Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-08-15
ARTICLE FIVE
AN OBSTACLE
TO the Favorable Conclusion of
the Peace Conference at
Portsmouth
CESSION OF SAkHALIN
ENJOYS Defer Its Consideration Until
the Last -Four of the Points
Have Been Agreed Upon.

Portsmouth, Aug. 15.-The follow
ing is the official announcement of tn,
morning session.
In the morning sitting of Angus
10Th, the conference discussed arti
cles four and five. Article four was
unanimously agreed upon Not being
able to arrive at a unanimous decision
on article five, the ENJOYS have de
cided to take note of the divergence OF
views and proceed to the discussion OF
other articles. The conference will be
resumed at o'clock"
Article four relates to the surrender
of the Russian lease on Liao Tung
Peninsula, and article five, which was
passed over on account of differences
to the cession of Sakhalin Island to
the Japanese.
Article Four Disposed of Satisfac.
torily.
Portsmouth, n. H., Aug. 15.-Article
four of the peace conditions, has been
agreed upon. The Associated Press
is informed that, while covering the
Surrender of the lease of Lao Tung
HSninsula and Blonde and Elliott Is
DIS, which are included in the lease
Id, 'article 4" does not touch Port
thur and Dalny, which are covered
1Separate articles. Japan, it is un-
rstood, insists at least for the pres
t. upon occupation of these two
;3nts
Article Five the Sticking Point.
q, Portsmouth, Aug. 15-At the morn
& session of the peace conference
hay the consideration of article A.,
hich relates to the Liao Tlmg PENN
; lla and the surrender d The Rus
IN leases, was begun. As the ces-
;,.pn of Sakhalin is the fifth article
natural deduction would he that
aay would witness the collision and
Ssibly deadlock. But it appeared
e likely that the question of the
n Jon of the island, upon which
=, EAer side is prepared TO yield,
hen reached by mutual agreement
sould be postponed until the end.
The policy of each side is understood
to be to maneuver to place the re-
sponsibility OF rupture on the
other. 1t is regarded as a practical
certainty that neither side will insist
at this juncture upon precipitating
the situation which will decide this is
sue. If in the end an agreement were
found to be impossible, the world
would know and be able to form its
judgment of the merits of the re-
spective contentious and place the
blame for the prolongation of the
carnage in the far east. The very
fact that ultimately the world will be
enabled to fix the responsibility for a
rupture and that in final analysis
the two countries are on trial before
the public, that very opinion of the
world constitutes the main hope for
a successful outcome of the negotia-
tions Article 3, which was agreed
to yesterday, it developed today, was
incorrectly stated to be the cession of
the Chinese Western Railroad. That
article will come later. The third ar
ticle pertained to the restoration of
Chinese administration in the province
of Manchuria and was a necessary and
natural sequence to article 2, pro-
viding for the mutual evacuation and
mutual recognition of Chinese terri
torial integrity and the "open door
policy for which American diplomacy
has fought.
Russia Ready for Supreme Effort in
Manchuria.
New York, Aug. 15.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Times says
that an important parsonage declared
to him yesterday that if Japan did
not abandon her demand for indemni-
ty the negotiations at Portsmouth
would be broken off this week. Ev-
cry preparation he said, had been
the view to a supreme effort in Man.
churia in the present year, and Rus
sia would play her last card before
accepting the dishonorable conditions
of peace.
Manchuria Always a Question of
Dispute.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 15.-Follow-
ing the war between Japan and China
a treaty of peace was signed on April
II, 1895, Ii Hung Chang and Ii Ching
Fong representing China and Count Ito
and viscount Mutsu representing ia
pan.
By the treaty China
Recognized the independence of
Korea.
Coded to Japan part of Manchuria
in the Lao and Yalu river countries.
Coded Formosa and the Pescadores.
Gave to Japan extensive commercial
rights and privileges.
Agreed to pay war indemnity of
2OO, 100000 taels.
Russia. France and Germany pro-
tested against the cession OF the Lao