Show OFFER OF GOOD GOODWLL WLL ACCEPTED Roos Assurances From Fromi i Russian Russin Czar Czart Czari i t BUSY PLACES PLACE OF GR GREAT AT JM BEING H HELD HELDI LD F I SHI N June as assura a aV W V V sura nee that the presidents ef efforts forts Lorts to bring Ru RuLa sia and Japan together t U p deu 15 pece will be crowned wI Ui th success was wa brought to While I 1 rouse today by Count Cam Cas Cassini sini the R sIan ambassador who tailed by app and nd ir the name nanie pf of Emperor 11 cholas formally accepted the president offer or o good wilL m The official statement re regarding garding the bas as issued at tiit th White How Ie e Ambassador has called to express the Rusi ns as to the preS proposition and to state that ty y wf uld apPoint plen t me meet t the of to discuss the ques question question tion or of peace The place of meeting Is at 1 leing discussed Details to be bc Worked Out During DurinS the pas t two weeks the pres presIdents presIdents efforts been directed to toward toward ward a 8 mutual ment to consider of pea e 1113 he accomplished finally nan toda today It now for the belligerent powers to name their plenI plenIpotentiaries and agree alPee upon a 8 time and lace for them to t to discuss terms and to negotiate a treaty of peace These de details taUs are w under consid consideration consideration with a bright that such j minor differences as Ii n my exist wIll be resolved within a 8 days Conferences or of me Importance were held today in Wa hi The bluE room of the White rouse Bouse was cas the th scene and Pre M ent Roosevelt Casini the R dor dol Ip o the jap iap mi ister were the princIpal con l Gree I President Rosevelt now un unequivocal equivocal assurances from both Russia und and Japan of the of his that en let ter on for peace The Is i assured of the of both governments in to his suggestion Japan Was First japan was wag the first of tIle the two pow powEn En to Indicate Its acc acceptance of r d ci nt Roo propositIon The for format 01 mat mal to his note of Thursday last Jast was received nom ioni the Japanese J government Satur ay In Informal Info formal fo assurances of acceptance of the pr presidents suggestion were r received from th the government a little tater later but the a assurances mrances from St Pet bUrg were ere not of the same sanu definite as had bern heen from Tokio okio Early today Ambassador Meyer Me er erat at St Petersburg informed this govern government mont ment that Russia had accepted the presidents proposition and wORd woud name representatives lUves with plenary po powers to meet plenipotentiaries of Japan satisfactory the response or Russia was not in the same definite Term conn as that of Japan Jt It had been the ex exI I e tation of the president to publish to the world the re replies Ues of the tale two governments to his identical note but I under the circumstances this uld not notte te bf done Cassini Cassin I Called f ff few hours subsequent to the re of Am Ambassador Meyers cablegram Cassini the Russian ambassador made an appointment to se e President Roosevelt at It 11 k today The urn am In hi the conference which fol presented verbally ac of the pre presidents proposition I for a conference to discuss peace terms He had been instructed by the St Pet Petersburg government to convey to the president the of Emperor Nicholas to appoint to Teet reet like representatIves of the em of Japan to negotiate a treaty of peace While hile the response of the Rim Rus Russian sian government was not reduced to WrIting it was regarded for the time timeS S sufficient for the Short Jy h afterward the official statement cd Ii ws was made mad public Names Withheld In addition to indicating the accept b by too the Russian government of President proposition assini informed the presIdent of Rim Rus sias 85 as to the place of meeting f 1 the plenipotentiaries and 1 those lOe who probably would be delegated 0 represent nt the Russian emperor At AtT T ne hp con conclusion lus O of the conference Count Cassini declined to discuss for or publication 1 ion tion the details of his Interview with President Roosevelt Minister had a conference with President Roosevelt at 3 this afternoon The interview lasted minutes The minIster in response to Inquiries after atter the confer conference nce ence said that the situation was so 50 delicate that he did not feel free to talk bout about it Not Yet Vet Settled It can be said that the place of the eting of the plenipotentiaries QC of th the two gov governments has haI not been finally settled leI Oed In the arrangement of this de detail detail tail and others or of Uke Mke importance Pros Pres ident Roosevelt Is acting as an Inter intermediary between Russia and Japan nus Russia ia through Ambassador Cassini PAS has indicated her preference for one place for the holding of the peace con conference conference ference and Japan through Minister has suggested another It Is known that neither Washington nor the battlefield of was the select t ion ot of either Russia or Japan Further than that of a definite na nature nature ture was withheld Will Take Time Official assurance is given ven that at present resent the response made by Japan to the presidents identical note will not be made madl public from Washington In precise form inasmuch as the Russian reply Is 16 not available in similar form fonn between Washington and Tokio are In progress and the final ar arrangements for tM the peace conference In Its essential d details are likely to bp be a 8 question of only a few days As soon as the arrangements are completed definitely an armistice wilt will be greed agreed upon |