The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-09-01
PBACb TERMS SETTLED
Efforts of President Roosevelt
Crowned With Success.
All Nations Unite I'm Praise of ,,o
Man Who Has Made Peace
Possible.

our strenuous president has added
another laurel to his crown. While ali
the world looked on and predicted that
peace was impossible at this time
| PRESIDENT ROOsevelt's zeal never Tagged
ana hls assistance helped very materially
10 bringing the two countries together
"nlie the treaty is not signed. there are
only few pessImists who believe that II
Will not be, and all civilized nations are
now united IN praise of our president.
because OF the successful outcome of the
conference at Portsmouth.
Portsmouth, Aug 30.-Actual work of
drafting the treaty of Portsmouth" he.
gan today, 1t is being done by Mr. De
Martens and Mr. Dennison. acting es
legal advisers for the respective sides.
While the "bases'' Of peace have been
accepted by the plenipOtentiaries. con.
siderable detail remains to be worked
out in the elaboration of the articles of
the treaty. This IL especially true in re-
gard 70 the articles dealing with the Chi
nese Eastern railroad and the surrender
OF the leases OF the Tiaotung peninsula
and Port Arthur and Talienwan (Dalny)
Mr.. PokOltiloff, the Russian minister to
Pekln who was formerly manager of the
Russo Chinese bank at Pekin and who
has intimate knowledge of all details re-
latlng 70 those matters, is assisting Mir.
De Martens
Neither Nation Satisfied.
An anomalous situation exists as TO
the impression created by the conclusion
OF peace. While the outside world ap-
plauds, IN Japan there is evidently great
disappointment in the terms, and in
RnEsia xpbn =
should be universal rejoicing over the
great diplomatic victory NJ. Witte has
won, the government seems to have re-
ceived it colby.
With the people it will make NJ. Witte
great and popular figure and add to
his iaureis, but at court evidently the
very victory that NJ Witte has achieved
makes it all the more bitterly resented.
1t is an open secret that when the
emperor appointed NJ White chief peni-
potentiary the military party expected
him TO fail. They did not want peace.
and it was freely predicted in st. Peters
burg when NJ Wtte left that he had
been given an impossible mission. They
expected him to fail in the negotiations
or to make bad peace" and either
would have spelled political ruin. In
stead upon the very terms upon which
the emperor told Mr.. Meyer be would
make peaC3 and upon which the military
party did not believe it possible for peace
TO be negotiated, M. Witte succeeded in
securing treaty honorable, and, under
the circumstances, favorable TO Russia.
This has only exasperated his enemies
the more, and Intrigue is at work to
discredit him. Since japan was in
conciliatory mood, they now say he has
made mistake in surrendering half of
Sakhalin. Yet he did so by the czar's
orders and himself insist that persO nally
be would have stuck to the end to his
original declaration not to cede territory
and give no indemnity
Not word or line about the receipt of
the news comes out of Japan. In view
OF the situation, both at Toxic and st.
Petersburg, alarmists are inclined to
make much Of the fact that the minutes
OF yesterdays meeting have not been
signed by the plenipotentiaries OF the
two powers. 1t is pointed out that
either side could still repu date the ag-
reement, but both plenipotentiaries re-
fuse to admit even the possibility of such
u happening