Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-22
JAPANESE HOLD CONFERENCE
Cabinet and Elder Statesmen Hold Long
Meeting at TOXIC,
OF DISSATISFACTION WlLDER
Twenty-Five Papers Suspended for
CriticiEing Government Against
over Two Hundred at End
of Former War.

of Former war.
TOXIC, Sept also p. ma prolonged
meeting of the cabinet and elder states
men took place today, but the subject Of
the conference has not yet been made
public. 1t is believed that various matters
relating to home and foreign policy were
under discussion.
The public is daily becoming more inn
patient for the withdrawal Of the order
proclaiming the city under martial law.
1890 a. m.-The expressions of dissatls-
faction over the terms of the treaty of
peace In the columns of the local papers
are not so frequent as they were some time
ago. The list of papers suspended since
the urgency ordinance was passed includes
nine published in Toxic and thirteen pub
lished elsewhere, FIVE of which were re-
suspensions.
At the time of the outburst of popular
indignation occasioned by the Intervention
of three European powers at the close Of
the war between Japan and China, the
cases of papers suspended exceeded 200,
ten Of which were in Toxic.
The Asahi remains suspended 1t is
twelve days today since it's publication
was ordered stopped.
The news Of the Russian emperor's pro-
posal to hold a second peace conference
at The Hague has not so far evoked any
comment by the press.
Decoration for an Admiral.
SEOUL. Sept 21-Admiral Arai who re-
! ioated the Russian protected cruiser Var
lag, was given an audience by the emperor
and decorated before he sailed for Japan
on Tuesday last. September 49, 1t is prob
able that he has been recalled to raise the
| japanese battleshiD Miltasa, sunk in the
harbor at sasebo The Russian cruiser
| Variag was sunk by the japanese fleet at
Chemulpo on February 9, 1904. The Russian
cruiser Korietz was sunk at the same time.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. H.-Brigadier
General Thomas Barry, Captain Sydney A.
Cloman and Colonel John Van B. Hoff the
American military attaches in Manchuria,
have started for home. They are returning
by way OF St. Petersburg
Arrange Terms of Armistice.
| VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 21.-The Russian
and Japanese squadrons commanded re-
! spectively by Rear Admiral Jessen and
Vice Admiral shamimura met in Koruiloff
bay September 16 and the admirals ar
ranged the terms OF the naval armistice.
The conference which lasted five hours,
determined on the zones in which ships Of
regulated the question OF contraband.
TOXIC, Sept. A-6 p. m.-The Navy de-
partment today confirmed the Vladvostok
report announcing the conclusion Of a
| naval arnistice between Rear Admiral
! Jessen, representing Russia, and Admiral
| Shimamura In behalf of Japan. The mar
rowest portion Of the Gulf of Tartary re-
mains neutral. Rear Admiral Jessen re-
quested permission to send provisions to
Kamtchata to which Admiral Shimamura
willingly agreed
Russin's Forgotten Army.
| ONGA North Corea, Near Gashkevitch
| Bay. with the Russian-Corean Army
Wednesday. Sept. 2.-We hear that ar
armistice has been arranged in Manchuria
but nothing definite is known here This
| army, with good reason, Is called the for
gotten army" Letters come seldom ant
and no supplies are arriving here. there be
ing no roads. This army lives on tn,
country. using the property of the in
habltants. There are no war correspond
ents here. Heavy rains have resulted II
much sickness, but there are no medicines
no hospitals and no red cross.
1t is reported that this arm will be with
drawn from the Tumen district which Il
In the neutral zone.
Treaty Reaches Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. H-M. Plan
con. secretary of the Russian peace com
/, mission, arrived here today bearing tn
treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries
. which was turned over to the custod
Of the Foreign office. News OF the arriva
!, OF the document was communicated to hi
majesty by telegraph.
The Foreign office will now prepare
copy OF the treaty for the emperors sig
nature. He will not sign the copy signe
by the plenipotentiaries The emperor
copy will be especially engrossed on parch
ment and will commence with the EN-
peror's name and titles, all in Russian
!. and then the preamble, also in Russian, r.
n citing in part the act OF ratification The
g will follow all the articles of the treat
e In French and at the end will be anothe
u paragraph in Russian, completing the al
Of ratification, after which Will follow III
e emperor's signature, which will be counter
signed by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff. I
this document will be affixed the seal
II state on wax, the wax berag enclosed
z. an especially made silver case to ensui
j. its protection and preservation. The leave
d OF the treaty will be bound by speci
d silken cords.