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Roosevelt Makes Public Japan's and
Russia's Plenipotentiaries.
WILL MEET IN WASHINGTON

/ OYSTER Bay. n. v, July 3.-Omcial
! announcement was made by President
Roosevelt of the names of the Russian
and Japanese envoys to the Washing
n peace conference. The character
! and ability of the men selected oy
both belligcrents is an earnest OF the
desire of theft respective governments
to conclude il possible. the tragedy
being enacted in the Far East. The
plenipotentiaries are:
Russian Ambassador MuraVleh.
formerly minister of justice. and now
ambassador to Italy. and Baron Rosen,
recently appointed as ambassador TO
the United States, to succeed Count
Cassini.
Japanese- Baron Komura. minister
of foreign affairs. and kogoro Iaka-
hira, minister to the United States.
Ry direction of the president, Sec
retary Loeb made the formal an
nouncement in the following state
ment:
The president announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
have notified him that they have ap-
pointed the plenipotentiaries to meet
in Washington as soon after the 1st
of August as possible The two Rus
sian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador
Muravieff, formerly minister OF justice,
and now ambassador at Rome, ana
} Ambassador Rosen. The japanese
\ Observation-Disclosures are Baron komura,
now minister of foreign affairs, and
, Minister TSkahira.
} "It is possible that each side may
! send one or more additional represent
atives. The plenipotentiaries OF both
Russia and Japan will be intrusted
} with full power to negotiate and con
\ clude treaty of peace, subject, o
course, to ratification by their respect
, i've home governments
day or two ago the Russian ant
! Japanese governments formally com
municated to President Roosevelt th'
names of the plenipotentiaries the!
, respectively had selected.
! Some delay was occasioned in tn
selection OF the plenipOtentiaries D,
the insistence of Japan that the en-
, voys OF both governments be clothe
\ with full power to conclude peace an
to negotiate permanent treaty, an
insisted that the plenipotentiarie
should have conferred on them treat!
making powers. and that the negotis
Z tions should be entered upon In
spirit of perfect sincerity. Such to'
4 was the position taken by Presider
4 Roosevelt That he was successful !
Z his presentation Of the matter TO IN
, Russian emperor is indicated clearl
4 in the statement which he issued.
\ Baron Rosen already Is en- route
7 the United States. his coming bein
! to succeed Count Cassini as the Ru
A sian ambassador to this country.
4 is probable that Ambassador MUIR
= yieff will start soon for the Unite
States. accompanied by considerab
4 staff of secretaries. clerks and inte
4 prefers.
The Japanese contingent of ofiicia
and attaches, headed by Baron
4 mura. it is expected will leave Japs
\ In time to reach Washington by Il
Z 1st of August.
No decision yet has been reach'
as to the place of holding the session
of the conference. For the purpo
of organization and to determine up'
plans for the future, the plenipote
4 tiaries will meet in Washington.
At both the Russian embassy al
the Japanese legation the opinion W
expressed that the actual work OF I
4 commissions will not be done In Was
4 ington but that soon after the init
gathering an adjournment will be b
to some cooler place.
II an armistice has not been
ready agreed upon, that question.
course will be almost the first matt
taken under consideration.