Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-17
AN ARMISTICE FIRST
Oyama and Linevit;h to Meet
 In Manchuria.
UNDER THE WHITE FLAG OF TRUCE
Roosevelt Trying to Prevent Furthei elaughter-Armies of Czar and y1t. kado May Lay Down Their
 Arms For a Time.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Alone on the plains of Manchuria, midway be- tween the two great armies, the Rus sian and Japanese commanders will meet to sign the armistice which will pave the way for the Washington con- ference if the present tentative pro- gramme is followed Exchanges on this point are ISw in progress be- tween Tokyo and St. Petersburg via Washington. but no final conclusion has been reached.
 It was first thought preliminary protocol might be signed at Washing ton providing for a temporary cessa- tion of hostilities, but in view of the fact that this concerns directly the ar- mics in the field it is believed that the belligerents will agree that arrange ment for the armistice may best be in- trusted to Linevitch and Oyama, the respective commanders in chief, who in such event would be telegraphed special powers to sign. The time limit for the armistice has not been fixed, but it will be comparatively brief that the progress of the conference may be assisred as much as possible.
 A Tokyo dispatch gives the text of the Japanese reply to President Roose- velts identical note to Japan and Rus sia on the subject of negotiations for peace:
 "Ihe imperial government has given to the suggestions of the president of the United States very serious consid- eration, to which because of it's course and it's import it is justly entitled.
 Desiring in the interest of the world as well as in the interest of Japan the re-establishment of peace with Rus sia on terms and conditions that will fully guarantee it's stability. the i'm perial government will in response to the suggestions of the president ap- point plenipotentiaries of Japan to meet the plenipotentiaries of Russia at such time and place as may be found to be mutually agreeable and con- venient for the purpose of negotiating and concluding terms of peace direct ly and exclusively between the two belligerent powers"
 A St. Petersburg report says that requiem mass was celebrated at the Naval chapel for the repose of the souls of the officers and other members of the crew of the battleship Alexan- der III, who. the admiralty announces, went down to man in the battle of the Sea of Japan. There was only one survivor of each of the complements of the battleships Borodino and Maya rln.
 NJ. witte. interviewed at St. Peters burg, manifested keen feeling over the rise of General Trepoff, assistant min ister of the interior. saying:
 ..y ia know nothing of what is being done either for peace or for reform. Tell me what Trepoff advises and will tell you what the czar will do. Trepoff is the real ruler of Russia
 General Kleigels, governor general Of Kiev, has arrived in St. Petersburg. and gossip is connecting his name with the governor generalship of St. Peters burg as an assistant to General Ire pofY.
 War Stores Destroyed at Moscow.
 MOSCOW, June 17.-Four goods de pots belonging to the army commis- sariat and a mineral water factory were destroyed by fire. Three consec- utive explosions were heard and the connagration followed. The cause is unknown. Great quantities of stores