Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-14
ENJOYS AWAITING
The CARS REPLY
Japanese Terms Communicated
to st. Petersburg.
CONFERENCE At A sTANDsTILL

Neither Be Accepted Nor Rejected
but that Terms Will Be Taken Up
by PleesmeaI.
Portsmouth, N. H., August 12.-With
the japanese terms OF peace under
consideration by the emperor at 81
Petersburg and the Russian plenlpO
tentiares awaiting the word OF his
majesty before completing the draft
OF their response. an enforced pause
has come ON tho proceedings Of the
peace conference.
The tallyhos aud automobiles which
reported at the entrance Of the Went
worth hotel at the usual hour this.
morning were sent back to their quar-
tiers. The heat was sweltering and
Baron Komura and his colleagues re
NAMED closely In their rooms. They
have hguratively folded their arms and
await the Russian response. NJ. Wite|
was at work early and with his secre.
traes busily engaged in the decipher
Ing kilograms from St. Petersburg be.
fore s o'clock. All the threads are in|
his hand. He controls and directs
everything on the Russian side His
colleague Baron Roscn. accompanied
by Mr. Pokutioff toured into Ports
mouth with an automobile TO do some
81 A. nj a.
turage are content to give the Oihet
side all the time required Al the
meeting yesterday NJ. Witte promised
TO give a response AT the earliest pos
sible moment They readily accepted
this answer and did not Suggest fixing
II time limit.
Among them feeling OF reliei
seems 10 he manifested that the events
Of yesterday are already history. Tacyl
have patience and know how to wait
Among the Russian, It Is already
APPARENT that the Japanese terms cspe.
cially those asking Russia 10 foot thcI
bill for the cost Of the war. cessiuu
Of territory aud TO put a Imitation
upon their naval forces In me Far
Fast are considered Absolutely uncn
tertainahle On these points the Rus
sian answer is sure To be non pOssi.I
mus
Nevertheless this will not end nego.
tiatious NJ. Witte Is sincerely d.sir
Gus OF making peace and The RusSianI
reply plainly stating what points can
and what points cannot De- accepted as
the base Of negotiation wil. leave the
way open for further proposals and
counter proposals. The Russians will
doubtless like 10 proceed by process
OF elimination agreeing 20 some and
rejecting or making counter proposals
20 others Hut the japanese are not
expected 10 agree 10 enter upon the d.
plomatiC game OF give and take until
after the general principles are &C
cepted. Their ~ lolnder 10 the Russian
reply is expected 10 be practically an
ultimatum--a statement ~ their lrrc
ducible minimum which they Will asS
the Russians TO 6ke or leave. Asi
Tar as the cost 81 the war Il concern 4
while the japanese have men toned ~
sum. u is known that they estimate
Inc cost to date a, aNou, $3.50 ooO ~
TIE advantage nom this po.n, o,I
- not naming a hHed sum IL tina,
q makes clear that the principle o'I
money compensation which they hav,
adopted ~ the cost Of the var which
all kecP gp 40 the rate % about
$1,000. goo = day - Ions as a, war con
tlnues
The publication of the Assoc.ai.'
Press dispatches giving the Japar,a
conditions Crcs,cd a great eurr, N tati
hotel Amot s ne guests and uspar,,l
NOR sho had Only br,n able 20 cue,
q; The terms
~. Wats Denies Report