The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-16
WASHINGTON GETS
READY FOR ENJOYS
Prepares to Entertain Japs and
Russians Who Will Make
Peace Terms. a..
Diplomats of All the Powers Will
Watch Forging Of the
Document.
BY w. w, Jermane.


gram of entertainment for the peace
commissioners who are to come here, |
probably early in August, to arrange
Russo-Jap peace terms, which will be
known as the treaty of Washington. ~
To watch the making of this historic
agreement the entire diplomatic corps
will remain in Washington or follow
the commissioners, should they go else
where to deliberate.
Some idea as to what these local
plans will be, can be had from brief
look at what was done in Paris when
o treaty between the United States and
Spain, in 1898. The French govern
ment turned over to the commissioners
spacious quarters in it's state depart
ment building, where the commissioners
met daily to receive and consider pro-
missioners had quarters in hotel.
where they had sleeping apartments
and private parlor for deliberation.
The conclusions reached in these pri-
vate conferences were carried out sub
sequently at the general conferences
Similarly, Spain had her headquarters
at the Spanish embassy in Paris, and
there her commissioners met privately
to deliberate regarding the terms de-
manded by this country.
Duties of America as Host
Having this arrangement in mind, it
will readily be inferred that the United
place for the commissioners, possibly
in the large and attractive diplomatic
room at the state department., and if
this is not large enough, then at one
of the big hotels of the city. The COM
missioners, in addition to, these quar-
tiers, which will be furnished grandly,
will have quarters at the hotels with
parlors for their private conferences,
respectively The new Willard hotel
will probably be the home Of one set
of commissioners, and some such hotel
as the ShOreham Or the Arlington of
the other.
The heat may drive the commission
ers to Newport or Manchester on-the
Sea for part Of the time, but the
Washington quarters viii be reserved
while they are away. mis- s~ 81
The Paris commissioner were in ses-
be assumed that the Russo-Japanese
commissioners will not complete their
work short of that time.
Enjoys Powers Limited.
There is a radical difference between
the scope of authority possessed by. the
Paris and the Washington commissions.
That which met at Paris was clothed
with full power to conclude peace and
draft and sign, treaty, which it did.
That which will meet here will be au-
thorized merely to arrange settlement
ION the best possible basis and then sub
nit it to the respective governments.
Any agreement which the Washing
ton Commissioners will make. however
will doubtless be accepted by both
countries, unless it should obviously be
unjust to one side or to the other, fol-
Russia is at the end of her fighting
resources and unprepared to continue
the war on any scale that will make
success for her possible: she VIII shl
can from Japan and then accept them.
Japan, meanwhile, will be SUBJECTED
to strong pressure from Great Britain
and other friendly powers to make he
demands as light as possible, in ordes
that Russia may accept them Wlthou
loss of further prestige.
Chief Problem, the Indemnity.
The chief matter to come before tn
commission, and the one which vii
take most time to determine, is tn
Japan by Russia. The latter countr
has started out with saying, unofficial
", that the payment OF any bount
Is out of the question. Japan. on tn
other hand, insists that Russia mus
reimburse her for the total amount o
money which she has been compelle
to borrow at home and abroad on &C
count of the war The actual settle
ment obviously will be made on nelthe
of these bases, but rather someWher
between them.
That there must be some cash linden
nifty is freely conceded by disintereste
powers. Japan has borrowed on a.
count of the present war $6OO,oOO,OO'
of which sum $250,7O0,0O0 was. DO
rowed abroad and $350;000 900 at hom
Japan g minimum cash indemnity d
mand will be the amount OF this torelg
loan. and she will take as much beyon
this as Russia will concede. 1t IS
this point that the negotiations Wi
take on their greatest interest.
Territorial Questions Easy.
" So far as territorial questions al
concerned, the way Of the commission
,ers seems to be reasonably clear. Japa
BY her strong arm has determine
them, within certain large boundarl'
beyond the power OF the World TO So
victory will not be matched fro
her as they were at the end of the W;
with China Russia will have no stat,
- in the Liao-tung peninsula, which
cludes Port Arthur, nor in the Korea
peninsula which Japan will now u
FOR her excess population to preve1
sutfocation in her narrow islands.
In Manchuria it is very plain TIL
Russia will get nothing save whatNJ
pan is willing to concede and these co
,cesslons WILL, 1T IS belleVed, noI l
DO Integrity !' Of If Ct Gina or Japanese CONNIE
cial supremacy. Manchuria will st
be exploited but, by a power Asiatic
blood, traditions and sentiment, and
this China will have no opposition. {
the contrary, there are many evidenc
that China will welcome Japane
overlordship in Manchuria.
Russia has important vested int
ests in Manchuria, in the way of ra
- ways, new towns, etc, and these will
protected in the treaty, but they w
not be a menace to outside CONNER
and to civilization as they would ha,
been had Russia won the day, but w
be, under japanese direction, so ma
aged as. to permit the largest possib
commercial enterprise, whether Asi
tic, European or American. Becau
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