The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-08-18
4pvoys Working Hard to Dis.
pose of Small Claims
CLASH IS BEING LOOKED FOR
Article s, Which Relates to the Ces'
sion Of Sakhalin Islands to Japan
viii BE Fought by the Russians-st.
Petersburg 10 Pessimistie.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 16--ArticIe
4 Of the peace conditions has been
agreed upon.


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
drilling rain which made the reads
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
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
hxing occupations with but few hours
for rest and practically none for rec
reation
The ENJOYS have breakfast before
o'clock: they are in the navy yard
before 10 o'clock and with the excep-
ton of a brief space for lunsheol.
served in the conference building.
they stay in session until evening. At
ter this, 4 hurried dinner is served
at the hotel and the work of the even
ing and night begins. Last night NJ.
Witte and Baron Rosen there was an
outside duty and one of almost as
much importance as peace between
Russia and Japan, namely, the consiG-
Grafton of the amelioration of the con-
dition of tine Jews in Russia which a
delegations of the American Hebrews
The secretaries busted themselves in
bringing records up to date and pre-
pairing cables.
Cable 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 CON-
pany handled $4,000 worth of bust
ness including dispatches from both
peace-makers from its headquarters
here
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
he hotel and their conference rooms
"a 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
sIDender of the Russian leases was
gun. As the cessiou of Saknaiin
Bland is the fifth article the natural
production would be that today would
witness a collision and possibly dead
lock
But il 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 10 place the responsible
ty of a rupture on the other, it is
regarded as practical certainty that
neither will insist at this Juncture up
on precipitating 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-
ton Of Chinese territorial integrity
and the open door" policy for which
American diplomacy has fought. The
mistake was due to the fact that that
railroad question involved generally
In the question Of restoring Chinese
administration in Manchuria was
touch