Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-25
TOday's Telegraphic News
Hitch in Negotiations.

peace of the continuation of the war
between Russia and Japan. 1t comes
from high authority that the negoti-
ations now In progress are centered more
directly upon the question, as to the
amount Of money that Russia shall pay
Japan, rather than on the principle
of indemnity, as has heretofore been
maintained. This authority declares
that notwithstanding the prOfuse and
emphatic utterances Of officials Of the
Russian government, to the contrary,
the Gar has been brought to recognize
the fact that certain monetary con-
sideratiOn must be paid to the japanese
if peace is to come. There is not more
than a few hundred million dollars diff
ference between the two governments
in these negotiation. Every other
unsett.e article of the Japanese
demands is susceptible of satisfac-
tory adjustment. They can be settled
without involving the principle payment
of war tribute. In other words the
moment Russia and Japan reach de-
termination as to the amount of money
that is to be handed over for many speci-
fed purposes which constitute legitimate
charges, the negotiations that follow will
be confined largely to the working out
of details. Up to 10 O'Clock this morn.
ing, NJ. Witte declared that he could
not discuss the nature of the advices he
had received from the Gar.
Portsmouth, n. H., Aug. pa
hitch Of such gravity has occurred in the
peace negotiations between Russia and
Japan as to threaten The postponement
of the conference set for Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. Korostoyitz, speaking for the Rus
sian ENJOYS, announced this morning
that no decision as to the matter had
been reached. "But unless japan re-
cedes from the position she has taken,"
he said, 'there will be a meeting on
Saturday and that will be the last one,
unless, in the meantime, there should
be mediation by the powers or President
Roosevelt comes forward with some new
proposition.
NJ. Sato, the japanese spokesman,
put the matter in different light. He
believes the meeting will be held at the
proposed time and that other meetings
will follow. Japan, however," he de-
clared, "has said her last word on Sag
balm"
Last evening and during the entire
night there were exchanges tetween the
ENJOYS here and their respective govern
ments. The great secrecy which sur
rounds the movements of the Japanese
made it impossible to ascertain the ex-
tent to which the general agitation ex-
tended to their headquarters. But with
the Russians it was different. The sec
retaries end many members of their suite
we're seen hurrying from one room to
another. M. Whites apartments were
the centre OF all this activity. TIE "big
chief was not in the best of humor,
either.
The utterauces of Count Lansdorf at
st. Petersburg, during the day. displeased
him greatly. The declaration Of the
Russian premier that there should be no
payment of indemnity and no cession of
territory, coming at the time it did, was
taken by NJ. Witte as an attempt to take
The negotiations out of his hands, at least
so far as the Russian public was con-
cerned.
The attitude of NJ. White in this re-
gard is mystifying, as the Russian envoy
had already taken and consistently main
tanned that same position for public con-
sumption.
What there was in Count LamsdOrff' s
declaration of ono cession, no indem-
nity," that made it differ from the SINH
lar utterances of NJ. Witte up to the last
few hours cannot be discerned. Some
think that while the battle cry remained
unchanged, the Russian government is
contemplating seriously the necessity OF
meeting japanese demands and that the
published utterances ofthe Russian prime
minister have been put out as blind or
for the purpose of casting,upon NJ. Witte
the odium of having acceded to demands
that are very displeasing to the Russian
people.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. 25.-Baron
KanekO, the japanese man Of mystery,
visited President Roosevelt for the sixth
time this morning, presumably to lay
before him an important communication
from the Toxic government. 1t was
raining dismally when he arrived.
"What is the outlook for peace, this
morning." asked one of the newspaper
correspondents. "Like the weather, 4"
he replied, pointing with a smile to the
gloomy clouds. "What do you think of
Count Lamsdorf's statement that Rus
STA will pay no money or cede no terri
tory" 81 think he is making mis-
take" said Baron Kaneko. "DO you
think he is blufing?" ooh, it seems to
be official, aud | guess we'll have to
swallow it," was the baron's conclusion.
The consultation with the President
lasted until about 1920, when Baron
Kaneko returned to the village to take
the 1920 p. m. train for Long Island
City.
When Knaeo returned from Sycamore
Hill he was in great good hnmor as
usual and talked very freely about the
situation being careful however 10 con-
ceal the real object of his visit. In re-
ply to questions from newspaper men
Kaneo said there was a deadlock.
St. Petersburg, Aug. pa report is
in circulation here to the effect that re-
dictionaries are trying to induce the
Gar to issue a manifesto announcing
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