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Show RUSSIA AND JAPAN AGREE TO MEETING Belligerents Have Acceded to Presl den rteesevelt'a Peace Proposition. Washington Japan'a acceptance t tbe president's "offer or Rood will" 1 reached tbo state department In a cablegram from Minister OrtsodS Itussla'a reply followed later. From n authoritative oOlets! iiNN it I learned that It ha been pfneUay ly determined that tbe plenlpott) Maries of Japan and llussw for tho p-termlnatlon p-termlnatlon of peace term wilt bill their sessions In Washington. I Inasmuch as the effort wbleh hate been successful In tbe bringing ol jr two belligerent governments Into dp tact were Initiated by President Ito-H velt, and further that amicable rH tlons exist between the United SUM' and loth lliiaala and Japan, this ty Is regarded as the "logical place" t the Institution of Ihe practical peare negotiations between the warring ger-ernmenls ger-ernmenls For obvious reasons 1n don. It was pointed out. would bo oi of Ihe question, and for slmtar re-eon re-eon Pari would not be consldcrol-Ohjectlons consldcrol-Ohjectlons to the holding of tho oai-ferenco oai-ferenco In Ilerlln also havo been mse' Vienna was suggested as a dealrabu place, but under all tho circumstances Wsshlngtnn was deemed by both It Petersburg and Toklo In be the mot favorable pIsco for Iho holding or Uo poses conference |