Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
President Points Out Impossibility Of Be
opening Question of Location.
QUEsTIoNo OF DATE UNDER CONSIDERATION
Washington is Preparing to Entertain the
PleniPotentiArieA
GENERAL uNEWTcH WANTS TO FIGHT
Army is Now In Fine shape and De-
sires an Opportunity to Re-
deem the National
Honor.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE authoritaA
tive statement was made at the Russian
embassy late tonight that Washington
was acceptable to Russia and would re-
main so.
Russias request to reopen the phase
Of the negotiations regarding the selection
OF Washington was not communicated to
Japan The unofficial version of the in
cdent is that the request reached WASH
ington yesterday in a cablegram from
Ambassador Meyer and that an answer
was Immediately sent to Russia showing
the impossibility of a reconsideration.
This government is fully aware of Japans
irrevocable determination not to so to
Europe and therefore the futility of COM
municating Russas request.
1t is not believed that Russia will in
sist on a reconsideration and the matter
is regarded as an incident in the negotin-
ton.
Regarding the date for the meeting Of
the plenipotentiaries II is not believed
that it will be convenient before the mid
die of August and possibly not until Sep
tember. The Mayhower has been ordered
| into commission by August / so that 1t may
| be placed at the disposal OF the pleni-
| potentiaries in the event that the con-
ference adjourns to a New England
| watering place.
Legations VIII he August.
| Impressive in dignity and number will
| be the missions which Russia and
| Japan will send to the Washing
! ton conference, for, although the
! plenipotentiaries will be limited to
| two or three, the complete missions, with
| their advisers and attaches and secre-
| taries, will each, it is expected number
| twelve or more persons. Japan's plenipo-
] rrrin he ania
by an army and a navy officer of high
| rank, who will act military advisors
| to the rlenipotentiaries. In addition there
! will be secretaries and attaches, some of
them from the diplomatic service, somo
from the Foreign Office, and others who
will act translators and recording Sec
| retaries. Russia probably will send
similar mission, though perhaps not so
large. and both the Russian ambassador
and the Japanese minister at Washington
| will place at the disposal of the respective
missions their secretaries and attaches.
The Washington government will furnish
a suitable place of meeting for the con-
ference, and as soon date for its
convening is fixed arrangements for quar-
ters for The two missions will be made
by the Russian and Japanese ENJOYS here.
There have been so many important de-
tails to be settled that the State depart
the. conference. In addition to the main
conference room, retiring rooms, OFFICES for
secretaries and reception room will be
needed. Either the capitol or the con-
gresslonal library are regarded as per-
haps the best suited buildings in WASH
ington, and in view of the indefinite period
which the conference may remain In ses-
sioa IT has been suggested that perhaps
the con sressional library might be prefer
| ahl ~ ha m
expected obstruction arise to keep the
conference in session until late in the fall
the convenlng OF congress in extra session
might necessitate the removal OF the con-
| ference elsewhere.
America FOOts Bills.
Whatever expenses are incurred incident
to the maintenance of quarters will. OF
course, be borne by the Washington gov
| ernment
t If M Nelidon, the Russian am
bassador at Paris, comes to Washington
as the ranking Russian plenipotentiary. his
, rank will equal that of Marquis Ito A.
( first there was some doubt in the minds
/ of the Japanese as to whether M, Nelidoff
possessed sufficient rank for mission OF
the Importance accorded the Washington
, conference In Japan. Russia. however, az
this juncture let it be known that the
a | Russian ambassador at Paris ranked even
the Russian minister for foreign affairs
Moreover 1t was pointed out that as the
personal representative of his sovereign. q
Russian ambassador could be ranked only
= by a prince of the royal family. Japax
} has not OF course. objected TO the selec.
tion of NJ. Nelidoff, but in view of iti
4 expressed intention TO select two or threc
distinguished personages" It is desrou.
that Russia choose as plenipotentiarieI
men of rank and statesmanship, who pos
sess the confidence not only of their OWE
0 government, but of the other powers.
:, Russia Asks Change of Place.
v ST. PETERSBURG, June I7.-7:O9 p. M
The question of the place of meeting of tn,
h Russian and japanese representatives hal
- been reopened and there is possibilit!
= that The Hague instead of Washington MAJ
i, be selected After the announcement tha
:, Washington had been selected Russia ex
:. pressed a desire 10 have the selection re
considered and exchanges to that end ar
now proceeding between Foreign Mniste
Lamsdorf and Ambassador Meyer unt
" Washington. Russias preference for Th
Hague Is based on the obvious advantage
that 1t is entirely neutralized the capital o
a small state and the site OF the arbitration
court and also by considerations of time
NJ the representatives to whom Russia vii
D. entrust the negotiations being now in Eu
I rope, while it is pointed out that eithe
4 the United States or Holland is equally ac
4 cessible 10 plenipotentiaries coming from
Japan. The influence of Russia's ally
" Francois also for The Hague. which tn
W Foreign office announces is the only plac
under consideration aside from Washing
d ton.
W Tho Foreign ONCE says that the talk o
arranging armistice has not passed tn
/" preliminary stage.
N Linevitch Would Fight.
N The Novoe Vremya's dispatches from tn
front are irrecOr cilable "a ;cae. correspond
p" ing with the statements made by Genera
~ LineVltoh to tho Associated Press June
The papers correspondent with the Rus
III sian army tn Manchuria telegraphs tina
IN the feeling there Is against anything bu
an honorable peace. as the army Is bette
:" in PsrS0apeL armament snd saatpmsn