan that the en-.
G yoys Of both governments be clothed
with full power to conclude peace and
I to negotiate a permanent treaty. The
. japanese government indicated point
3 eddy that the emperor would not per
; NIT his ENJOYS TO enter upon q tenta
3 tive conference in which Japan was to
q deane its terms and then lei Russia
D decide whether the sonferees should
? proceed with their deliberations. The
Toxic government insisted that the
Iplenipotentiaries should have con
ferred on them treaty making powers
y and that the negotiations should b
]. entered upon in q spirit OF perfect sin
q certify.
4. Such. too. was the position tnker
IS by President Roosevelt He main
tanned that only by clothing the en-
$ soys with ample authority to act fol
Ia their respective governments could
% lasting peace be achieved. He strong
r. " urged the St Petersburg govern
1 -
as a reasonable proposition OF Japan
n That he was successful In his presen
Il tation of the matter to the Russian
a emperor is indicated clearly in tn
e statement which he issued today.
ls The presidents announcement praC
V tically concludes the preliminary ne
y gotiations for peace. Minor details re
Of main yet 10 be arranged. but the con
TO ference now seems to be assured
ID While no absolute date for the mee'
y. ing Of the ENJOYS has been fixed,
re has been determined that the frs
10 session will be held in washington
about the FIRST OF August.
No decision has yet been reached q
to the place Of holding the session.
In this connection the word here" {
- the oficial statement issued today
likely to be misunderstood. Il mean
merely Sin this country"
"a The sessions OF the conference, G
ri course, viii not be held at Oyster Bal
OF although Il is expected now that IN
IL ENJOYS OF the two comforting power
lel will come TO Oyster Bay to pay the
b. respects to President Roosevelt an
lip to receive his greetings. This trip
&c the presidents home probably viii B
en- made in two warships, the MaynowS
and the Dolphin beng under consi,
,s. eration for the miReinn.