Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-08-26
II Now Looks Like An Agreement On
Terms Will Be Impossible
AN ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TUESDAY,
Fate Of the Peace Conference is Re
garded by Most at Portsmouth as
Virtually Sealed. and It is Expected
That the Adjournment Taken to
Tuesday Means Merely al Ex-
change Of Farewens.

pcssimism reigns az Portsmouth. The /
prevailing view is that the fate OF the |
peace conference is already sealed. /
that il has ended in failure and that
all that now remains is for the plea
ipotentiarics to meet Tuesday. 20
which day they adjourned Friday az
tcfnoon uron completing the scriatim
consideration OF the japanese terms.
sign the anal protocol. go through the
conventions and bid each other fare
well In other words. that The meet.
ing Tuesday viii be what diplomacy
calls the ~scance d'adicu." But there
IS s.iu room for hope OK e compcorise.
Neither Roosevelt nor the powers
viii see the chance OF peace ship
wrecked without NAL effort. ana mat
pressure is being cxc-tcc. especially
40 Toxic. tc induce Japan 90 moderate
her terms. is beyond Ques,iua. Just
what IS being done or IS . be cone.
has not tr,nspircd. King Edward is
understood 90 bc now lending q ucip-
ing hand the fnancicrs OF the world are
Known 20 Doc cNc-t.n- ala tEe.- intu-
+ caccs. At TOXIC and Sc Petc-snur-
f the Cral issue VIII o. decided. The
/ Japanese have been iur'ccable
II tlrouEhout the siv days slt-iucs l-ry
+ have listened and explained. but they
have yielded not cu iutl 90 enc 5000
stance of rh.ir original demands. $780,.
White accartri Cufr-nf seven Cf ile
F. twelve Japanese conditions. ONE in
. principle ANA four. including f.c DID. n
issues. Indemnity AND Sasnaliu. -e pee
f te.-el The oftcr twe. limitation az
naval power and ttc surrender ~ The
irtcruei worships. might have been
arranged had there been amy prospect
70 agreement on The 1850 points upon
which the Divergence seemed irrccoa-
ci.lble.
In the Cral discussion ~ tho terms
UT. WHITE yielded upon two articles
but substantially the result of he
thirteen sittinEs az the ENJOYS has
ollv been t0 emphasize fle position
taken by MI Witte in the writer
reply he presented i2st Saturday q
the Jauanese terms. And now botl
sides turn 20 home for the last wor,
before the cards are thrown face ur
ward upon the table next Tuesday. io
the impasse reached Friday by th
co %. pa-ruSooaI So saIDpua lodluaI'
only q diplomatic fiction TX in th
interim istruct.ous are received bl
i either side compromise is yet POSSIBLE
But the chances are recognized 20 O
slim So FAR as the Russian p.enipo
tentaries arr concerned there neNe
was q chance ~ their ylclcing both ln
f deunity and Sakhaln. The cession q
Sakhalin without indemnity was. ac
=. HH H... 4 b d
b. the extreme limit 20 which MI. Witt
would ever consent 90 go and the En-
, peror has not yet given the word eve
10 concede that. And suddenly ne'
p factor has been introduced which. in th
RI opinion of those most competent
judge. lessons materially the chance
that De might do SO. namely. the lssi
ance OF his manifesto granting a popi
Z lar representative body OF his subject
- The bearings OF this historic doc'
>, ment. as Mt. Witte described lt -
p, DAYS ago upon the issue are easily col
+. prehensible. Ii is bound 90 ameliora
the internal situation ln Russia
Be- The manifesto is Emperor Nicho.a
j answer 20 the japanese demand to- c.
n uavment OF a war tribute. The graz
i OF this broad reform is regarded as Sd
F. tually an appeal 90 the Russian pe
Die for support 90 resist 10.
- At Toxic IL is impossible 20 tell wa
80 view viii be taken. Peace prooao
"a . can be even now secured by the saci
fee OF the indemnity Vague intimauo
tonight come from the japanese SD
that "the demand for the cost % Z
war" might be moderated. but y
e- Whites reply is that be VIII pay J
II orally for the maintainance ot the Rt
81 sian prisoners ID Japan. but mot
%. peek for tribute
IL Tonight the situation can be SUNNI
- Up in q single sentence prompt q
heroic action by outside influence alo
" can save The conference
az Portsmouth. -. IT,. Special
- prospects for peace are distlnc
brighter The plenipotentlarics
laboring with a seriousness and q
nestness which leaves not the slg
est doubt that both are anxious
is conclude a treaty. Though the mi
"a points remain 10 be contested and
plenipotenfiaries OF each side speak
ed though the conference would go
d. pieces unless the other side gives "
"a the spirit Of compromise is IN the
=" When he returned 20 the hotel "
dc nesday night Mr.. Witte who =
4. tired out with his hard days VIC
said:
- Il am doing all ] can Tor peace.
ar the eight articles We have already {
-, sidered. have yielded seven.
4. other statesman in Russia would h
dared 70 co 50 much. and I have d
'A' what 1 have on my own responsi
re ity."
The Chinese boycott az 500 CT
Is taking on a political character,
OF an anti-forelgD outbreak Is feared
as eocre.ay-v Taft and marty sailed 4