Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-14
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st fsodzvadani. Aug. 13.-The Japanese
advance of yesterday proved to be only
= demonstration. After an excnanse
of rifle fire between the outposts, the
Japanese column retired.
i Portsmouth, Aug. IA. - The peace
Observation-Disclosures began the session TO-
day at $50. The weather was IDEAL
cool and pleasant.
discussion was resumed on the con-
ditions relating to the status OF Korea
witte continuing to urge the language
of the clause should explicitly show
what he contended was the true Jap
anese intention Of regarding the her.
NIT kingdom, namely to make OF 1t q
province Of Japan.
Among the delegates of the respec-
tive sides who remained behind at
khe hotel it was insisted that each side
was sincerely anxious to conclude
Areaty Of peace and 1t is evident II
there is q rupture, as the best Informed
helieye there will be, each side will
naneuver to place the responsibility
on the other, The Japanese seem dis
posed to throw out the intimation that
Witte is trying to wear out his adver-
earies and compel them to break of
negotiations This intimation is in
dignantly repudiated by the Russians
who contend as does their principal,
that Russia is ready and willing to
have the fullest publicity given to the
proceedings, in order that the world
may judge between them. 1t will be
several days at the present rate of
progress before either of the official
points Of differences are reached. The
exact order Of the conditions is not
vet known, but 1t is practically certain
the demand for reimbursed expenses
Of the war, precedes that for cession of
Sakhalin.
Relentless method is behind the
Japanese system in peace negotiations.
Also in their military and naval opera
tions. When they formulated their;
conditions Of peace the origin Of the
whole struggle between Russia and Ja-
pan was kept steadily in view, Korea
which was the real bone of contention.
1 Korea the first subject of agreement
IN 1896, Korea, which formed the basis
OF the request for negotiations preced-
ing the war, comes first.
The second, it Is safe to say, is evac-
uation of Manchuria, continued occu-
patton Of which by Russia, Japan
claimed, threatened the independence
OF Korea, and safety Of Japan. In
support Of this claim she took a leaf
out Of the book of arguments used by
Russia in 1895, when she was compell-
ed by Russia, supported by France and
Germany, to abandon Liaotung penin-
sula and Shimonoseki treaty on the
very ground that possession of Port
Arthur and Liaotung threatened Ko-
I6dS luQ6D6IucllCcs L ASSO a. Y SAAS wv
main objects designed to protect the
safety of Japan, for which Japan has
fought. Then might come logically
the Port Arthur and Liaotung leases
to satisfy the desire for revenge which
the Japanese nation felt on account OF
being despoiled, as they claimed, of the
fruits Of their victory over China in
1896. The question of the Chinese
eastern railroad might come next. And
then before "spoils of war" Japan's bill
for the cost Of the war.
4 The following official communica-
fion was issued at 1880: I'm the morn
i,1r sitting, fourteenth of August, artic-
Sd. first was disposed of, and the plen-
d,,otentiaries proceeded with the dis
cussfon Of article two. The meeting adj
iourned at to be resumed at 8"
Article one as agreed to by the pfen-
ipotentiaries at the morning session
was not in the language submitted by
the Japanese. It had been modified
to nearer meet the wishes Of the Rus
sian plenipotentiaries, but to what ex-
tent cannot be definitely stated.
witte had insisted that Japan's pur-
nose was to make dependency of Korea
and he wanted the language of the ar
4icle to conform to Japan's real in
sentions. Witte was prepared from the
beginning to accept the article his on
IL objection being as to form. He
wanted the language at least to snow
that Japan intended to establish .
prctectorate over Korea
Jhodt sohin, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co..
nsder straus and Isaac seligman.