Milford chronicle., 1905-09-01

tuuOH Win MI EeiIce. Inc news that
peace had been concluded had pre-
ceded the Russian plenipotentiaries,
and such scenes of wild rejoicing have
; never before been witnessed in the
= state of New Hampshire as greeted
them upon their arrival at the hotel.
Mr.. Witte. dazed at the sudden and
happy termination of the conference.
was fairly overpowered by the tre-
mendous ovation he received. He could
: only express his gratitude by shaking
the hands of everybody. and in re-
sponse to the volley of questions fired
, at him as to the terms, murmur: I'VE
pay not a kopeck and we get half of
Sakhalin."
Later in his room, when he had
partially recovered himself, he de-
clared that he could not have dreamed
of such victory-for that he regards
1t as diplomatic triumph of the first
magnitude he makes no attempt to
conceal And that is the general YER
diet here. The Russians are over /
! joyed at the result.
1--WE have had our Lao Yangs and /
Mukdens on land" they say, "and our
Tsushimas on sea. but the Japanese
have had their Portsmouth"
Japanese Are Disappointed.
The Japanese correspondents. al
though they said little, plainly showed
their dissatisfaction with the terms.
They stood aloof, silent in the midst
Of the general jubilation, for as the
afternoon advanced the air was filed
with the sounds of rejoicing. Bells
were ringing in Portsmouth and New
castle, and the fleet in the harbor was
adding to the din with their sirens
and bells One of the Japanese. how
ever, gave the true note when he re- I
marked "Tell me that the mikado has
approved it and shall be satisfied" I
In that sentence was compressed
the Spartan heroism of the Japanese {
nation, and later, when Mr.. Sato is
sued the official explanation of the t
reasons that moved the Japanese c
pleniDotentiaries and it showed that a
the emperor had approved. there was K
a perceptible change in the feelings of
the Japanese. Considerable disap-
oointment. however, continued to be h
Baron Komura, following b
he rule he has set himself, declined to a.
make any statement and Mr.. Taxa. pi
lira would only say when asked to A
make a statement: For the sake of sc
and civilization and as we pi
elieve, in the interest of both coun-
ries and the world we made peace" SC
Despite the fact that neither the fir
aDanese plenipotentiaries would talk Ell
1r publication the Associated Press in
an present their line of reasoning in co
le words of another: es
The Russians may indulge in boast tn
lgs now. They may call it a diplo- by
attic victory, but we are confident ere
at upon calm consideration the world No
III applaud our course. To Weld pu
ION the question of our demand for
e expenses of the war was the only
ad to peace. We had attained the 7
jects of the war, we had establish gre
our predominant position in Korea. din
had obtained the leases to Port vel
thur and the adjacent territory. we ter
d obtained the Chinese Eastern rail VIII,
i'd and the evacuation of Manchuria Por
had even obtained important fish off,
rights along the Russian littoral. the
ese covered the objects which we sun
We kept steadily in view for 10 the
nths of bloody war. Besides. in the won
Al analysis there was the recogni- that
of the fact that to obtain indem- will
country must hold the other by shO,
throat. That is the lesson of his men
y We renounced such purpose edge
our people might return to the of j
ceful work and that the commerce the
normal life of the world might
oeed." -
he great Japanese demonstration D.
not begin until evening, as the 49,.
ia1 p-e.ii .iipote"liolies ana thelr Roos
during the afternoon. When it I~arS rg,.,.a'
e it was even more remarkable - 80
that for the Russians. for all -aa''+ 49,,
ent appreciated what sacrifices -.
heroic little nation had made for ,,,S-l
e. The crowd which awaited them +bo l.
hey dashed up in an automobile ~ =
even larger than that which
ed Mr. Witte. The cheering came 80
'lleys. Again and again the crowd proa,l
lhed and waved their hats. Baron 80
~ 80, Ao-iiila loOheu have
ssad -, -. ~ S9i,ieu ailliost en- about
ty of the days work seemed to
'ss them. Neither plenipotentiary
ed to shaks hands, but. accom- STE
d by Mr.. Sato, went Immediately r.. q
Fir rooms.
er Mr.. Sato read the official an 1acS
az ~.,,, NeaI nlnl IN group AmeriC
pondents. They waited for the FlorId.
7ord to be read. It confirmed wora J
'itte's announcement that Japan bv an .
ed nothing for the cost of the ed ond
;,e;.,,. e1s,S ~ ie-il " o%Aiiailn' crew.
that wonderful devotion of the AmeIi,
'se for their sovereign and of stor,, :.
plicit confidence thev nIaca I, 80 "