The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-16
CRISIS
In Peace Negotiations Win ie
Reached by End of this
Week
TWO MORE OF ARTICLES
AGREED UPON. COVERING lNTEG-
RiTY OF CHINA AND OPEN
DOOR RUSSIAN LEASES
OF EASTERN CITIES.

Portsmouth. N H. Aug 15.-Tne
crisis in peace negotiations is ap-
preaching so rapidly and the end Of
this week or the first of next at the
latest should witness deadlock and
the end, if the conference is 10 80
to pieces. Two more of the twelve
articles, four and six. were disposed Of
today.
Art Gle four consists Of mutual
pledges to observe the integrity of
China and a policy of open door" for
the commerce of all nations.
Article six covers the surrender OF
the Russian leases 10 Lao Tung pen
snsula, Port Arthur, Dalny and Blonde
and Rliott Islands.
| TO article four both parties agreed
unanimously.
Article five. consideration of which
was postponed until later, provides
for the cession Of Sakhalin. Discus
sion appearing useless at this stage
on account OF the firm negative given
in the Russian reply, 1t was decided
upon motion Of the Japanese to defer
Its discussion, thus revealing the Jap
1anese intention of postponing 10 the
1 end the life and death struggle
The fact that the Russians ac-
lquiesced In the proposition shows that
Ithey, too, are as careful and as anxr
ious as the Japanese. that the world
Ishould not accuse them OF being re-
q sponsible for precipitating the break.
lif d break there ID TO be, and wreck
ling the conference. This In itself n
hopeful sign. TO the closest OBJ
servers the final solution begins to
crystalize quite naturally Russians
yielding the cession Of Sakhalin, Jap
an foregoing the cost OF war; but
! taking compensation In money to be
RuAfsanded to Japan by China on ac-
u count of the transfer to her 0f thu
:, Chinese Eastern railroad which Rus
! sia contends belongs TO private cor
poration, therefore uncomfortable by
!, Japan, the Russian government prop.
erty in Port Arthur and Dalny and re-
!, munerati0n for maintainenance of the
!, 100000 Russian prisoners iii Japan.
! s10iHG AOHlupipu las al % hbHAth
I the fiye articles already adopted and
Z the following resume can be accepted
j All absolutely accurate: I Recogni-
j tion of Japan's "preponderating in
: fluence" in Korea, etc. q Mutual
!, obligation to evacuate Manchuria.
Russia to retrocede to China all spec
ial privileges. etc. 3. Japanese obll-
CATION to restore the sovereignty and
administration of China In Manchur-
la. 4. Mutual obligations to respect
: the territorial and administrative in
!, tegrity of China and the principle of
i the ''open door, 9. Surrender Of
! Russian leases to the iLao Tung PEN
: lnsula. including Port Arthur, Dalny
i and Blonde and Elliott Islands.
u The remaining seven articles tnot
I. given In numerical order) are: Ces-
/, sion of SakhaIin, reimbursement fog
!, the cost Of war; cesseon TO China Of
y lthe Chinese Eastern railroad: article
I, relating 10 that portion of the main
line of the Siberian railroad running
through northern Manchur.a, which In
u cludes provision for policing the road
- by China and not by Russia; FISHING
rights on the Siberian coast north OF
VladivostOk to Behring sea, the article
- affecting Russa's naval power in tbs
. far east and that providing for the
q, surrender of Russian warshps intern
I'd In the far eastern waters. To AL
~ Of these Russian has more or less OBJ
& jections.
/, Besides indemnity and Sakhalin
Nj Witte will strenuously oppose the sur
~ render Of internsd warships, limita
Il ton upon Russia's naval power ant
the cession Of the Chinese Easter
railroad to China
The only jar in the conference to
day occurred at the morning session
~ when rather spirited controversy
y occurred over the question Of public
lty OF the proceedings
Each side manifested disposition
A. 70 charge the other with being respou
II, sible for the leaks and II was sci
~ y lied by renewed pledges TO nbsery'
u the strictest secrecy henceforth re
M garding the proceedings.
Discussion ON Sakhalin went IA
~, enough TO demonstrate the determir
III ed opposition Of Russia 70 It's cessioi
an and there had been not the slightcS
sign Of yielding when an agreemen
20 was reached 10 reserve decision on ri
MI article until later.
IN competent Japanese authority
j. however, still insists that Japan vii
a. never abandon this point. They d
II. clare. however, that Komura and Tai
ahira will 90 10 the extreme limit \
secure bass of the treaty Of wasi
inrturf'