Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-28
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 23.-It is
stated that Komura has agreed to Of
fer at the session this morning the
presidents compromise proposition.
A high authority believes it impossi-
BILE that a final rupture can come to-
day, NO matter what the character OF
the emperor's final instructions to
Witte may be- eff the negotiations
can be prolonged into next week."
said he, $50 much pressure will be
brought to bear upon the emperor
that he will not be able to resist"
Portsmouth, Aug. 23-The Associ-
ated Press is now in a position to re-
veal substantially the suggestions of
President Roosevelt for breaking the
existing deadlock in the peace nego-
tiatiOns and rescuing the conference
from failure. His solution would in
geniOusly permit the satisfaction Of
the japanese demands for reimburse
ment for the cost of war and at the
Same time enable Russia to face the
world with the declaration that she
had not ce1ed a foot of territory or
paid kopec Of war tribute to the vic
tor. The resolution is the one which
has heretofore been described in the
Associated Press dispatches as nat
ural and logical compromise.
Tersely stated, ft consists in an
agreement by Russia to repurchase
possession of either all or half of SAX
hahn, NOW in the military possession
of the Japanese, for q sum the amount
of which, If the two countries cannot
agree, shall be decided by some meth
Cd of arbitration hereafter to be deter
mined The purchase money, together
with the sum Japan would obtain from
the cession of the Chinese Eastern
railroad and the mafntainance of Rus
sian prisoners in Japan, would, it is
estimated, about equal the amount
claimed by Japan as her bill for the
cost OF the war.
Both Sides WuuEd Yield.
Possibly, therefore, the sO1urGon Of
fered by the president involves the re-
cession by Japan upon the article upon
the cesSiOm of Sakhalin, and recess
sion by Russia upon article 9 Gndem-
lty) ut seems practically certain.
hough this cannot be affirmed posi-
lively, tnat the president yesterday
vas able to give Minister White sub
tantial assurance that Japan would
e willing to accept such a compro-
1ise. This is apparently supported by
n authoritative Japanese statement
lade TO the Associated Press last
light in reply to a question as to
whether Japan mad decided to make
ubstantial concessions:
1T all depends upon Russia"
1t was the presidents note to White
which caused the sensation OF the day.
Carly in the morning hal come the Of
icial announcement that the meeting
# the conference, which was TO have
teen held yesterday, had been post
oned until this morning. The public
eason assigned was that the protocols
ad not been completed. But few
ours later it Leaked out that J. L. Nc
rev, a stenograpner attached to the
xecutive offices at Oyster Bay, had ar
wed with a communication from tho
resident for the Russian plenipoten-
iares Witte and Rosen had left the
0teI ostensibly for a ride in an auto
ar to York beach, but instead had
uietly slipped over to the conference
ufI1ing at the navy yard to receive
le message from Assistant Secretary
ierce Most elaborate precautions
ad been taken to insure secrecy, but
leaked out through "tip" from
ew York which reached the Associ-
ed Press.
Witte Sends Reply.
From 1920 until ITO Witte and
osen remained at the conference
Hiding with Pierce. All those pres
decline to make any statements
garding what transpire1, even re-
sing to admit that any Importance
lached to the matter. Witte would
ly admit that he mad gone to the
Hiding to send message" and
)sen and Pierce absolutely refused
make any statements. McGrew
,ly the 1925 train to Boston, whence,
,ording to report, he took the mer-