The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-08-17
The Crisis in the Peace Negotia.
tions at Portsmouth Is APP
preaching Rapidly.
A DEADLOCK IS LOOKED FOR.
Two More of the Twelve Articles OF
Peace, Numbers 4 aud 6. We're
Disposed of Tuesday.
Stumbling Block viii Be the cesslon
OF the Island OF Sskhallen and
the Amount OF the Indem-
nifty To Be Paid.

Portsmouth. n H.. Aug. l6.-The cri
sis in the peace negotiations upon
which the eyes OF the world Is fast
ened Is approaching rapidly and the
end of this week or the first OF next
at the latest should witness the dead
lock and the end. II the conference Is
to 20 TO pieces Two more OF the ~
articles. Nos and 6. were disposed
OF Tuesday. Article 4 consists Of mu-
tual pledges 70 observe the integrity
Of China and the policy Of the open
door" for the commerce OF all nations.
and article covers the surrender OF
the Russian leases To the Liaotung
peninsula. Port Arthur. Dalny and the
Blonde and Elliott islands.
Article 3, the consideration of which
was postponed until later. provides for
the cession OF the Island OF Sakhalien.
Discussion appearing useless at this
stage on account OF the firm negative
given in the Russian reply. II was de-
clded. upon the motion OF the Japan
csc. to defer its discussion. thus re-
veallng the japanese intention OF post
poning to the end the life and death
struggle.
This Is the usual procedure followed
in diplomatic negotiations. enabling
the negotiators To come TO an accord
upon all possible points before attack
Ing the crucial Issues and the fact
that the Russians acquiesced in the
proposition shows that they. too. are
as careful and as anxious as are the
Japanese that the world should not
accuse them OF being responsible for
procipitating the break. II break there
Is to be. and wrecking the conference.
a Hopeful Sign.
This in itself is hopeful sign. Be
sides. by postpOning the burning ques-
lions to the end. the psychological mo-
ment for bargain and compromise ar
riycs Then hurrisdly the last trump
cards and the game Is done. And
there Is growing hope OF compromise.
To the closest observers the final 40
luton begins to crystalize quite natur.
ally-the Russians yielding the cession
OF Sakhalien. Japan foregoing "the
cost OF the war" but taking compen-
satiOn In the money to be refunded 10
Japan by China on account OF the
transfer to her OF the Chinese Eastern
railroad. which Russia contends be
long to a private corporation. there
fore. uncomfortable by Japan. the Rus
sian government property in Port Ar
thur and Dalny and remuneration for
the maintenance OF the 100000 Rus
sian prisoners In Japan. According To
the Russian view Japan has already
secured all and more than she dream.
oil OF claiming before the war. To IN
sist upon a foe who has stlll half a
million men confronting her In the
field footing the bill for the cost OF the
war as the price OF peace would, the
Russians say. change the character OF
the military struggle henceforth from
one for certain principles to one for
the exaction OF blood money" All
questions relating to Korea and Man
cnurla except the cessiOn OF the Chi.
ncse Eastern railroad and the main
Siberian line running through North
ern Manchuria. with the station Man
ohuria." on the Amur via Hardin TO
Vladivostok. are settled In the Ave ar
ticles agreed TO.