The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-21
WHITE TOLD ALL
ABOUT TREATY
Russian Envoy It Was Who Made
Public the Peace
Terms.

Pittsburg, Sept. 21-A New York |
special to the Pistsburg Dispatch says.
The publication of the text Of the
and New York simultaneouslyy. Oh, on Tues aess
day, Sept. 6, caused great excitement |
at Portsmouth among the ENJOYS and
their suites.
The Japanese were certain that none
of their officials had revealed the text,
as it had been kept in a sealed box in
very indignant when it was made pub
lie. The Japanese at the Wentworth
hotel said openly that the Russians had
made known the text to- one of the cor
respondents. Mr.. Dennison, their legal
adviser, said that it was impossible for
out by the Associated Press without
having some definite knowledge of the
treaty. as the phrasing in many In
stances was exact. ~. 49,, :. 49,
M. Martens and NJ Plancon, who
had charge of the Russian copies Of
the treaty, were positive that. they had
not given the contents or shown the
| copies to any of the newspaper CORE
This story is now told of how the
news became pubic:
White Gave It Away. ~: =
| It was Witte himself who gave away
| y,
4, to M. Briantchianninof, the corre-
spondent of the Slovo, a st. Petersburg
newspaper. ~. - & d - ;,
After the terms of the treaty had
been agreed upon on Tuesday, Aug:
80, the Russian envoy became afraid
that if he did5not allow the people OF
St. Petersburg and Moscow to nave
some idea of the conditions, it would
make him very unpopular and assist
his political enemies to inJure him IN
the eyes Of the car. ~ -,
After a consultation with his col,
leagues Mr. Witte sent his valet to lind
the correspondent of the Novoe Vrem-
va, which is the first newspaper IN
Russia, but he was away. Then ne
sent for M. BriantchianninoH to come
to his ROOM Mr.. White. dictated the
most important clauses in the treaty
to the Slovo correspondent, and In
structed him to cable it to his paper,
but not in such way that would point
to the source of the information.
Failed, to Realize It. -.
i M. Briantchianninoff, with the exclu-
sive COPY of his text in his pocket,
went to dress for dinner, and did not
realize the Importance Of cabling 1t
at once to his paper. n: Hed Mnti me IN .
next to him at the table, and in con-
versation over the nuts and wine re-
marked iokingly,, '"1 would give 1000
francs to see the peace treaty TO-
night.o To his intense surprise M:
Briantchianninoff, without any trace of
emotion, said: :,
II cannot let you see the treaty it;
self, but if you will give, the 1890
Petersburg, in which I am deeply in n
terested, I will let you have copy Of
what Witte gave me this afternoon.
Hedeman upset a cup Of coffee and
nearly clicked in his haste to accept
the offer on behalf of his paper:
On account of the censorship IN
Russia, NJ. Briantchinninof did not
wish to. send the text direct to his pa
per. It was arranged that it should be
telegraphed from the Matin office in
Paris to st. Petersburg and published
simultaneously in the Slovo and the
Matin. Russian officials do not pay
much attention to what comes in from
the Paris papers.
Something Went Wrong.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Witte and the
Russian correspondent, something Went
wrong with the arrangements made
with the Matin correspondent. The
text was given out to the Associated
Press in Paris and was published II
the New York papers under Ports
mouth heading on Tuesday, Sept: .
the same morning that it appeared II
the Matin in Paris. 80. =. $500 -
The Slovo did not get the news I'm
: til the next day, and there was =;
+ stormy scene at the hotel in Ports
v mouth when the news became known
}. International relations were rudel,
>. broken off and it looked as if a due
n was in the air, but wiser counsel pre-
:. vailed.
The -Matin has since expl dotted Hede
r man as the greatest correspondent sine
n the late NJ Blowitz, who achieved fam
l. by cabling the Berlin treaty to tn
| TonIo, Timae