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Cession of Sakhalin, Payment of Indemnity Surrender of In-
terned Warships and Limitation of Iluss a s Sea 1 owcr
the Vital Points of Disagreement—Eight or tne
Articles Have Been Agreed to.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 18. The
crisis in the peace conference has
been reached and pessimism Is again
the note. But the darkest hour Is
Just before dawn, and there Is still
hope. Predictions of a final rupture
Friday certainly will not be Justified
unless Daron Komura figuratively
picks up his hat nnd announces that
It is useless to proceed further. Mr.
Wltte, at least, will not be precipitate.
At Friday's session, after article 2 (the
limitation of Russia's sea power in
the Far East) and article 12 (fishing
rights on the Russian littoral) are dis-
posed of he will favor an adjournment
until Monday to hear the last word
from St. Petersburg.
The pessimism Thursday night was
based upon the fact that no progress
was made Thursday. The exchange
-of views at the morning session on
Article 9 (remuneration for the "cost
of the war") showed at once that the
plenipotentiaries were as far apart as
the poles, and it was passed over. Ar-
ticle 10 (the surrender of the Interned
Russian warships) was also passed, |
not, in the opinion of one of the pres-
ent plenipotentiaries when the Asso-
ciated press correspondent saw him,
because it could not have been ar-
ranged, but because within the shad-
ow of the two main points in dispute
hanging over the conference, both
sides were cautious and preferred to
postpone it to the end. Article 2 lim-
itation of sea power) is also adjusta-
ble after modification, and article 1-
will present no difficulties. So that
Thursday night the situation was prac
tically where it was when Mr. Wltte
last Saturday presented the Russian
reply with its non-possumus to ar-
ticles 5 and 9 (Indemnity and Sak-
halin).
Portsmouth, N. H~ Aug. 19,-Black
pessimism reigns at Portsmouth. The
prevailing view is that the fate-of the
peace conference is already sealed
that it has ended in failure and that
all that now remains is for the pleni-
potentiaries to meet on Tuesday to
which day they adjourned Friday after-
noon upon completing the seriatim
consideration gf the JaUanese terms
■sign the final protocol, go through the
convention and bid each other farewell.
In other words, that the meeting Tues-
day will be what diplomacy calls the
-seance d'adieu," but there is still room
for hope of a compromise. Neither
President Roosevelt nor the powers
•will see the chance of peace shipwreck,
•ed without a final effort and that pres-
sure Is being exerted especially at To-
kio to induce Japan to moderate her
terms is beyond question. Just what
1s being done or Is to be done, has
■not transpired. King Edward is un-
derstood to be now lending a helping
hand and the financiers of the world
are known to be exerting all their In-
fluences. At Tokio and St. Petersburg
the final issue will be decided. The
Japanese have been implacable through-
out the six days sittings. They have
listened and explained, but they have
yielded not an iota of the substance
-of their original demands. Mr. Witte
.accepted outright seven of the12 Jap-
anese conditions, one in principle and
four, including the main issues, in-
demnity and Sakhalin, he rejected
The other two, limitation of naval
power and the surrender of interned
•warships, might have been arranged
had there been any prospect of agree-
ment on the two points upon which
the divergence seemed irreconcilable.
Portsmouth, N. H„ Aug. 21.-The
chances of peace have undoubtedly
been improved by President Roose-
velt's ar'.ou in stepping into the broach
In a last heroic endeavor to Induce the
warring countries to compromise their
"irreconcilable differences," but the re-
sult is still in suspense.
The ultimate decision of the issue
has Defacto if not Dejure passed from
-the plenipotentiaries to their princi-
pals, from Portsmouth to St. Peters-
burg and perhaps in a lesser extent
to Tokio. Although there are col-
lateral evidences that pressure both by
President Roosevelt and neutral pow-
ers. including Japan's ally, Great Brit-
ain, whose minister. Sir Claude Mac-
Donald, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here, had a long conference this
afternoon with Mr. Katsura, the Jap-
anese premier, is still being exerted
at Tokio fb induce Japan to moderate
tier demands there is also reason to be-
lieve that President Roosevelt was able
at this intrview with Baron De Rosen
to practically communicate to the lat-
ter's senior, Mr. Wltte, Japan's irre-
ducible minimum—what she would
yield, but the point beyonfi which she
would not go.
Portsmouth, N."h., Aug. 22,-The re-
sult of President Roosevelt's effort to
save the peace conference from failure
remains in suspense. No direct reply
to the president's proposition com-
municated by Mr. Wltte Sunday has
come from Emperor Nicholas Monday
but other advises received from St.
petersburg Indicate that the emperor
and his councilors are unshaken In
their determination neither to cede ter.1
rltory no pay war tributes. What the
president Is doing on the Japanese
side remains as deep a mystery as
ever. Little light is shed upon the
visits of Baron Kaneko to Oyster Bay.
The Japanese do not even admit that
he Is their medium of communication
with the president. They go no farther
than to reiterate that Mr. Roosevelt
understands their position and that
they have the fullest confidence in him.
They show not the slightest indication
that they have in any wise changed
their position or are prepared to yield
more than they were last Friday when
the plenipotentiaries adjourned until
Tuesday.
If Mr. Wltte does not receive fresh
instructions before three o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, when the confer-
ence resumes therefore the situation
, will be exactly what It was when the
adjournment was taken Friday.
It is safe to assume that in the ab-
sence of such a reply the conference
will be prolonged beyond Tuesday and
every delay, in the opinion of the pres-
ident's friends mean hope, faint though
it may be. Mr. Roosevelt's object was
officially described Monday as being to
"prolong the negotiations."
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 23.-The As-
sociated press is now in a position to
reveal substantially the suggestion of
President Roosevelt for breaking the
deadlock In the peace negotiations and
rescuing the conference from failure.
His solution would ingeniously permit
the satisfaction of the Japanese de-
mands for reimbursement for the cost
of the war and at the same time enable
Russia to face the world with the decla-
ration that she had not ceded a foot
of territory or paid a kopeck of war
tribute to the victor. The solution is
the one which has heretofore been
described in the Associated press dis-
patches as the natural and logical com-
promise. Tersely stated it consists in
an agreement by Russia to re-purchase
passesslon of either all or half of the
Island of Sakhalin now in,the military
occupation of Japan for a sum the
amount of which if t*ie two countries
can not agree shall be decided by
some method of arbitration hereaf-
ter to be determined. The purchase
money together with the sum Japan
would obtain from the cession of the
Chinese Eastern railroad and the main-
talnance of the Russian prisoners in
Japan, would, it Is estimated, about
equal the amount claimed by Japan
as her bill for the cost of the war.
Possibly, therefore, the solution offered
by the president involves recession by
Japan upon article 5 (the cession of
Sakhalin) and recession by Russia
upon article 9 (indemnity.) It seems
practically certain though this can
not be affirmed positively, that- the
president Tuesday was able to give Mr.
Witte substantial assurance that
Japan would be willing to accept such
a compromise. ,
This is apparently supported by the
authoritative Japanese statement made
to the Associated press Tuesday night
in he reply to a question as to wheth-
er Japan had not decided to make sub-
stantial concessions:
"It all depends upon Russia."
It was the president's message to
Mr. Witte which caused the sensation
of the day. Early in the morning had
come the official announcement that
the meeting of the conference which
was to have been held Tuesday had
been postponed until Wednesday at
9:30 o'clock. The public reason as-
signed was that the protocols for sub-
mission at the sitting had not been
completed. But a few hours later the
true reason leaked out. J. L. McGrew,
one of the stenographers attached to
the executive offices at Oyser Bay, had
arrived with the communication from
the president for the Russian plenipo-
tentiaries. M. Witte and De Rosen
had left the hotel ostensibly for a ride |
in an auto car to York beach but in-;
stead had quietly slipped away to the ,
conference building at the navy yard ]
to receive the message from Assistant
Secretary Peirce. The most elaborate
precautions had been taken to insure
secrecy, but it leaked out through a
"tip" from New York which reached
the Associated press.
From 10:30 until 1:10 Mr. Witte and
Baron de Rosen remained at the con-
ference building with Mr. Peirce. All
those present decline to make any
statements regarding what transpired
at the navy yard, even refusing to ad-
mit that any importance attached to the
matter. Mr. Witte would only admit
that he had gone to the building "to
send a message." and Baron de Rosen
ind Mr. Pierce absoluely refused to
make any statements. Mr McGrew
took the 3:35 train to Boston whence,
according to reports, ho took the Mer-
chants limited, after first inquiring at
the intelligence office for the
tlons to Oyster Bay, ho curried a dress
suit case which probably contained the
reply to tho president. ThU Mply. it
Is believed, was prepared by Mr. Wltte
and Baron de Rosen after Mr. Pierce
had delivered to thom the president ■
message. A suggestion is made that
during tho stay at the navy yard the
Russian plenipotentiaries were In di-
rect communication with the president
by telegraph, but there Is nothing to
substantiate this and under the clr-
cumstances it appears unlikely.
Mr. Roosevelt's message to Mr. Wltte
and Baron de Rosen Is believed to have
been the result of his Interview Mon-
day at Oyster Bay with Baron Kaneko,
one of Marquis Bo's close friends,
who has acted as the president's me-
dium of communication with the To-
kio government.
The general disposition was to re-
gard Tuesday's swift and kaleidoscop-
ic developments as materially bright-
ening the chances of the success of the
president's heroic endeavors to save
the peace conference from failure.
But It was realized that all, as before,
depended upon the attitude of the em-
peror and his advisers. Mr. Witte, it
is positively stated, personally favors
the solution offered by the president,
but he Is powerless unless his imperial
master gives the word. With the most
Intense anxiety that word was await-
ed. It spells peace or war. Another
slight flurry was created by the ardval
of Col. Michael, the chief clerk of the
state department. He had come In re-
sponse to a summons from Mr. Peirce^
but both Mr. Peirce and Col. Michael
stated that the visit was only in con-
nection with the routine business or
the department.
Htmalnn Hpply Arrives.
A long cablegram from St. Peters-
burg, which is believed to be the Rus-
sian reply, arrived about 10 o clock
Tuesday night and Mr. Wltte's secre-
taries. Mr. Nabukoff and Mr. Plancon,
immediately began deciphering it
Considerable excitement was appa-
rent in the annex where the Russian
headquarters are located. Sheet by
sheet the translation was taken to Mr.
Witte's room. The rumor is that it is
a refusal—a non-possumus, a reitera-
tion of the Russian position that she
has given ample proof of her desire
for peace in the articles already ac-
cepted and that more she could not
yield with dignity and honor.
It was the U*t h« f of the ninth.
The witcher had gone up in the air, snu
the baic* wore e lull an three goaU, re-
lutns the Newar't News.
The score was 5-4 in favor of the team
in thu lield. A sinule would tie the score.
A two butttcer would win too game.
Two men hsd liied out, snd the man at
bat had two strikes auiiinnt him.
It was a crucial moment.
And. a* we say. the pitcher was rattled.
Suddenly the cutcher held up his band.
His right hand. i
lie removed hi* wire mask and jteppcfl
toward the pitcher, who advanced to meet
h"With mouth clone to the pitchcr'i. ear
the catcVer whispered something. What
t waa no one heard hut the pitcher, who
returned to the box.
The ball shot true, across the plate.
"Strike three!" cried the umpire. The
witcher had savsd the day.
Now, then, th; thing we want to know
it this! What did the catcher say to the
pitcher? |
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of President Roosevelt's Personal In-
fluence toward reconciling the diff
ences betwen the Russian and Japan-
ese plenipotentiaries Is being matched
with the closest attention here. Though
all save the highest representatives of
the foreign office are In ignorance
of the exact status of the negotiations,
it Is felt generally that the negotiations
are on the verge of a deadlock. The
public at large has practically recon-
ciled Itself to apparent necessity of
continuing the war and there Is only
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peace if obtainable without humilia-
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London. Aug. 23.—The Morning Post
which throughout the war has strong-
ly identified itself with the Japanese
side, in a dispatch from its correspond-
ent at Portsmouth published Wednes-
day morning, declares that the "peace
of Portsmouth is within measurable
distance." The correspondent asserts
that both sides will make substantial
concessions for the sake of peace. Rus-
sia, he savs. will pay Japan a sum in
the guise of expenses for the mainte-
nance of prisoners, etc., and that Sak-
halin will lie divided, Russia retaining
the northern and Japan the southern
part, while Japan will abandon her
claims as to the interned warship and
the limitation of Russia's naval force
in the Pacific.
Number of Cblne«e Admitted.
Washington. Aug. 23.—During the
month of July 253 Chinese were ad-
mitted to the United States and nine
were deported. Of those admitted 58
were United States citizens. 51 return-
ing laborers, 61 returning merchants,
seven merchants coming in for the
first time; 22 members of merchants
families, and 14 belonged to other ex-
empt classes. Of the number deported
five claimed to be residents and four
| were new arrivals. All of these de-
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of the number admitted 173 applied at
that port.
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directly affected, but If the trouble in-
volves employes in other branches ol
the job printing trade between ?.,00C
and 4.000 persons may be thrown out
of work.
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