The Yale expositor., 1905-06-16
Each viii Appoint Plenipotentarles to
Consider Peace Terms.
PRESIDENT RECEIVES THE WORD
Place Of Meeting Still Undecided
Conferences of Extreme Importance
Held at White House-Presdent Is
Acting as intermediary.

Washington, June 15.--Oficial as
surance thai the presidents efforts to
bring Russia and Japan together to
| discuss peace will be crowned with
success was brought to the White
House Monday by Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador, who called by
appointment and in the name of EN-,
peror Nicholas formally accepted the
| presidents offer of good will"
The following official statement re
garding the conference was issued al
tho White House:
Ambassador Cassin; has called to
express the Russian governments as
sent to the presidents proposition and
to state that they would appoint pleni
potentiaries to meet the plenipoten-
tiaries Of Japan TO discuss the ques.
ton of peace. The place of meeting is
at present being discussed.
Details Under Consideration.
During Tn past two weeks the pres.
ident's efforts have been directed to
ward bringing the belligerents into
amicable contact on the basis of mu-
tual agreement to consider terms of
peace. This he accomplished finally
Monday 1t remains now for the bel
ligerent powers to name their pleni-
potentiaries and agree upon a time
and place Tor them 10 meet to discuss
terms and to negotiate a treaty of
peace. These details are now under
consideration. with a bright prospect
that such minor differences as may
exist will he resolved within a few
days.
Conferences Of supreme Importance
were held Monday in Washington. The
blue room Of the White House was the
scene and President Roosevelt, Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador, and
Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese min
lister, were the principal conferees.
President Roosevelt now has unequiv-
ocal assurances from both Russia and
Japan of the acceptance of his PROPOSE
ton that they enter on negotiations
for peace The president likewise is
assured Of the absolute sincerity of
both governments in acceding to his
suggestion.
Japan was the first Of the two DOW.
ers to indicate it's acceptance Of Pres
tdent Roosevelt's proposition. The
formal response to his Identical note
OF Thursday last was received from
the Japanese government Saturday.
Informal assurances Of acceptance Of
the presidents suggestion were re-
ceived from the Russian government a
little later; but the assurances from
st. Petersburg were not even the same
definite char acter as had been receiv-
ed from Toxic.
Replies Not Given Out.
Early Monday Ambassador Meyer at
st. Petersburg informed this govern
ment that Russia had accepted the
presidents proposition and would
name representatives with plenary
powers to meet plenipotentiaries of
Japan. While satisfactory, the re-
Spouse OF Russia was not in the same
definite form as that Of Japan. 1t had
been the expectation OF the president
TO publish to the world the replies Of
the two governments to his identical
notes, but under the circumstances
this could not be done.
President Roosevelt is acting as an
intermediary between Russia and ia
pan. Russia, through Ambassador
Cassini, has indicated her preference
for one place for the holding of the
peace conference; and Japan. through
Minister Takahira, has suggested an.
other. 1t is minated, officially, that
an agreement on the place of holding
the conference may be determined on
in a few Gays, but no suggestion ex-
cept OF negative character, of the
choice Of either OF the beligerents, is
obtainable.