Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-22
PEACE CONFERENCE
AT A STANDSTILL
ENJOYS Waiting For Instruc'
tions From Home.
IDEAL WEATHER AT NAVY YARD


the Hands of the Rulers of Both
Countries and No RepIys Have Yet
Been Received.
Portsmouth, n. H., August 21.-The
emperor's reply to the message of NJ.
Witte transmitting the proposition Of
President Roosevelt has not yet been,
received up to noon today, and was
not expected until tomorrow at the
earliest 1t is, therefore, likely that
there will be no final show of hands
tentiaries.
This would have been an ideal day
to negotiate peace. 1t is an even pleas
anter day to bask n the warm sun
shine on the veranda and this is what
many of the attaches of both missions
are doing. The principals, however,
Baron Komura AMI Mr.. Takahira, and
M. Witte, have no time for recreation
Before breakfast this morning NJ.
Witte, although he was not feeling we'll
was hard at work, and he scarcely
stopped while breakfast was served
to him in his room Baron Rosen had
not returned from Magnolia.
No plans for either have been an
nounced today but as both are ex-
peoting cablegrams from their home
governments which may decide the
fate of the negotiations, it is unlike
ly that they will go far from the hotel
today.
The Dolphin has received orders to
sail for Boston and will probably get
under way this morning. 1t is as
sumed here that she will later return
here in case the ENJOYS after con-
clusion, wish to return to New York
by water. The Mayfiower will remain
throughout the conference. Both Rus
slams and Japanese have almost fin
at the meetings of the conference to-
morrow afternoon.
The features of the protocols is
the presentation of the reasons ad-
vanced by both sides for the diver
gence OF views upon the articles up
on which no agreement was reached
On Article s. the cession of Sakhalin,
the Japanese claim that they are en-
titled to the island as we'll as by rea-
son of their national rights to it's pos
session as because of its present oc-
cupatiOn by the Japanese forces. The
Russians, on the contrary, insist that
up to 1850 Japan had never claimed
any right to Sakhalin, and at that time
only 25 unmarried Japanese lived in
the south Of the island during the fish
ing season. Admiral PeOutitatine
opened the eyes of the Japanese to
the value of SakhaIin when he went
there in 1854 and initiated negotia-
tions for the possession of the entire
island by Russia. 1t was then that
Japan in order to make good her claim
tried to cOlonize the island and stat
ed that Aino race which lives there.
belonged to the same family as the
original inhabitants of the northern
islands of Japan. In 1859, Muravieff.
governor general of Amur, tried to
persuade Japan to yield in her claim
to the south part of Sakhalin, but did
not succeed as the Americans hal al
ready begun to support the Japanese
in the attitude against Russia
Demand for Indemnity Unprecedented.
With regard to Article 8, the proto
col repeats the arguments already set
forth several times in the Associated
Press dispatches. The Japanese claim
reimbursement for the expenses of the
war on the ground that they were
forced by Russia's aggressions to re-
sort to arms for self7preserVatiOn and
having been victorious at all points on
sea and land, are entitled to REIN
bursement, Russia, on the contrary
denies absolutely that Japan is in a
position to dictate such a condition as
Russia does not acknowledge defeat
and appeared at the conference not
imploring mercy but because of her
love of peace and her willingness to.
conclude on an honorable basis
Russia declares that a claim for in
demnity under the circumstances is
unprecedented, and historical occa
sions where indemnity was paid in sup
port of her contentious Most of these
pEecedents have already been made
public in connection with a recent AS
sociated Press interview with Mr.
Martens The protocol also states
that Russia throughout her history
has never paid a war indemnity, not
even when Napoleon the Great invad
ed the Muscoyite empire in 1912 and
occupied Moscow.
Checks Found but Cash Was Gone.
Chicago, August 21-Checks which
| disappeared with Gus Bobbs, the miss