Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-19
DISCUSS
ARTICLE eleven
Little Work Accomplished by
Peace Conference.
MAIN QUESTIONS HANG FIRE


the Meetings Will Soon Cease and
No Peace Treaty Will Be conciud-
ed-Adjourns Until Monday.
Portsmouth, August 18.-When the
peace plenipotentiaries met today it
was with the tacit understanding that
at the end of today's session they
would adjourn until Monday.
The prophets of evil' as those who
persist in believing that all hope of a
treaty is gone are called, predicted
that today would witness the final
rupture and that at most there will be
only one meeting, not for final eff
fort to- reach an accord, but to ex-
change the diplomatic amenities and
bid each other farewell. This does
not correctly represent the situation
Unless something entirely unforeseen
on either side occurs today the final
struggle vii lbe postponed until Mon
day to give both sides time to hear
the last words of their governments.
No matter what the written "full
powers" of plenipotentiaries extraor-
dinary may be, these modern days of
the cable and the telegraph which
keep ENJOYS in instant communication
with their home government, has made
more or less of a fiction of the full
powers" which, in the olden days,
were given to ENJOYS charged by their
governments with negotiating and set
tling international issues.
Diplomatic negotiations are now con-
Quoted by Emperor Nicholas govern
ment than by emissaries. Envoys pro
pose and emperors dispose Both sets
of plenipotentiaries here are in con-
tinuous communication with their gov
ernments. Accounts Of each days pro
ceedingS are cabled nightly to Toxic
and ST. Petersburg, and messages are
constantly arriving from both CAPT
tails.
The reports found Japanese much
longer and more complete than is the
Russians, secretaries of both delega-
tions work night and day preparing
and deciphering messages.
Just before NJ. Witte left for the con-
ference chamber this morning he re-
ceived a long cipher cablegram. Per
haps it contained the answer to the
important communication sent after
last nights conference. 1t was too
late to decipher it at the hotel and M
Witte thrust it into his portfolio and
took it with him to the navy yard,
where his SECRETARIES could translate it.
Article IL (the limitation upon Rus
sia's naval power in the Far East) was
pending when the pIenipotentiaries re-
assembled. The indications are that
it will also go over without final ac-
ton That as we'll as article No. 12,
relating to fishing rights on the Rus
sian littoral, may be yielded by the
Russians, but neither 10 (the interned
warships) nor II or II presented in
superable difficulties. Everything now
harks back to indemnity and Sakha-
lin. There, as from the first, will be
the crux. If this can be adjusted
the remainder will be child's play
1t is difficult to fathom the Japan
mind but as stated in the Associated
Press dispatch last night there have
been vague moves in the conference
chamber which indicate that they are
willing to consider the disputed points
together "em bloc" and this is the ba-
sis of the main hope that they are
ready to compromise.
The morning session of the. peace
conference ended at 1890 p. m.
The ENJOYS repaired to the lunch
room Immediately.
The official statement was issued as
| follows:
The morning session. The sitting
of the session of the morning Aug. 18,
continued the discussion OF article Ii
and the decision has not been finished
The discussion of the article will be
resumed at o'clock