The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-18
OF WAYS
AT PORTSMOUTH
Pessimistic Feeling After Yesterdays
Conference.
OUTLOOK is DISC0URAGING
ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION is A
COMPROMISE
n oRTsMoUTH, \. H. Aug. 1.-THE !

~ ORTSMOUTH, y. H. Aug. 1.-THE
crisis in the peace conference has
been reached and pessiniism is
as9in the note. But the darkest hour
is just before the dawn and there is
saIl hope. Predictions of final rup-
ture tomorrow certainly viii not be
Justified unless Baron Komura> hgur-
atively picks up his hat and announces
that it is useless to proceed further. N.
Witte, at least, viii not participate.
At tomorrOw's session, after article ,
Ohe limitation OF BGssia's naval power
in the far eas), and article u Fishing
rights on the Russian lttoraD. are dis
posed of he will favor an adjournment
until Monday to hear the last word
from St Petersburg.
Made No Progress.
The pessimism tonight is based on
the fact that no progress was made to-
day The exchange of views at the
morning session on article 9 (remunera-
ton for the cost of the war;, showed at
once that the plenipotentiaries were
as far apart as the poles and il was
passed over. Article 10 (the surrender
of the informed Russian warships), was
also passed. not in the opinion of one
of the plenipotentiaries when the As
ISOLATED Press correspondent saw him
arranged, but because within the
shadow Of the two main points in dis
pute hanging over the conference, both
sides were cautious and preferred to
postpone it to the end Article ?
Limitation of the sea power). is also
adjustable after modification. and
article II viii present no difficulties. SO
that tonight the situation was practi-
Cally where it was when NJ. White last
Saturday presented the Russian reply
with its nOn-pOssumus to articles and
9 Indemnity and SakhaIin).
Both Must Yield Something.
The only chance now is compromise
Russia to yield SakhaIin and Japan
indemnity. Neither viii yield both and
perhaps Japan at the final show of
hands will yield neither NJ. Witte.
under the imperial instructions given
him before he left St Petersburg, can
agree neither to pay war tribute nor
cede foot of Russian soil. St Peters
burg therefore in the last resort re-
is the reason why he favors a post
pOnement tomorrow over Sunday.
Baron Komura probably will welcome
an adjournment of two DAYS in order
that he also may lay the situation be
fore his government before its final de-
cision. The sudden revival Of deep
peSSimiSm tonight was induced by the
dispatches given out when the pleni-
potentiarieS returned to the hotel that
no programme had been made today
But to those in the inside that was
not surprising Things have gone
smoothly enough only the impasse had
been reached-there had been the CLINT
of cold steel in the conference cham
Der. And the few words NJ Wftte said
10 the foreign newspaper correspon-
dents was as usual not encouraging. He
looked tired and said nothing had been
accom- Dlished.
Then Comes the Crisis.
Tomorrow" he said, will finish
articles II and y
What then?" he was asked.
Then we will go 10 dinner he re-
piled as he excused himself to go to
dinner with Assistant Secretary Peirce.
No very great hope was vouchsafed in
the japanese camp.
I'VE are not buffers" said Mr.. SatO,
and from an authoritative source the
Associated Press correspondent received
a distinctly bad impression regarding
the outlook 1t was coupled, however,
with an expression OF the hone that If
II developed hat the conference was
going to pieces. President Roosevelt
might again step in.
I'VE have heard that the president
having brought us together, has washed
his hands of further responsibility
But he is .resourceful. He might do
something"
"What?"
''That / cannot say"
Continues On Pane