Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-30
UNEXPECTED MAGNANIMITY OF THE MIKADO
Foregoes All Demand For Indemnity and Agrees to
Division of Sakhan-Professo de Martens
and Mr.. Dennison to Draw Up Formal
Tseaty-Terms of an Armistice
Practically Agreed Upon.
tBy Associated Press.)

PORTSMOUTH n. H., Aug. ID
Tho long and bloody war between Ja
pan and Russia is ended.
The terms of peace were settled by
NJ. Wittc and Baron Kumura, at tho
session Of the conference this morn
ing, and this afternoon preliminary
arrangements for an armisticc were
ing the treaty of Portsmouth" was.
by mutual agreement turned over 10
Mr.. De Martens Rlssia's great In
tcrnntional lawyer, and Mr.. Dcnni-
son, who for twenty-five years has
acted as the legal advisor of the Jap
ancsc foreign Office.
The treaty is expected to be com.
plctcd by the end of the week.
Teddy the love of Peace.
This happy conclusion OF tho confor-
cncc. which Il week ago would have
been shipwrcckcd had it not been for
the heroic intcrccssion of President
Roosevelt, WAS sudden and dramatic.
For the sake of peace, japan, with
the masnanimity Of victor, ut the
last moment yielded everything i'll is
| sue.
! Russia refused to bulge from the
| ultimatum Emperor Nicholas had Civ
en- TO President Roosevelt through Am
bassador Meyer.
No indemnity under any guise, but
an agreement to divide Sakhalin anu
reimburse Japan for the maintenance
of the Russian prisoners were his last
words
| They had been repeatedly reiterated
III Nj. Whites instructions and in the
form of written reply to the Japan
csc compromise proposal of last We'd
nesday, they were delivered to Baron
! komuia this morning.
| NJ. Witte went to the conference dc.
clarng he was powerless to change
the dot of an 'i' or the cross of a
] IT. in his instructions. Emperor Mich.
GLASS word had been given not only 10
him, but TO President Roosevelt, the
head of n foreign State.
| Witte Refused to Pay.
| When Baron Komura. therefore, first
offered the new basis of compromise
outlined In the Associated Press dis.
patches last night (thc complete re-
nunciation of indemnity, coupled with
a proposition for the redemption of
| Sakhalin at Il ,rice to be fixed by IL
mixed tribunal consisting of represent
ativcs of the neutral powers. in fact,
II not In words, the solution offered
by President Rooscvct), NJ. Wittc
i again returned Il n0n-possumus.
1t was what NJ. Wittc termed in his
interview with the Associated Press
the psychological moment" NJ. White
did not finch. He expected n rupture
ana. as he expressed il aftcrward, he
was stunned by what happened
Baron komura Recedcs.
Baron KomuIa gave way on all The
disputed points. With the prcscicncc
that has enabled the Japanese 10
gauge the mcIbal processes of their
advcrsarics 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 government.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt had also, il is be-
iievcd. advised Japan that 1t was bet
ter TO meet the Russian position than
to take the responsibility of continli-
ing the war for the purpose of collect
ing tribute. The Millado at tho SEES.
/: sion of the cabinet, and elder states
men yesterday had sanctioned the final
concession.
When Baron Komura yielded the
rest was mere cllild's play.