Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-11
WORLD NEWS BY CABLE
(Associated Press Cable.)


Portsmouth, August 1O.-'rhe jap
anese peace commissioners presented
the peace conditions imposed by their
government at today's session of the
conference. Japan's demands are:
Reimbursement for the eXpensea %
the war.
The cession of Saghalien Island ("
Japan.
The transfer to Japan Of the Russian
leases on the Liaotung Peninsula.
The evacuation of Manchuria by Rue.
sia.
The open door in Korea and the re-
cognition of a Japanese protectorat@
there.
Fishing rights for japanese subjects
on the Siberian coast.
Russian warships lnterned in neu-
tral ports to be relnquished to Japan.
I The Russian naval strength in the
Far East to be limited.
RUSSIA WILL REFUSE.
Portsmouth. August l0.-In the draft
of the japanese peace conditions pre-
sented by Commissioners Komura and
Takahira to the Russian commission
ers yesterday the word Indemnity"
| was carefully avoided and the amount
of reimbursement" was not fixed.
, However, 1t is believed that Russia
will refuse absolutely to accept the con-
dition demanding reimbursement for
the expenses of the war and also tho
demand for the cession of Saghalien
Island. The conference adjourned yes-
terday afternoon to meet again Mon
day, at which time the Russian COM
missioners will present their reply to
the Japanese demands.
AFTER THE SOCIALISTS.
Warsaw, August 10.-The police cap
tured $50 Jewish Socialists armed with
revolvers and daggers yesterday. In
the melee that followed the appearance
OF the policemen, three of the officers
were shot. Armed revolutionists yes
terday attacked the government treas
uries in three neighboring towns. Sew
eral of the police were killed and 9th
ers were wounded.
SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS.
( Lodz, August 1O.-A thousand So
cialists held meeting yesterday In
forest near this city. They were sur
rounded by soldiers and the majority
arrested. Many were wounded while
attempting to escape.
SPANISH FARMERS STARVING.
Seville. August 10.-The conditions
among the farmers here are desperate.
Bread riots are daily occurrences.
Thousands are without food and have
been reduced to eating roots.
POLAR PARTY RESCUED.
Honninsvaga, August 10-The steam
er Terra Nova has rescued the Zeigler
Polar Expedition. The expeditions
steamer, the America, was crushed in
the Ice during the winter OF 1903. The
expedition reached So degrees north
latitude.
The steamer America bearing the
William Zeigler Arctic Expedition sal
ed from Tronhjeem, Norway, June 20.
1903. The expedition was under tha
leadership OF Anthony Fiala, then only
thirty-three years old. Fiala had been
with Explorer Baldwin OF the Ziegler
party on the Americas previous dash
for the pole. When Baldwin. his pat.
ron, fell out, Zelgler offered the lead
ership OF the expedition to Fiala. The
crew of the America were all American
citizens and her captain, Edwin Cof.
fin, was not unknown to old Honolu-
lans, as he called here on whale ships
In former days. He was on the bark
Gazelle in 1S79-1Ss4 and was once froz.
en- in above Behring Straits. In 1889
he was second officer of the steam
whaler Orca, and from 1889 to 1898.
was on the Rosario. He was master
OF the vessel when she was lost. Later
he commanded other vessels on ths
Pacific.
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