Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-07

and bloody war between Japan and
Russia is ended. The terms of peace
were settled by M. Witte and Baron
Komura at the session of the confer
ence Tuesday morning and in the af-
ternoon preliminary arrangements for
an armistice were concluded and the
actual work of framing the treaty of
Portsmouth" was by mutual agreement
turned over to Mr. De Martens, Rus
sias great international lawyer, and
MIR. Dennison, who for twenty-five
years has acted as the legal adviser Of
the Japanese foreign Office. The treaty
is expected to be completed by the end
of the week.
This happy conclusion of the confer
ence, which a week ago would have
been shipwrecked had it not been for
the heroic intercession of President
Roosevelt, was sudden and dramatic.
For the sake Of peace, Japan, with
the maguanimity of victor, at the
last moment yielded everything still
In issue.
Russia refused to bulge from the ul-
timatum Emperor Nicholas had given
to President Roosevelt through Am.
bassador Meyer. No indemnity under
any guise but an agreement to divide
Sakhalin and reimburse Japan for the
maintenance of the Russian prisoners
were his last words. They had been
repeatedly reiterated in M. Whites in
Gtruptinnq and In ha 80 Ia
ten reply to the Japanese compromise
proposal OF last Wednesday, they were
delivered to Baron Komura this morn
Ing. M. White went to the conference
declaring he was powerless to change
the dot of an "i'' or the cross of a
u in his instructions. Emperor
Nicholas word had been given not
only to him, but to President Roose-
welt, the head of foreign state. When
Baron Komura, therefore, first offered
the new basis of compromise outlined
In the Associated Press dispatches last
night (the complete remuneration of
indemnity coupled with proposition
for the redemption of Sakhalin at a
price to be fixed by a mixed tribunal
neutral powers, in fact, IL not in
words, the solution offered by the
president), M White again returned a
non possumus.
1t was what M. Witte termed in his
Interview with the Associated Press
the psychological moment" NJ Witte
did not finch. He expected a rupture
md bp n a nd ho
was stunned by what happened Baron
Komura gave way on all the disputed
points. With the prescience that has
enabled the Japanese to gauge the
mental processes OF their adversaries
on the field of battle and upon the
sea, they had realized in advance that
peace could be obtained in no other
way. They had warned their govern,
ment. President Roosevelt had ad.
vised Japan that it meet the Russian
position rather than take the RESPONSE
bility of continuing the war for the
purpose of collecting tribute. The
mikado, at the session of the cabinet
and elder statesmen yesterday, had
sanctioned the final concession. When
Baron Komura yielded the rest was
mere childs play
Articles X and XI Qnterned war
ships and the limitation of Russia's
sea power in the far east were with
drawn, Japan agreed that only that
portion of the Chinese Eastern rail
road south of Quanchontzi, the posi-
ton occupied by Oyama, should b,
coded to Japan. Both sides, once the
deadlock was broken, wanted a "jus
and lasting" peace, and in that spirit
1t was decided to practically neutral
iZe Sakhalin.
What Russia Yields.
Japan's terms are accepted by Rus
STA on the following points:
Russia's recognition of Japan's "pre
ponderant influence" in Korea, will
her right to preserve order in the civil
administration, give military and flnan
cal advice to the emperor of Korea
Japan binding herself to observe tn,
territorial integrity of Korea and 1t l.
believed the policy of the open door.
Mutual obligation to evacuate Man
churia.
Japanese obligations TO restore il