Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-30
END OF THE WAR.

million of men will now beat their
swords into plough shares and their
spears into pruning hooks. Peaceful
industries will supplant the horrors oil
war. and many believe the two Dati0ns
who have shed each other's blood during
the past wear and half will eventually
become allies.
According to the peace terms Russia
makes the following concessions:
Protectorate over Korea, with all that
this implies.
Evacuation of Manchuria, leaving
japan and China a clear field.
Cession to China and japan OF sec
ton of the Eastern Chinese railroad, be-
ginning at Quanchoutze station.
Cession to Japan OF Port Arthur and
Dalny.
Cession to japan Of rights in Lao
tung peninsula.
Fishing rights on the Siberian coast.
Commercial and military entrance in
the mainland of Asia,
The following concessions are made
by Japan
Its demand for money indemnity to
cover cost of war.
Its demand for the cession of Sakha-
lin, the compromise dividing the island.
It's demand for the interned Russian
warships. o..
Its demand that Russia hereafter limit
its naval strength on the Pacific sea-
board.
By the terms OF the agreement 1t Is
said at the State Department at Wash
ineton that this country will get an open
door in Manchuria and Korea, and every
thing else contended for by the late Sec
rotary Hay.
Preliminary steps have been taken to
arrange an armistice.
The peace treaty will be completed by
the end Of the week.
Expect in official circles at ST. Peters
| burg and Berlin, the news that peace has
been made will be received throughout
Europe with unbonnded satisfaction and
rejoicing. Hope of these results had
been practically abandoned since ii was
known there was no chance of Russia
yielding to Japan's principal demands.
The idea that Japan " uld again aban-
don the fruits of victory after repeatedly
declaring the opposite intention was
hardly considered among the possibilities
of the situation until two days ago. Then
il was whispered in certain diplomatic
circles that secret agreement existed
between Japan and China by the terms
of which the latter agreed to pay the ex-
penses of the war for the restoration OF
| Manchnria in case Japan failed to COM
pei Russia to pay an indemnity. There
is no adequate authority for this rumor,
but it is received with a certain amount
of credence, especially since the news
has come of Japan's amazing sacrifice OF
her principal claim.
It's pointed out that such compensa-
ton by China to the country which con-
ouered and restored to her this great
province would be only just and equitable.
It would he unreasonable to expect Japan
to perform this great service as an act OF
magnanimity, and that she is entitled
to receive the full expenses Of her cam-
paign, minus only the value of Port
Arthur, which will remain in japanese
hands.
No one 10 the diplomatic world as
cribes the japanese decision TO consider
ations Of magDanimity or Humanitarian
ism. They do in most cases, credit her
With wise craftsmanship. Russia's claim
that she was able to carry on defensive
campaign until Japan was completely
exhausted is not regarded as a mere bluff
by the most impartial European authori-
ties. Some go so far as to say that Japan
in the future would never have been able
to get terms so favorable as she obtained
TODAY. This idea is coupled with the
suggestion that Russia may interpret
Japan's withdrawal as a confession Of
weakness, which might create danger Of
future Russians aggression.
1t is recalled that Japan's original an
nouncement was that the principal mo-
tive in demanding an indemnity was tc
insure lasting peace. 1t has been repre-
scented that Great Britain has been put
ting pressure on her ally 20 make peace.
This is untrue. England has earnestly
desired peace, principally on account Of
the European crisis and in order to curb
the Kaiser's adventurous spirit. Japan is
fully aware of this, and she is in full
sympathy with the British wishes, but
she has not been called upon to sacrifice
her own interests in this or any other re-
spect
1t is in its effect upon the European
situation that peace is the most welcome.
The news from Portsmouth relieves
grave anxieties in several capitals. There
was serious danger of a renewal OF the
peril 10 European peace which alarmed
the world early in the summer. The per-
sona relations between King Edward and
Emperor William are so strained as to
amount to positive hostility. The Moroc-
can crisis is again becoming serious.
The fact that. Russia will now be able to
place a large force on her western from
tier at short notice must have restrain
| inc influence of immense value during
the developments of the near future.
Europe welcomes peace lOs her own sake
and therefore with a sensation of intense
relief
Winner of Prize Wanted.
A dispatch from Athens, Greece, says