The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-30
'slr0 SETS ,RgSslAnS RIGHT.
ms NOT SPOKEN OFFfCTALLY OF
PEACE TERMS.

1 r,tlaIns That ~. Pctersbur. Comments
Unscd on Ills Expressions Arc Ground.
less K0mura Is Informed Constantly
From seat OF Warr-Lobster IN Japan.
Tho comments OF the st. Petersburg
,svspapers en- the Japanese terms Of peace
40 bascd On the proposition that Mr.. 6ato,
,he .pokcsman for Baron Komura and the
,hace ENJOYS now in this country, has
.od what the Japanese peace terms are.
IA A matter Of fact the one single state
ment that Mr.. Sato has made about Japan's
reace terms since his arrival here was
Int he did not know what tho peaoe terms
,sre, adding one day laughingly that he
rished he did know. Beyond that not a
xord or a hint as to what Japan would
Ar would not demand has como from him
Ar from anybody connected with the jap
.neee peace commission, E
When Mr.. Sato has been asked a. to an
Indemnity or as to territory cessions or
INV other Of the probable subjects OF dis
orsion at the Portsmouth conference he
has invariably shaken his head, either re-
iping to speak at all or combining what
Ne did say to the briefest possible denial OF
| INV knowledge on the subject. On the
l otbsr hand. when Mr. Sato has been asked
the drift Of popular sentiment In Japan
On this or that phase OF the Japanese
Russian controversy he has not hesitated
10 tell frankly what so far as he knew, was
the drift of comment In the newspapers
or on the street in Japan. This, as he
always took pains to make clear, was not
TO be taken az having any bearing on the
cpnion Of Baron Kom,ira or even on his
own personal views.
I think" he said yesterday, "thtngs
which l pover said or dreamed OF saying
must har been cabled to the St. Petersburg
papers That Is the only way can &C.
count for the comments in those paper
WIZ h have seen as reproduced In the
Nes York papers to-day"
Baron Komura and his suite remained
in the Waldorf Astoria all day yesterday.
To-day some Of the suite may take little
run to Coney Island. but the Baron and
quietly ut the hotel
we are not hero on a mission OF sight
SEEING Mr.. Sato explained.
On Tuesday evening there is to DO still
another reception to Baron komura at the
Nippon Club. A West Eighty.ffth street,
when not only members OF the club but
0tneT JhDHncfb IcssIuctlS ueIe VIII Oo pI
ent. Like all the other similar events
Once the Baron arrived here, this will be a
purely informal Japanese family affair.
Baron Komura ever since he landed In
America has been in constant receipt Of
kilograms from the seat OF war in Man.
churia and has been kept advised Of every
move Of all the Japanese armies and OF
The exact situation at tho front. Some Of
these cable grams are sent to the Japanese
legation in Washington and reach him
through Minister Tasnhira and some are
cent to him direct from the Japanese Foreign
Office; To assist him In grasping the
full signihcsnce Of the military situation
. presented in these .cablegrams he has
u his .uits Col. ,Tachibann, who. as Mr.
Sato said yesterday. has seen nearly oil
oftae war with Russia and who was present
es fighting at Mpkden and Liaoyang
Togo was = a lobster at he Nippon Club G,6
hughingly, yesterday. -he used the term
ense. With us in Japan the lobster il
one another with little rice cakes decorated
With miniature Holsters, the lobster mean
hg an expression Of the hope that the
recipient OF the cake will have good luck
during the ensuing year. So when Baron
Eomura said that Admiral Togo was Japan q
lobster he meant that he was Japan's
good fortune personifed. In this country
understand that to call man lobster
to decorate him with anything but q
hafterinr H{le