The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11

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said last night that while the japanese
terms are harsh they are subject to
. Those facts show the position Of Rus
sia BIS clearly as it can be shown with
out an actual knowledge of the COM
to st. Petersburg and the
replies from the foreign office and the
gar. M. Witte and his colleague,
Of peace # they can get It st At. any terms
Russia can possibly stand.
Ihey want peace. All their pessi-
mism, all their ominous forebodings, all
their protestations that they must not
be humiliated count for nothing.
& Japan, on the other hand, has not
gone to the extremes indicated in some
OF the expressions of those close to the
7but It is quite evident they are not SO
harsh that Russia, after getting all the
concessions possible, cannot accept
them.
: Waiting on the Gear. -"
The terms have been cabled to the
car. His answer may come today or it
possible, Of course, that the Russians at
ST.. Petersburg will reject the terms
and close the negotiations, but that
seems hardly probable in view of the
Russian suggestion that the terms are
Hopen to discussion
+ What Russia intends to do is to bar
gain. and Japan has left place open
tor the bargainlng: This can be stated
rejected at once by the czar and his ad
visers, and If the negotiations continue
after the next meeting of the envoys.
which will be held as soon as the reply
to the cablegrams sent to Russia are
received by M. Witte, there will be a
peace treaty.
Russia Expected to Pay.
Russia has expected to pay an in
demnity all along. Tentative arrange
markets Of the world for 100000 900.
That must be peace money, for every
money center in the world says Russia
| can have no more money for war.
There can be no doubt that the Japa-
nese terms are subject to modification.
There was no irreducible'' mentioned
| in them. Japan, when handing her
terms to Russia, issued no ultimatum.
| That is clear from the Russian state.
ment that the terms are "open to dis
CUSTOM '"'
The Japanese themselves have made
no comment Of any kind on the terms
They have given them to Russia and
are awaiting the outcome of the com.
munications with st. Petersburg. It il
undeniably true that Japan has a limit
beneath which she will not go, but that
limit was not placed in the terms Baron
Komura presented.
The Japanese at shrewd at bargains
themselves. They are willing, indeed
open, and it is confidently predicted
here that the outcome will be treaty
&C. witte Cabled Bankers.
When M. Witte received the Japan
isese demands from Baron Komura b,
Yglanced at them hastily and suggested
Fan adjournment. He took them will
his party to the conference room ant
read them carefully. Then he sent ca
Diagrams to the Rothschilds in Pari
and to banking house in Antwerp
personal cablegram from Witte digest
ing the terms and addressed to the for
eign office at St. Petersburg. Thi
message was in the Russian cipher
Later in the night the exact terms wer
cabled to st. Petersburg.
i The cablegrams must be decipheres
at ST.. Petersburg, and the answ er pu
in cipher and deciphered after
reaches Portsmouth.
meeting Of the ENJOYS before Monday
altho it may be possible that ther
Twill be a meeting on Saturday. M
Il Witte is anxious to hurry things along
+ and will ask for a meeting as soon a
I he receives his reply from st. Peters
/ burg.
T Bankers In Portsmouth. r.
II The great financial houses are still
II sending men here to look for informs
tion. One man said last night tina
, Wall street knows there is to be peac
and that the big houses are buying Rus
, sian bonds. His information was tina
: President Roosevelt persuaded Japan
> modify her terms and that Empero
, William Of Germany, when he met tn
car short time ago, insisted tia