The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-06-22
Russia Has Finally and Definite
ly Accepted Washington ~
the Meeting Place.
the STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED
Delligerent Nations Have Tentatively
Decided to Each Appoint Three
PlenipOtentiaries to Confer.
m. Nelidotf Has Already Accepted the
Craftsmanship Of the Russian Mis-.
slon-Conference To Convene
the Middle Of August.

Washington, June 17.-Alone on the
plains Of Manchuria, midway between
the two great armies, the Russian and
Japanese commanders will meet to
sign the armistice which will pave the
way for the Washington conference II
the present tentative program is fol-
lowed.
st. Petersburg. June 19.--Russia has
finally and definitely accepted Wash.
ington as the meeting place Of the
Russian and Japanese plenipotentia-
ries. the foreign ONCE having waived
its request for reconsideration at the
personal direction Of the emperor,
whose desire to give the fullest and
fairest opportunity to President Roose.
velt's proposal for a peace conference
Is thereby manifested.
After his conference with Ambassa.
dor Meyer Count Lamsdorff. the for.
eign minister. went Saturday night to
Peterhoff and laid the matter before
the emperor. who. on learning that In.
sistance on The Hague might endan-
ger the negotiations, directed Count
Lamsdorff to inform Ambassador Mey.
er that Russia would accept Wash.
ington.
It was after midnight when the for
eign minister returned from Peterhoff,
but Ambassador Meyer was forthwith
notified and a cipher dispatch was pre-
pared and sent to the state depart
ment at Washington at an early hour
Sunday morning. Count 'Lamsdorff
Sunday afternoon issued a public an
nouncement Of the selection Of Wash.
ington. The result is looked upon as
decided triumph for American diplo.
macy.
In certain quarters here envy and
jealousy Of the United States are Ill
concealed. The entire collapse of the
negotiations was predicted Saturday
and there was almost open exultation
at what was declared to be a rebuff
70 Roosevelt"
Washington, June 19.-Russia and
Japan have tentatively decided each
to appoint three plenipotentiaries to
represent them in the Washington con.
ference. NJ. Nelidoff. it is understood.
has already accepted the chairmanship
of the Russian mission. and is being
consulted about selection of his asso-
ciates, but Washington has not yet
heard whether Marquis Ito's health
will permit him to come as the rank
ing Japanese plenipotentiary. The be-
lief here Is that Field Marshal Yama-
gaia will be designated IN Ito's place
should the marquis be unable to ac-
cept 1t is expected that the confer
ence will convene here about the mid.
die OF August.
Pending the official announcement
of the plenipotentiaries little progress
toward the arrangement of an armis-
tice is being attempted on either side.
1t is improbable, however, that she
would insist on Russia making the re-
quest 1t is generally expected that
when the missions have been announc.
ed the president will suggest to the
belligerents the advisability of a lin
ited truce and that this suggestion
will be accepted. Instructions will
then go to Linevitch and Oyama to
sign the armistice.
The whole question OF an armistice
has been informally discussed at the
white house. and the belief in diplo-
matte circles is that there will not be
q hitch on this score.