The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-25

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Of 900. 100000 yen. the estimated fftis
4 fln p,Inr,c. Every message received from
1,ctrrhof. including those that came
early 10 day was lfiileSil,le upon that
f,oint, Had Japan not inserted the sum
E hnd that been loft for ftturc ndJuat-
mont the ptoposition would undoubtedly
have proved more pnlatnble
The Associated Press Is III n position
to state that the divergence on thef COM cont.
promise. rs suggested by the Presiucht
\ and ms offered by Japan ut tue CONFER
encc. which vas mentioned ~ ,,, u'
X pa tchcs last night. touched IN TINS very very
u mint. Tho President did not suEgcsut
( any price Or the fixing lof d price, and ~
a. believed. although this cannot be ai :
firmcd, that his latest effort Is 70 secure
tho consent of the Emperor 10 agree ~
nrcept the Japanese proposition, WIN =
tlieinmount subject to future au1usH''eii.
BY IN arbitrnl board or otherwise. ~
According to the Japanese N. N.Y., ~
y hns snlrnnily offered to divide sakhalin.
n their purchase or Salihnlil, was piacea
( ,,,on r purely business basis the follow
ir,+ fey lines from the authorized sLilc
nent Of tho Russian position, given 70
FRO Associated Press last night, sla loo''
y be borne III mind. ss t u. +. u. \ II
,.AlI that Japan does IS 10. JON .he
question Of sakhalln with ina. 9.
III ~ d.
costs under the name OF purchase
money. The transaction Is fictitious 4
nnd the termlnoIoety Is misleading 4
IL ybat Is proposed be III truth pur
#chnsc and sale, It should bc treated as
suoh, and, therefore, should Russia
decline to buy the territory Japan
should keep It and conclu de peace acc 81,
the basis of the concessions a'tsuuS
made" ,,,.o MS
rurircr concession suggested II Emperor
N;rho,ns would commit himself to ms
eoluiton. This statement is baseu ulo't
,hc words of the Japanese au'hoilVy
most competent to speak, when lsh 1''
ir It was correct as reported, thnl me
1npnncsc had said their last WORD, hhu
TINT all hope WAS over. he repllcau .qh$a
7"No. wc have not declared our propo-
stion OF "Wednesday was our 'rfes''c,' !. ,
minimum. we IRE not assuming u thlc '.-
clling attitude This is not lhe WY "
make peace.
Bit the Observation-Disclosures themselves no
longer control on either side. The ncgo~
tiatlons have passed from their hands 10
thcir principals at Petcrhof and Toxic.
Kaiser the Marplot?
Most persistcntly tho report continues
TO be circulated here that Emperor VIII
liam has been one OF the main obstacles
10 peace; that while ostcnsibly IN SYM
ratly with the Presidents efforts, he Is
advising Emperor Nicholas not to yield.
The foundation for this belief Is the
TACT which appears fully confirmed, that Nj.
Wittc's instructions were made more i'm
perative and intransigent upon the Dues
ton OF indemnity and cession OF territory
after, the Kaisers Interview with the
Russian Emperor in the Gulf OF Finland.
Beyond this no evidence is offered.
1t is significant that NJ. Wltte made 1t
4 n point tonight to express his disbelief
IN the report from st. Petersburg, which
caused considerable CONSERVATION here,
that Count Lamsdorff had authorized
Reuters nEcnt to declare that Russia
under no circumstances would pay q con-
trbution either direct Or indirect or
make q cession of territory, whatever.
NJ. Witte said he could not imagine that
Count Lnmsdorff could have authorized
such statement without informing him him
(Wittc).