Arizona republican., 1905-08-30
PHOENIX. ARIz. AUGUST 80, 1905.
The Triumph OF Peace.

s.Pe1ce hath her victories no less re-
nowned than war" The drifting and
dissipating battle smoke of the far
east dfscloses the most conspicuous
conoueror-P President Roosevelt, the
author of the peace which began yes
terday marking the end of eighteen
months of the fiercest, bloodtest war
of modern times. In no other strug-
gle between nations. of which there IS
an authentic record were so many
lives sacrificed in so short a time and
in all the history Of wars none was
ever marked by such extensive and
destructive naval operations.
There was in all the world only one
man who could bring this carnage to
an end at this time. 1t was necessary
that that man should be an American.
And it is easy to believe that no other
American than President Roosevelt
would have so abandoned the tradi-
lions of diplomacy to accomplish what
he accomplished. He had done what
TO the ordinary diplomat seemed
enough when he established the peace
conference at Portsmouth. If, when
the conference was drifting upon the
rocks. he had abandoned his efforts
history would have decided that he
had exhausted all mortal efforts.
We have heard of shirt sleeve"
diplomacy. but the world never ex-
pected such an exhibition of it as was
presented when the president. in eff
feet, broke up the Portsmouth con-
ference before it should break OF it
self. and organized another, consist
ing of himself. the emperor of Russia
and the emperor of Japan. Out of this
conference peace has come.
The president had previously done
such things in smaller fields, as mem
Der of the civil service commission, as
member of the New York police COM
mission. and as assistant secretary of
the navy His methods, frequently
criticised. have generally been untra-
ditional-always ROoseveltian. 1t was
Rooseveltian diplomacy which ended
the war.
Another glorious conqueror of yes
terday was the empire Of Japan. Her
statesmen crowned the long and brill
liant list of the victories Of her mill
tary leaders on field and sea by an ex-
ample of magnanimity unheard Of in
the settlement Of wars. Peace was
shown to be dearer to the island en-
pire than further and certain conquest.
In comparison with the blood of her
In he
had paid for the war was regarded as
nothing. The generosity with which
her statesmen accepted the almost
unreasonable proposition of her beaten
adversary astonished the whole world,
including Russia.
But Japan has gained enough. In
the first place she has gained what
she sought in the beginning. a check
TO Russian domination in the far east.
She has moreover established her in
fiuence in Korea and mas secured the
Russian leases of the Lao Tung pen
placed herself in the front rank of the
world powers. has gained for herself
a lasting peace and what is of less i'm
portance has placed herself in the po-
sition of instructor to the world in the
art of war.
The Portsmouth peace conference
will occupy in history a foremost
place among the conferences which
wearied warning nations have held.
The Japanese at first laid down
terms. which though not unreasonable,
were of such a character that it was
not believed that Russia would accept
them in toto. But they included only
the full and weH-earned fruits of ;he
war.
Now that they have been disposed
of they may be recalled since there
has been a more or less popular mis-
understanding regarding them:
"One, The recognition of Japans
preponderating influence in Korea.
1.-TWO. Mutual obligations to evacu-
ate Manchuria, Russia to retrocede to
China all special privileges.
Three. The japanese obligation to
restore the sovereignty and admins
tration of China in Manchuria.
-Four. Mutual obligations to respect
the territorial and administrative in
tegrity of China and the principle of
the open door,
six, The surrender of the Russian
leases to the Lao Tung peninsula, in
GLIDING Port Arthur, Dalny. the Blonde
and the Elliott islands"
These terms were agreed upon With
out debate. The remaining seven,
though not given in numerical order
were as follows: The cession to ia
pan of Sakhalin; reimbursement for
the cost of the war; the cession to
China of the Chinese Eastern railroad;