River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-22
CAR W|THDRAWS
HIS OBJECTION
DEFINITELY ACCEPTS WASHING
TON FOR PEACE CONFERENCE.
He PREFERRED THE HAGUE
Big Battle Expected in Manchuria in
Spite of Report That Negotia-
tons for Armistice Are
Proceeding.

tons for Armistice Are
Proceeding.
st. Petersburg, June 19-Russia has
finally and definitely accepted Wash
ington as the meeting place of the Rus
sian and Japanese plenipOtentiaries
the foreign office having waived its re-
quest for reconsideration at the per-
SOnal direction of the emperor, whose
desire to give the fullest and fairest
opportunity to President Roosevelt's
proposal for a peace conference is
hereby manifested. After a confer
ence with Ambassador Meyer, Count
Lamsdorff, the foreign minister, went
to Peterhof and laid the matter before
the emperor, who, on learning that
fnsistence on The Hague might en-
danger the negotiations, directed Count
Lamsdorff to inform Ambassador
Meyer that Russia would accept Wash
ington. 1t was after midnight when
the foreign minister returned from Pc
terhof, but Ambassador Meyer was
forthwith notified and cipher dis
patch was prepared and sent to the
state department at Washington at an
early hour Sunday morning. Count
Lamsdorff has issued a public an
nOuncement of the selection of Wash
ington. The result is looked upon as
a decided triumph for American diplo-
macy.
Jealousy Ill-Concealed.
Tn oortaiy, c,ror+a7.c horn nnuu and
jealousy of the United States are i'll
concealed The entire collapse of the
negotiations was predicted Saturday,
and there was almost open exultation
at what was declared to be a rebuff to
Roosevelt" Even in peace circles
gloomy faces were drawn at the re-
port that Russia would insist upon The
Hague, but thanks to the personal at
titude of the emperor and to the well
put representations of Ambassador
Meyer, the threatened diplomatic
mountain has decreased to a mole hill
over which negotiations can now pro-
coed rapidly.
Move for Armstice.
Headquarters of the Russian Army,
Godzyadani, Manchuria, June 19.-It is
learned from an authoritative source
that negotiations toward an armistice
are under way.
Big Engagement Expected.
Although the way has thus been
smoothed for peace conference, the
operations in Manchuria appear to be
in full march toward a big engage
ment, the Japanese having pushed for
ward as far as LiaOyangchungkeng
(Liaoyangwopeng) west of the Lao
river, SO miles north of F'akumen. The
Japanese have strong forces here as
we'll as in the rear of Lieut.. Gen. Line
vitch's advance detachments, near
Chantufu, and even threaten the flank
of the fortified positions at Lipingai,
where Gen. Linevitch intended to offer
battle, but from which he pushed far
to the southwark during me months
of inactivity on the part of the jap
anese army.
More Land Fighting
Toxic, June 19.-The following re-
port has been received from the Man
churian armies:
'In the Weiyuanpaomen district at
nine o'clock on the morning Of June 16
300 of the enemys cavalry advanced
against Kuyushu, but were repulsed. In
the Chamotu district our advanced
force, after driving out the enemy sta
toned at Sumiencheng, occupied that
village. In the Tasiamotun district
our detachment, after dislOdging the
enemy's cavalry at Souohatzu, eight
miles west of Sumiencheng, occupied
that village. In the kangpiu district
at one o'clock on the morning of June
16, our center column, after routing the
enemy's cavalry outposts at Tienchia-
wopeng, 16 miles northeast of Kang-
ping and continuing vigorous pursuit.
attacked the enemy's position at the
southern end of Liaoyangwopeng and
to the eastward. We completely occu-
pied Liaoyangwopeng.
"Our right column, after driving the
enemy's cavalry before it. occupied Lo-
chuanpou, nine miles east of Liaoyang-
wopeng. This column again shelled
the enemy's cavalry, retreating to the
northward, inflicting heavy injury. The
enemy was finally thrown into great
confusion. The left column poured a
fierce fire upon 1000 of the enemys
cavalry to the northward of Liaoyang-
wopeng and inflicted heavy damage.
According to prisoners, 5000 cavalry
with 20 guns, forming part of Lieut..
Gen. Mistchenko's army, occupied Lao
yangwopeng. The main force retreated
northward and parts of it to the north
eastward and northwestward in dis
order There are evidences that
the enemy was panic-stricken and
utterly confused Abandoned pro-
visions and clothing indicate the
great difficulty the enemy had in
carrying off supplies In retreating the
enemy fired a house south of Liaoyang-
wopeng and it is presumed that he in
tended to incinerate his dead
Veteran Dies.