Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-17
Special Notice.
M c. A. Building, Cor. 10th and Douglas.

these two questions are left by the article
for each country to arrange with the celes-
tial empire. Russia will also have to settle
traffic arrangement with China as the
two roads together will constitute the
worlds best highway from Europe to the
Pacing, and upon the operation and CO.
operation OF the two roads their future
success will depend II is suggested that
It was this very question OF consulting
China which caused the postponement of
the final acceptance OF this article, but
there is nothing substantial to support the
suggestion. The question is complicated
and 1t required all of the morning and the
major portion of the afternoon session to
come to the agreement "ln principle"
II should be stated that the Chinese East
ern railroad has never been under the ad-
ministration of the minister of ways and
communications, Prince Hilkoff but always
under the control of a director nominated
by the ministry Of finance. The present
director is NJ. winzel
Pressure on japan.
There were persistent rumors about the
hotel late that several powers, including the
Washington government, are bringing pres
sure to bear upon Japan TO forego the
cost of the war and content itself with
such other compensation as It can secure
out OF the railroad, the Russian property in
Port Arthur and Dalny. and the cost Of the
maintenance of Russian prisoners in Japan
this only on the theory that Russia will
eventually agree TO cede Sakhalln which is
now potentially conquered territory This
is undoubtedly the line of ultimate compro-
mise, II compromise there is to be.
The Associated Press can state authoris
tatlvely that neither the question of MAX
ing Vladivostok an open port" or the
Amur river an international waterway, as
some papers have stated IL included in the
Japanese terms, which, as developments
have demonstrated. we're given correctly
by the Associated Press the day they were
submitted by Japan.
VIII Insist on Interned ships.
Japan will make a stiff fight for the pos
session of the interned Russian warships.
Mr. Denison. the American legal adviser of
the Japanese mission spent most OF the
day in his Office looking up the precedents
on the subject. Japan is exceedingly
anxious to obtain these ships and in its ar
gument will quote several international
precedents in support OF its demands One
reason why the Japanese are so insistent
upon this article is because OF their inten-
tion not to apply the indemnify in case one
shall be obtained, to the increase OF the
navy. The indemnity will be used first in
paying on financial obligations incurred dur
Ing the war. the granting of pensions and
the development Of the Japanese educa-
tional system. To replace the losses to the
noet incurred in the war and TO maintain
the fleet up to a standard OF strength and
efficiency sufhcient TO defend it's interests
Japan needs additional battleships and
cruisers. If 1t obtains all OF the Russian
ships now interned In neutral harbors and
succeeds in raising a number OF those sunI
In battle, 1t will be saved the necessity fol-
the present of large naval budget for new
construction. The London government 1,
strongly in favor of insistence upon thi.
article, and Japan seems to have set It.
heart upon the surrender of the ships by
Russia.
M Witte has Professionally arranged tC
60 with Baron Rosen to Magnolia on Sun
day TO spend the day with Baroness Rosen
Japanese Are Hopeful.
TOXIC, Aug. 16-The Nichi Nichi to
morrow will say: "The continuance OF tn,
conference is indicative of a hopeful pros