The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-05
NO N0NBY,Ao LAND FOR JAPAN

NO MONEY, no LAND FOR JAPAN
SPOKESMAN ron RUJ6EAN PKO.
PIE DEFINES PEAOH TERMS.
pauinent ~ Pstersbura 6ownaiist De-
c,sres Neither Indemnity Ner Cessiou
TerritoryCAn b Ceusidered--Mlght
~ Possibly, He says Bsy BACK ssithaiin.
The activities OF tho peace pienipotenti-
syies Yesterday were confined on the part
"A the Russians to attendance at church
..rvicee and formal visit to the President
~ Mr.. Witts and Baron Rosen. For the
Jspaness IL was day Of busy preparation
;or tho departure this morning for Oyster
raw and subsequently for Por tsmouth.
The evening was given over to sociability
m the Waldorf Astoria, where Baron Ko-
u,n,a entertained at dinner twelve persons,
rnoatly Japaneee gentlemen living In New
York. Minister Talkahira, Consul General
I1ohida and some of the Baron's own suite
were present.
By all odds tho most interesting event
~ tho day was tho visit to Mr.. Sato, the
spokesman for the Japanese envoysI Of
Alexandra N. Briantchaninoff, an 40
complished Russian gentleman who came
hare on the Same steamer that brought
the Russian envoysJ and who represents
the Slovo, st. Petersburg newspaper
ranked as conservative In politics. but
which IL OF the broad and not the narrow
tvpe OF conservatism. Mr.. Briantchaninon
not only TALKED with Mr.. Sato; but gave
70 tho New York newspaper meni after
leaving Mr.. satoJ an interview decidedly
rho most interesting OF any that have been
forthcoming since the peace commissioners
arrived his only reservation IN regard to
Il being a request that his own personal
unimportanoe be insisted upon IN whatever
quotations from his remarks we're made IN
the American newspapers. His request
IN this nAtter was granted with some regreti
for in addition to being the representative
Of a newspaper Of high standing; Mr..
RdantohaninoR has personal disttnctionsI
which need not be mentioned. but which
oiye much more than ordinary interest to
what he had to say.
The Russian gentleman's interview
with Mr.. sato was quite short 1t was
about Sakhalin the Russian newspaper
representative first spoke. Recognizing
that Sakhalin was now in Japanese bands,
he wanted to know II japan would restore
its political control to Russia for an in
demnity and for fishing and other privi-
,epes. Mr.. Sato on this point deeply re-
sretted his inability to speak for Japan on
70 interesting question, an inability whlch
had It's origin in no lack Of desire on his
part to crafty his interlocutor, but which
was due solely to his own unhappy state
OF Ignorance as to how to such proposition
would impress Baron Komura and the
other ENJOYS.
Mr.. Briantchaninoff then asked II It
would not be possible, should the peace
negotiations terminate happily, for the
Russiar and Japanese people, now that
they knew each other better, to become
friendly, to establish. in other words, what
the respectable Mr.. Pipelet would have
called a commerce ddmitiS.
Mr.. Sato In langua &c gracefully circum-
,ocutory seemed to express the sentiment
N far Al IL could be gather ed that he ex-
pressed any sentiment-that that was q
hri,ip, which Il would be in order for the
Japaneee people to cross when they got
TO It.
That virtually ended the interview with
Mr.. Sato, but to the newspaper reporters
later on Mr.. Briantohanino6 ampHfed bis
IDEAS.
INV belief is,' he said, shat the Russian
people will be satisfied with no peace treaty
which involvesieither sacrifice OF Russian
territory or the payment Of general In
demnity, As to Sakhalin, do not believe
they will consent to the sacrifice Of political
control even Of that, and with Russia 3
political control would of course 60 the
right to fortify the island and make 1t the
base for any military zone OF control that
would 90 With 1t as such base. But the
japanese have possession OF 1t. That is an
accomplished fact, and the Russian people,
I feel assured. would regard It as entirely
proper to pay IN indemnity for its recon-
veyanoe to Russia's political control. With
that they would also be willing to grant
tho Japanese full concessions as to the e1-
ploltation Of the fisheries and other wealth
producing resources Of the island. But its
political control Is vital to Russia's interest
on the Pacific, vital to the security OF Vladi-
vostok and all other points on the Pacific
shore Of the Russian possessions.
sWhile the Russians. therefors. would
consent to the payment Of . price for the
restoration Of political control over SAX
balm they would not consent to the pay
ment Of a general war indemnity as In the
nature Of punishment or to reooup Japan
for her expenditures. in carrying on the
war. Tho case Of France and Germany In
the war Of 1901 is not parallel. In that
case France declared war. In this instance
war was declared by Japan. The Russian
people did not want war. They did not ex-
pect war. They did not prepare themselves
for war. While It may be granted that Rus
sia was In q manner automatically bhm-
able for not responding with sufficient
promptness to Japan's demands. on the
other hand We regard Japan as bhmable Tor
actually beginning overt acts Of war with
out the customary ultimatum and time set
for beginning hostilities in the event OF not
receiving satisfactory response to demands
made.
.The Russian people fully recognize Japan Z
right in any peace settlement that might
now be concluded to demand not only what