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A direct inter-conversion between conduction electron spin-current and spin wave spin-current has been experimentally realized in Pt/Y(3)Fe(5)O(12) and Pt/Y(3)Fe(5)O(12)/Pt heterostructures [Y. Kajiwara et al., Nature 464, 262 (2010)]. We investigate the dynamics of this inter-conversion in an in-plane spiral magnet with the nearest-neighboring interaction and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, using the modified Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. The calculations indicate that an unattenuated conical spin wave in the spiral magnet can be excited by a spin-torque representing a conduction-electron spin-current. The substantial role of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in stabilizing such unattentuated spin wave transmission is revealed. In addition, the influences of the spin-torque term and damping coefficient on the stability of the spin wave transmission are discussed. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3631827]