The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-26
INDEMNITY WILL BE
 DEMANDED BY JAPAN
BARON KoMUR4 THROUGH MR. SATo MAKES THIS STATE
 MENE


 ever, There WilI be No Peace at Any
 Price-Friendly Feeling Toward Rus
 sian Envoys-wants Only open Door
 in 1Ianehuria.
 New York, July 25.-That Japan will demand an indemnity of Russia in the negotiations for peace, and that the war will be declared at an end at the conclusion of the negotiations at Ports mouth, N. H.. next month. is the belief of Baron Komura. head of the Japanese peace delegation, who arrived here to- day, as voiced by Aimar sato, who is the official spokesman for the baron on this mission. MT. sato. in an interview tonight, said:
 T am confident that peace will be successfully negotiated by the appoint ed delegations. The Japanese will be guided by moderation and no excessive demands will be made, but the senti- ment in Japan and Russia is for peace, and in the interests of humanity and
 
 The cost to Japan, however, has been very great. Tn the army alone the loss in men has been 57O,Oe0, while Russia's is said to be 370,0O0. The war is costing Japan one million dollars a day. and there is a feeling that there ought to be an indemnity
 Asked as to the probability of an arr mistice, MT. Sato said that probably would be among the first questions the plenipotentiaries would consider. Bas- 1 ing the form of the negotiations on pre- | yious treaty negotiations, Japan will make the demands for Russia's consid- eration, he said,
 The peace terms, while held inviolate by those who know their text. were for@ lmulated by the emperor of Japan and his council. MT. Sato was asked if, in the flush of victory, the Japanese peo- pie would not feel entitled to more than any treaty would allow, and Mir. Sato said: The Japanese are not so gentle as to abide by any decision we may make, but they pay great respect to the offices of President Roosevelt, and his acts have done a greaa tleql sl tc- eial4- l phasize the need for Eeace.' I MT. Sato further said that the Japan ese would prefer to have the negotia- tions in the English language, as neith- er Baron Komura nor himself speaks French. The matter, however, would be settled after President Roosevelt had met the two commissions. Of the attitude of the Japanese pleni- lpotentiaries toward the Russian dele- gates MT. sato said:
 We admire M. Witte and Baron Ro- lsen. The announcement of M. Witte's appointment to the peace party was more welcome to us than that of any lother person could have been. We rec4 1 ognize him as a great statesman.'' Of the future of China MT. Sato said: If the central government could work in harmony with the district or provin- oial goyernmentsC China would become great power, but at present that seems to me impossible.''
 | Japan's attitude toward China is most l friendly, said MT. Sato. While nain- taining no moral Monroe doctrine over the empire, Japan feels that China is more or less under Japan's protection. This protection, by way of illustration, MT. sato said, is not So strong over China as that of the United States over South America
 MT. Sato emphasized the announces lment, made frequently before that Ja- Ipan does not seek territorial aggran- dizement, and on this point the speaker said:
 We want in Manchuria equal oppor- 1 tunity, or what MT. Hay called the open door"
 l In response to further questions MT. Sato said Japan is overpopulated, and that in the opening up of Manchuria and Korea an attractive field for immi- grafton would be nearer home than of fered in Hawaii or America.
 Mir. Sato said that, while d desire for peace was the sentiment of Japan, if was not a desire for peace at any price, Japan is in a very prosperous condi. ton at present." he said, and the wal taxes do not fall heavily upon the peo- pie yet. There has already been sub- Iscribed S25O 0o000 to a new internal Iloan, and our prosperity is further in- dicated in the success of our foreign loans"
 l As to Japan's attitude toward Amer I ica, MT. Sato laughingly asked, You mean the yellow peril?n and then be- came more enthusiastic in his conver- ,sation than upon any previous topic, 1 He said:
 We are almost boyish in our enthu. siasn and friendship for America, 4 While we are friendly with China as Orentals, our greatest friends ars America and England. Why, the first monument ever erected to any foreign Ter in Japan was that to Commodore Perry, and the policy and conduct of the American people for the last fifty years has been one of help to us We regard America as an ally without a T treaty.
 The question was put to Mr. Sato as to any possibility of conflict with the United States in the future, as suggest ed by some of the American press at the outbreak of the war. and Mr. Satc asked what could bring about such conflict. When suggested that Japan might covet the Philippine Islands he Laughed earthly and replied that Japan lwould not have the Philippines as d lgift, even though q bonus accompanied 1.-the gift,