The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-29
JAPAN MAY MAKE
new CONCESSION
Early Session Of ENJOYS To-
day Revives Hope Of Peace
All Over Unless Indemnity
Is Waived.
AIR FULL or RUMORS

| JAPANESE SAVED CONFERENCE
BY ASKING ADJOURNMENT
REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE
CONCESSIONS TO OFFER.
PORTSMOUTH, NH, Aug. %, 1905.
The Japanese and Russian peace en-
yoys met to-day in the Kittery Navy
Yard, the session that was adjourned
from yesterday to this afternoon having
| at the last minute been advanced to the
forenoon. This gave rise to rumors that
there was serious work to do, and that
the meeting would not be the last, as had
been feared.
Not since the conference began had the
air ben so full of rumors as this morning
and last night. The conference was at
| the breaking point on Saturday. The
| japanese ENJOYS saved it by asking an
! adjournment until Monday and then un-
| til Tuesday, and then came reports that
they had concessions to offer which might
| allow it to continue and even pave the
way to peace. But there was nothing on
which to base these reports but rumor
and conjecture as to the real cause of
! Japan's requests for an adjournment and
| the action of Yesterdays Cabinet Council
in Toxic. President Roosevelt is, of
course, believed to be making representa-
tions to Toxic.
The japanese were as silent as ever
regarding their plans for to-day's meet
ing. No admission had come from them
about any concessions. but they We're
generally expected to make some kind of
] offer. The Russians had affirmed that
they would accept no concession that in
volved their payment of indemnity in any
| form. Nevertheless, Fumors were current
that they would ask an adjournment for
several days, as word was expected from
/ st. Petersburg bearing. on the situation.
The story which was sent out from
here yesterday was very active last night.
| According to this story, President Roose-
welt several days ago was authorized by
Japan to inform Russia that Japan
would waive her claim for indemnity and
|
cede back to Russia the northern half of
Sakhalin for price to be fixed by Ia
mixed comission
It was impossible here to get any cor
roboration of this story yesterday, but
/ when reports began to circulate last night
i that Toxic had cabled to the Japanese
ENJOYS the authorization to make certain
concessions, conjectures We're at once
made that Japan intended to make such
a scheme the basis of a new offer. There
is no authority for such a statement.
Those versed in the Eastern situation
say that BY such an offer Japan would
give up the fruits of her victory and that
the effect on her at home would be dis
astrous. She waived claim to indemnity
last Wednesday, but proposed to get
ing of their fears that Toxic would make
/ the northern half of Sakhalin. If she
left the price to be paid for that terri
tory to a mixed commission Russia would
not consent to having fictitious price
put upon it, but would insist on the price
being fixed at the intrinsic value.
Japan in sacrificing her indemnity
claim in such way would have left her
as the>payment for her tremendous strug-
gle the railway from Hardin to Port
Arthur, the Siberion fishing rights and
the leasehold in the Locating Peninsula.
which Russia took from her in 1895,
when she was weak.
There was no authority this morning
/ for saying that she would make such a
tremendous sacrifice for peace in her
hour Of victory. That such would be
her concession was. conjecture only. 1t
would be the miracle that would bring
peace out of this conference, so often
near the wrecking point.
That Japan had some new offer was
thought very likely. She might even of
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