Arizona republican., 1905-08-19
THERE GAN BE NO PEACE
The Portsmouth Conference Game PraCtiC=
 ally to an End Yesterday
The Powers and President Roosevelt May Try to Give it New Life but the Blackest Pessimism Prevails. The Japanese Yield Nothing and the Russians Stand Solid the Two Essential Articles.

Sakhalin without indemnity was. ac-
 cording to the best inside information.
 the extreme limit to which M. Witte would ever consent to go, and the em-
 peror has not yet given the word to
 even to concede that. And tonight sud
 denly new factor which has been in
 troduced which. iii the opinion of those most competent to judge, -lessens naa-
 terially the chances that he might do
 so, namely, the issuance of his mani
 festo granting a popular representative
 body to his subjects. The bearings of
 this historical document;" as M. Witte
 described it few days ago, upon the issue, are easily comprehensible. It Is bound to ameliorate the internal sit . uation in Russia. It is the entering wedge for the realization of the cen
 tury old dream of the Russian people:
 ''It will create enthusiasm at home"
 said one of the most prominent mem
 bers Of the Russian mission, because
 all thinking men realize that it means
 eventually a great change in the com- position of the Russian state. It will be followed by a true pariiament.t a responsible ministry, a premier and
 Russia will become a constitutional monarchy"
 It Is pointed out that the manifesto is timed like what the French call coup de poudre, and that it's signifi- canoe is too plain to be questioned. It was to have been issued last Saturday when the Russian reply was presented, but 1t was held over until the conclu- sion of the oral consideration of the Japanese terms. Meantime the. terms had been published everywhere throughout Russia. The press, even the liberal press. had replied that Russia could not pay money for the privilege of getting out of Manchuria.
 The emperor had publicly proclaim ed to his subjects on July 2S. in reply to the telegram from the. Oremburg clergy: ''The Russian people can rely on me. I will never conclude a peace humiiating or unworthy of great Rus sia." The manifesto is Emperor Nich- oias' answer to the Japanese demand for the payment of a war tribute. The grant of this broad reform is regard ed as virtually an appeal to the Rus sian people for support to resist it.
 At Tokio it is impossible to tell what view will be taken. Peace probably can be even now secured by tha sac rifice of the indemnity. Vague inti- nations tonight come from the Japan csc side that "the demand for the cost of the war" might be moderated. but M. Witte's reply is that his country will pay liberally for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners in Japan, but mot a kopeck for tribute"
 The gravity of the situation from the Japan point of view Is contained in the following statement given to the Associated Press: "I can not say positively, because all things are pos sible, but I fear that the meeting on will be the farewell session of the Washington. conference. Japan'l has done her utmost for peace. Rus sia now knows Japan's irreducible minimum"
 M. Write himself tonight gave not 1 the slightest encoura cement. For l publication he said: We meet on | only to sign the protocol" with the accent on the word "only." l Another bad sign was the change in l the personal attitude of the plenfpo- | -entiaries toward each other. During -he week they have been growing | more and more friendly at luncheon l which they take together at the navy | yard. This conversation was lively ]