New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

i've been waiting to ask you about the peace
confere7ca'' explained the Busy Man on running
across his friend the Constant Reader. I want 70
bet nv brother-in-Iaw that il will break up ana
they'll go 10 fighting again
I'm glad for once you're behind the times, was
The Constant Readers rejoinder. The conference
did not break I'D and the war is 1t an end The
Jsnanese on Tuesday yielded TO the RUSSIANS anu
both sides decided for peace Through MY Meyer
the American Ambassador the President 'besought
the Car 70 come half way, but he WouId not
Then he turned 70 the Mikado and asked Il ne
couldn't make his terms easier The Mikaoo ca-ieo
his Cabinet and at meeting. at winch -Na1ets
Ito dominated. three OF the demands were VIII
drawn altogether They were for an indemnity
for -he surrender Of Russia's interned warships and
for rba Limitation OF the naval power Of Russia IN
the Pacific A fourth demand was cut IN nall
This originally was for the whole island OF sag
halien. but the Mikado and his Canlnet DECIDED 70
ask for only the southern half. NJ Witte the chleI
Russian Envoy. accepted the concessions as quick
- he could"
The Jauanese must have had stage fright" in
te-rlpted the Busy Man excitedly-
1T was not stage fright my friend said the
Constant Reader IT was so Japan's best critics
sev far sizhreduess Having got all they went 70
wa for. they found it futile 70 haEgle over an
Indemnity which the Gar said he would never pay
Then too by her u1agnaninity. japan felt assured
that she would win the respect OF the Worlo as wei
as the friendship of her former foe
..Eut what did Japan get for all her magnificent
vtctories7- asked the Busy Man, inlpattently-
First and most important, Russia is 10 surrender
al claims 10 Manchuria, the occupation OF whlcn
nv Russia caused the war. and which will now oe
evacuated by both armies Russia also agrees TO let
China rule Manchuria with free hand Both ma
items recognize the open door in Manchurla- japan
raties Russa's lease OF the trunk railroad across
Arancbr-fa 10 vIadivostok on condition that its
guards be limited in number Russia surrehaers
that part Of the Chinese Eastern Railroad which
runs north from Port Arthur TO Kwsn-Cnens -4ze'
stu retaining the two hundred miles OF track ie1I
which connects with the trunk line at Hardin ana
which she can police with only limited hummer oI
guards Japan gets Port Arthur, with its forrnld-
able Notifications: Dalny. with its vast shipping
facilities and the rest of the Lao-Tong Peninsula
Japan obtains the southern half OF the Island or
saEbalier TO the north of Japan region rich IN
minerals and timber. Japan, moreover. has the
-trb- n 5sb along the Siberian coast Russia is TO
nav for the care Of her prisoners by Japan what S
more Russia is also to pay China SIo,eoo'" Tor
Chfna,s interest in the Chinese Eastern Railroad a
surn which will eventually go TO Japan So after
all think the Mkado drove fairly good bar
gain"
Then the Mikado gets all the praise, does her.
asked the Busy Man
Don't forget President Roosevelt said the Con
slant Reader quickly. Were it not for his
strength Of will the conference would have gone to
smash. He has in consequence become a word
figure He received congratulations from nonarchs
statesmen and nearly all the other big men of the
big nations
z suppose all Russia and Japan are rejoicing
over the peace" remarked the Busy Man
lust the contrary" was the rejoinder Both
Toxic and St Petersburg seem 10 tnlnk 'hat us
side has been buncoed. The japanese clamor Tor
an Indemnity, and all saEhalien The Russians at
s. Petersburg say the cesson Of half that island Is
2 disgrace In other Russian towns however IN
prospect Of an end OF the war causes great JuOa
zion The merchant and peasant are glad the war
Japan has turned TO commerce as energeucalis 9s
she uIunged into war. She has placed contracts IL
Scotland for eighteen liners. which VIII De en-
uloved in trade with Manchurta and China BEST
II all. she has drawn up treaty with Enisaho
which provides that both shall go 10 war tose'he'
against any hostile third power.
China must feel foolish sitting by. and watching
little Jsnan fighting for her said the Busy Man.
China has not been idle was the reply she
has lust bought the American interests In me
Canton Hardin Railroad for s. 10000 Her Empress
Douarer has promised the people a pariia-
7nent twelve years from In spite Of orders
from, Picking her merchants still boycottlng
Americans one official filming several thou
sand for selling American goods
But come a bit nearer home" interrupted the
Busy Man. What has the Kaiser done l m Al
ways interested in him.
An outbreak Of cholera in Prussia keeps his at
tention there" the answer. The plague mas
reached Hamburg and has 50 scared the Hamburg
American Steamship Company that one liner sallel
for New-York with an empty steerage. One emil
grant bound hther died from the disease. France
has had more trouble with Morocco. the Sultan OF
which surrendered the French Algerian who had
been CAPTURED. but refused pay damages. The
French will invade Morocco from Algeria unless the
money is paid In Algeria too as well as Egypt.
Spain and Labrador observation parties took
look at the eclipse Of the sun. which occurred
wednesday Another feature Of the week of in
terest to science the address Of Professor @ H
SI,4rrr- tn frn
>as millions Of times mightier than dynamite. and