Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-06-16
is RUSSIA'S CHOICE
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS In PARIS,
JAPS WANT WASHINGTON.
1t Is Thought Russia VIII Give in
Russian Government Thanks Presi-
dent Roosevelt for His Good Work.
Details Of War Council Of Russia
Some Wanted War Continued.

St. Petersburg, June 11.-Paris is
Russie's choice for the opening of
peace negotiations. II Japan insists
upon Manchuria or Washington. Rus
STA doubtless will agree. but Paris is
preferred, and the emperor already Is
prepared to issue instructions to M.
Neldoff, the Russian ambassador to
France to act as plenipotentiary to
receive the Japanese conditions.
The Russian government has COM
municated to the administration at
Washington its consent to the publ
cation of Russia reply to President
Roosevelt's appeal, at the same time
thanking the president warmly for the
friendly and lofty spirit in which 1t
was conceived.
The Associated Press is now able
to give some additional interesting de-
tails of the extraordinary council pre-
sided over by the emperor. which met
recently at Tsarkoe-Selo, and at which
the practical, although not the final,
decision was taken to terminate the
war if the conditions were not too
onerous.
Besides the older military members
of the imperial family, all of the cab
met ministers were present-M. Man
ukhin, minister of justice; General
} Fredericks, master of ceremonies;
: Prince Dolgeruki, Count Solsky, Bar
Q on Beese and members of the imperial
t encourage. General Bragomiroff and
+. Vice Admiral Doubassoff were there
g as strategic experts Of the army and
! navy.
j. With Grand Dukes Vladimir and
J. Alexander Michaelovich as leaders, all
d the members Of the imperial family,
J. except Nicholas Nicholaevitch favored
y an attempt to conclude peace. Only
l. General Sakharoff, the minister of
l. war, and General LoDko, from among
the ministers, held out for the prose
cution of the war. The former dis.
played a telegram from General Line
70 witch reporting the strategic position
n of the army as good and expressing
4 not only confidence in his ability tc
S. defeat the enemy, but even to assume
n. the offensive. General Sakharoff's ar
ne BuInculs uOWONCig wac CdohJ ONe
ar weighed, as were the consideration;
d. presented by the other ministers, es
-v pecially as the emperor from the be
os ginning manifested strong dispose
in ton to end the struggle If honorable
r. terms were procurable.
There was a wide divergence o
opinion as to whether Japan woul'
" attempt to impose impossible terms
- but the consensus of opinien was tina
Japan is too wise to desire now +
er humble its gigantic neighbor and fore
conditions which would forever raI
kle in the heart of Russia and onl
make peace an armed truce till tn
as Russian empire could make furthe
IN preparations.
no An enduring peace, 1t was agreed
IN, was impossible If japan tried TO fore
ip- upon Russia humiliating terms sue
lat as the surrender and disarmament {
Vladivostock and the absolute limiti
'O4 ton of Russla's naval strength In th
he Pacific.
he The emperor, therefore, was alread
ry- prepared for the reception Of Pres
an dent Roosevelt's message, which wa
conveyed to the emperor by Ambass
dor Meyer personally the followin
day, and his majesty accepted it co
,iz daily, especially as he had good re
vim son to believe that the president ha
The taken pains to disabuse his majesi
G of any idea that the United States wf
,ur unfriendly to Russia, or desired to 81
lad her destroyed as power in the p
cific.
Ind Japan has agreed to President Roo
I'D evelt's suggestion to appoint plenip
GU tentiaries to meet those Of Russia.