Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-15

four of the peace conditions, under consideration by the Japanese and Russian plenipotentiaries, was agreed upon during the forenoon session Of the peace conference to-day. Consid- eration was also given to article five. but in the course of discussion diff ferences of views developed, but II was decided to take note of the oppOs- ing opinions and proceed to the con sideration of other articles. No possl- ble agreement had been reached when the conference adjourned to resume work at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 The following is the official an- nouncement of this mornings cOnyen- ton: At the morning sitting of Au- gust 15. the conference has discussed articles four and five. Article four was unanimously agreed upon. Not being able to arrive at any unanimous discussion of article five. the plenipo- tentiaries have decided to take notes of the divergence of views and to pro ceed to the discussion of other arti- cles. The conference will be resumed at o'clock
 This statement was made by Mir Seibert of the Russian embassy, who came from the navy yard to the hotel for that purpose, when both plenipo- tentiaries agreed not to give out any information over the telephone. Arti- cle four relates to the surrender of the Russian leases in LiaO Tung peninsula, and article five. which was passed over on account of differences of opinions, relates to the cession of the Sakhalin Islands.
 The peace conference began at two minutes before 10 o'clock. The plenl- potentiares went to the navy yard in their motor cars. but the trip was somewhat slow one on account of the drizzling rain which made the roads muddy. Ten minutes after their ar rival at the naval stores the negotia- tors had taken their places in the con ference room and work began.
 At the morning session to-day, con sideration of article four. which re- lates to the Liao Tung peninsula and the surrender of the Russian leases, was begun. As the cession of Sakiia- lin is the fifth article, the natural de- duction would he that to-day would witness collision and possibly deadlock. But it appeared more like ly that the question of the cessiOn of the island, upon which neither side is now prepared to yield, by mutual agreement would be postponed until the end. The policy of each side as understood being to maneuyer to place the responsibility of rupture on the other. it is regarded as a practical cer- tainty that neither will insist at thls juncture upon precipitating situation which will decide this issue. The plan is almost certain to be to pass over the disputed articles and see now far an agreement is possible-then 10 return and attack the obstacles. This is the logical and general method or diplomacy It has the great advantage of bringing the plenipotentiaries' re- approchement on every possible point and clearly defining the points of di- vergence. narrowing the issues which divide the negotiations to the fewest possible number. If, for instance, the disputed points were reduced to two. as it Is considered certain they even- tually will be, the plenipotentiaries would be enabled to bargain or con- promise. to offer proposition and coun- ter proposition. If in the end agree ment were found to be impossible. the world would know and be able to form it's Judgment of the merits of the re- spectiye contentious and place the blame for the prolongation of the car mage in the far east. The very fact that ultimately the world will be en- abled to fix the responsibility for a rupture that in the final analysis the two countries are on trial befofe the public opioion of the world. constitutes the main hope oi a successful outcome of the negotiations Article three. which was agreed to yesterday. it developed to- day was incorrectly stated to be the cession of the Chinese Eastern rail road. That article comes later. The third article pertained to the restora- ton of the Chinese administration in the province of Manchuria and was a necessary and natural sequence 10 ar ticle two providing for mutual evacu- alton and mutual recognition of Chi nese territorial integrity and the open door policy for which American diplomacy had fought. The mistake was due to the fact that the railroad question involved generally in the question of the restoration of Chinese administration in Manehuria, was touched.
 That making peace is strenuous life is illustrated by the daily program of work of the peace envoys and their suites. Eight sessions of the confer pnce have been held since the arrival of the missions at Portsmouth oH week ago and all but one of these has been long as to hours Outside the sessions everyone connected with the work has continuous and taxing occu- patton with but few hours for rest and practically none for recreation.
 The envoys have breakfast before 2: they are in the navy yard before 10. and with the exception of a brief space for luncheon served in the conference building. they stay in session until evening. After this hurried dinner was served at the hotel and the work of the evening and night begins Last night for M. witte and Baron Rosen there wss-an outside duty. one of al- most as much importance as peace be tween Russia and Japan. namely. the consideration of the question of smeIiorafi0n of the condition of the Jew. in Russia with a delegation of eminent American Hebrews. During this time the Japanese emissaries were busily engzgei in their quarters in bringing their records to date. in the r-puzrzfiou of cablexrams and in get sfux ready for the next conference.
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