The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-18
DEADLOCK ON
HOPE. /. ! I: {. |: FOR | d PEACE
S |: VANISHING |
Crisis Reached and the.
ENJOYS Are On Eve
Of Rupture. lJ l.l'
ABSOLUTELY NO
PROGRESS MADE
Both Sides obdurate On Ques.
tion Of Indemnity and Cession
Of Sakhalin.
COMPROMISE NOW ONLY .s5.5
HOPE y E. For ENDING WAR
Witte Holds Conference With
Delegates and Prepares to Send
Long Report to the Gar.
Pessimis1n Rcigns
\. Again In 4 in Every, IS. .5
! Quarten
COMPROMISE NOW ONLY d
HOPE For ENDING WAR.
Py Associated Press. )

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been reached and possimlsm IL rnil
the note S & \ 'r<'s-'">ss3
But tho darkest hour Is Just before 4
the dawn. and there Is still hone 3E Pro-
sdlcttons of "a I final rupture Tomorrow
certainly will not bo Justified AZ unless
Baron komura fisuratlvely& picks 5up 8hii
hat and announces that 1t Is useless ! "a =
proceed further. NJ Witte, at least,
will not be Sprecipltated. Z, At to- m orrow,1
session. after article eleven the lin1ita.
ltlon Of Russia's s sea power In the FaI q
East. and article twelve. fishing rights
on the Russian llttoral are disposed sof n
he will favor an adjournment until Mon 4
day to hear the I last word from ST, 5
Petersburg. 81 s55tS s5,s;
No Progress Made.
Tho pesslmsm tonight is based upor,
tho fact that no progress was mad 9 TO-
day, 3 Tho exchange Of views at tho
morning session upon article nine, re- {
niuneration for the "cost or the wg,aar,,,'
aries were. as far apart as the poles,
and It was passed over. Article ten,
tho surrender OF tho interned. Russian
warships, " was also passed, not, In the
opinion Of one Of the plenipotentiaresg
when the Associated Press correspond
ent saw him tonight, because 1t could J
not have been arranged. but because
in dispute hanging over the ference
K both sides were cautions and preferred
to postpone It to the end. Article eleY-l
al, Limitations OF sea power, Is also nd y
Unstable, after notifications, and article
twelve will present no difficulties
So MI that " o-night S5 the situation was I
practically what It was when NJ. {
sian reply With It's non possumus to ara
tlcles five and nine. indemnity and Sax y
alin. # Il IS 81 81
The only chance Is now Compromise
Russia to yield sakhnlim and Japan in.
demnlty. Neither will yield both, and,
perhaps. Japan, at the final show OF \
hands,. will yield neither, NJ. White. under
the imperial Indications contained In the
instructions given him before no left St.
Petersburg, can agree neither to pay war s
tribute, nor to cede foot Of Russian
soil. st. Petersburg. therefore, In tho last
resort, remains to be heard from, Doubt
less this Is tho reason why M. Witte
sfavors postponement tomorrow over
Sunday. Baron Komura probably will well
come an adjournment Of two days in
order that he also may lay the situation
before his government for its final de-
clsion, *
Outlook Gloomy. I, BY
Tho sudden revival OF deep pessnlism
tonight was Induced by tho report given
out when the plenipotentlaries returned
to the hotel. that no progress had been
made to-day. ss
But to those on tho inside that was
not surprising. Things have gone smooth.
" enough; only the lmpasse had been
reached; there had been the CLINT Of cold
steel in the conference chamber, And
the few words NJ. Witte said to the
- fc v,0o
as usual, not encouraging. He looked
tired, and snId nothing had been accom-
plished.
"To-morrow,1' no said, "we will finish
articles eleven and twelve" III
Is ''What then2" he was asked. a
"Then. we will so to dinner" he res
Piled rs he excused himself to go to
dine at Assistant Secretary Pierce's, 81
No very great hope was youchsafed In
the Japanese camp,
si''Wes are not buffers" said Mr.. Sato.
and from an authoritative5 source the
Associated Press correspondent received
Il distinctly bad impression regarding the
outlook, It was coupled. however. with
an expression OF tho hope that II it de-
veloped that the conference was going
to pieces, President Roosevelt might again
step In, VI
Conference Held.
A very important conference occurred
In M. WItte's rooms shortly before mid
night. There We're present BaFon De
Rosen tho other Russian plenpotentiar-
les and AIessrs, De Martens, General Yer.
mpletf, Mr.. Pokothof, Mr., Shiroff and
Captain Roussne. the Ave Russian dele.
gates. 1t Is the first time u full meelinaE
OF plenipotentlaries and delegates hai
been held since the conference began.
The preliminary discussion of tho Japanera
conditions Is already virtually ended, II
is not Improbable that the final repors
and recommendations OF the Russnn
plenipotentiaries were passed upon and
Transmitted tonight to the Emperor Al
Peterhot. al
RI can be stated that The lndvldunl \
views OF the members OF the RnssiaM
mission differ as to what point shoul
5be Welded If a compromise Is IA he OF
fered. some favor the surrender Of sak q
hahn others an indemnity. None are
raa,lv TO give up both points. A.
The Associated Press learns at nidnish,
that during thn conference the japanese
Observation-Disclosures several times manifested
n desire to couple the consideration of