The sun., 1905-08-30


civilized world will pray may result In
peace.
2 JAPAN'S ORIGINAL DEMANDS.
Fesoed to Yield On Fsur Points 70 secure
3 Reace.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Aug. 2o.-In oon-
sidering the concessions BY both sides It 10
necessary to revert to the japanese demands
as they wcre presented when the conference
began. In the twelve articles discussed
were set forth the principles on which Japan
was willing to base treaty Of peace. These
principles are set forth In the list that follows.
and were given out some weeks ago on good
authority. Subsequently 1t transpired that
In the discussion the order was slightly
changed. The essential claims Of Japan
however are contained in the list:
1. Recognising the preponderating In
huenoe Of Japan in Corea.
2. The simultaneous evacuation Of Man
churia by the Russian and Japanese mill
tary forces.
8. The whole transfer to Japan OF Russian
leasehold in the Liaotung peninsula, Port
Arthur and Dslny.
I. Return to China Of the civil admin
istration Of Msnchuria In accordance with
Il o treaty given by Russia to China on
April g. 1902, which provided that Man
churia would be restored to China in three
successive periods OF six months each,
the failure to carry out which was one Of
the chief factors OF the war.
s. Cession Of the island Of Sakhalin BY
Russia to Japan.
o. The transfer to Japan Of all docks.
magazines and military warehouses In
Port Arthur and Dalny without compensa-
ton; all rights In private property to be
respected.
Z. Tho transfer to Japan OF the railroad
between Port Arthur and Dalny and Har-
bin, part of which is now IN Japan's mill
tary occupation.
g. Retention by Russia Of tho main Man
churian line.
0. Russia to reimburse Japan for tho
expenses Of the war.
10. Russia to transfer to Japan all her
warships now informed in Pacific ports.
II. The Limitation Of Russian naval force
In the Pacific waters.
IL. Japan to have fishing rights on the
Siberian coast.
A study Of the claims shows at once that
Japan has abandoned all the punitive
clauses OF the original demands and has
further cut In half her demand for Sakhalin
as contained In Article ". for to Russia she
cedes all Of Sakhalin north Of the fiftieth
parallel OF latitude. The seizure Of Sakhalin
was an incident of the war. Japan's old
claim on the island was not one Of the causes
of the war.
Tho main fsctors were Russia's practical
seizure Of the Kwantung peninsula after
she had made Japan give up her conquest
In the Japanese Chinese var, Russia's
sinister encroachments In Manchuria and
her efforts to frustrate Japan's influence in
Corea.
On these points that led to war Japan
has enforced her will at the point Of the
sword. Under the treaty. that will be
drawn up Russia agrees to carry, out the
following demands Of Japan:
She will recognize Japan's preponderat-
ing influence In Corea. She viii agree to
the simultaneous evacuation Of Manchuria
by both armies. She will transfer to japan
the Russian leasehold in the Laotung PEN
insula, the Kwantung peninsula. with Port
Arthur and Dalny and the docks, mags-
zines and military warehouses.
She will transfer to China civil admin
istration In Manohuria, in accordance
with her agreement signed with China in
1902. She will transfer to Japan the Eastern
Chinese Railway from q point some miles
south Of Harbin to Port Arthur. She will
retain, as Japan suggested, the main Man
churian line to vladivostok. She will yield
to Japan fishing rights on the Siberian
coasts. She will code to japan that part OF
sakhalin south OF the fftieth parallel Of
latitude.
The points OF her original demands which
Japan receded from are these: The claim
for indemnity; all Of sakhalin, for she gets
only half; the claim on the Russian warshipt
intsrned In Pacific ports; the claim for
limitation of Russian naval power in the
Far East.