Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-16
RUSSIANS CONSIDER
JApAN'S PROPOSALS
ENJOYS Working Hard to Dis.
pose OF Small Claims.
CLASH IS BEING LOOKED FOR

Article 5, Which Relates to the ces-
sion of sakhalinN Islands to Japan
viii Be Fought by the Russans-st.
Petersburg Is Pessimistic.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 15.-Article
q of the peace conditions has been
agreed upon.
Portsmouth, n. H., August 15.-The
peace conference began at two min
utes before 10 o'clock. The plenipo-
! tentiaries went to the navy yard in
their motor cars, but the trip was a
somewhat slow one on account of the
drizzling rain which made the roads
muddy. Ten minutes after their ar
rival at the naval stores building
the negotiators had taken their places
In the conference room and work be-
gan.
That making peace is a strenuous
life is illustrated by the daily pro-
gram of work of the peace ENJOYS and
their suites. Eight sessions of the
conference have been held since the
arrival of the missions at Portsmouth
one week ago, and all but one Of
these has been long as to hours Out
side the sessions every one connected
with the work has continuous and
taxing occupations with but few hours
for rest and practically none for rec
reation
The ENJOYS have breakfast before
8 o'clock; they are in the navy yard
before 10 o'clock, and with the excep-
ton of a brief space for luncheon,
served in the conference building,
they stay in. session until evening. At
ter this, hurried dinner is served
at the hotel and the work of the even
| ing and night begins. Last night M,
Witte and Baron Rosen there was an
| outside duty and one of almost as
much Importance as peace between
Russia and Japan namely, the consid-
GRAFTON of the amelioration of the con
dition Of the Jews in Russia which a
delegations of the American Hebrews.
The secretaries busted themselves in
bringing records up to date and pre-
| pairing cables.
Gable Tolls Run High.
An idea of tn evolume of cables
which daily are sent to Europe and
the Far East may be had from the
statement that Sunday one cable COM
pany handled $4,000 worth of busi-
ness including dispatches from both
peace-makers from it's headquarters
here. M-
Both sides are very keen in the
matter of their facilities for communi-
cation. The heavy tax on the local
telephone wires made it impossible for
them to get quick service between
the hotel and their conference rooms
In the navy yard, and complaint was
made, with the result that Secretary
Pierce had two direct telephone sys-
TENS installed between these points
one for the Russians and one for the
japanese.
Citizens Excluded from Navy Yard.
The exclusive use of the navy yard
SO far as civilians are concerned, is
still possessed absolutely by the mem
bers OF the peace commission. Yes
terday in addition to the regular guard
of marines which from the first was
placed over the naval stores building,
a detail of secret service men was
added. They surrounded the building
and kept constant watch throughout
the session.
Considering Article 4.
AT the morning session today con
sideration of article which relates
to the Lao Tung peninsula and the
surrender Of the Russian leases was
begun. AS the cession of Sakhalin
island is the fifth article the natural
deduction would be that today would
witness collision and possibly dead.
lock.
But it appeared more likely that the
question of the cession of the island
on which neither side is now prepared
to yield, when reached by mutual
agreement, would be considered until
the end. The policy of each side being
to endeavor to place the responsibili-
tyr of rupture on the other it is
regarded as a practical certainty that
neither will insist at this juncture up
onprecipitating a situation which will
decide this issue. The plan is al
most certain to pass over the disputed
articles and see how far an agreement
is possible, then to return and attack
, the obstacles.
Article 3, which was agreed on yes
terday, it developed today, was incor
} rectly stated to be the cession of the
Chinese Eastern railroad, That article
; comes later. The third article per
!: tanned to the restoration Of the Chi
nese administration in the province
Of Manchuria, and was a natural Sc
| quence to article 2, providing for mu
tual evacuation and mutual recogni
tion of Chinese territorial integrity
and the "open door" policy for which
American diplomacy has fought. The
mistake was due to the fact that thai
railroad question involved generally
in the question of restoring Chinese
administrators sn M2nchuria was
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