Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-07
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST "HU-
INITIATING PEACE" IN TOXIC,
& OSAKA AND NAGoYA.
ENJOYS START HO NJ E
M. WItte Leaves Portsmouth for New
York and Japanese Representatives
Depart For Boston and New York
Drink to RooseveIt-Humor Not Alb
sent From Last Session.


sent From Last Session.
4 Oyster Bay, Sept Cit was an
/. nounced today that Baron komura
and Minister Takahira, Japanese
S peace plenipotentiaries, will
lunch with President Roosevelt
next Saturday.
The same evening, MIR. Witte
and Baron Rosen will dine at Sag
amore Hill.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 6.-There
Is much comment In this morn
Ing's papers on the AngIo-Japan-
) ese treaty, which It is claimed is
not conducive to peace because it
: upsets the balance of power in the
far east and makes Great Britain
and Japan predominant.
Toxic, Sept 4. - delayed In
Transmission)- The official re,
port is announced of the complete
crushing defeat of remnant of
4 the Russian forces, after five
hours severe fighting at Naibutu,
on the west coast of the Island Of
sakhaIIn The Russian killed num-
bered 1870 and the casualties of
the Japanese were slight.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 6. - TeIe-
graphing to the emperor under
date Of September 5, General
Linevitch reported that the Jap
anese on Sept. started their
advance along the Mandarin
road and commenced the construc-
tion of entrenchments but retired
after meeting the Russian artil-
lery fire. The general also re-
ported an offensive movement by
several cattalions of Japanese, ac-
companIed by cavalry and artiI-
lery In North ,Corea, September 3,
but the result Is not announced.
Toxic, Sept. 6.-The first turbulence
attendant on the popular anger owe
the terms Of the peace treaty tool
place Tuesday. At largely attended
mass meeting resolutions were adopte,
declaring that the nation is humiliate,
and denouncing the terms upon whicl
peace has been arranged. The crow,
was serious in its conduct, but the pc
lice handled it discreetly.
Stone Newspaper Office.
The gathering eventually disperse,
in an orderly manner Later, however
crowd attempted to hold meeting i
the Shintomi theatre and made a den
onstration In front of the Office of tn
Kumin Shinyun, the government Of
gan, hurting stones at the building
The police dispersed the gathering
Several persons were injured and
number of arrests were made
Similar meetings were held at OslS
and Nagoya.
No Lasting Trouble Expected.
The general sentiment throughou
the country seems to favor reactionar
measures, but the majority of the per
pie, although much disappointed, wi
eventually accept the result of tn
peace conference.
Few See Treaty Signed.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 6.-Beside
the Russian and Japanese ENJOYS VIII
concluded the peace, the only wi
nesses to the signing of the treaty We!
terday were the secretaries and mil
tary and naval attaches of the tw
missions, Assistant Secretary of Stat
Herbert D. Peirce, representatin
President Roosevelt; Governor job
McLane of the State of New Haml
shire, Rear Admiral William w. Meat
in command of the Kittery navy yard
Commander c. MGR. Winslow of tn
Mayfower and Lieutenant Commando
John Gibbons of the Dolphin.
Wait For Wine Glasses.
French champagne, or rather th
absence of American champaign
glasses, played an important, not t
say humorous, part in the conclusio
of the peace of Portsmouth. 1t is
foreign custom to drink the health {
the sovereign of the two countries col
rerned at the conclusion of such
ceremony. 1t is almost never omitted
Mr.. Witte, Baron Rosen, Baron X
mura and Minister Takahira wer
waiting in the ante-room for the Ru
sian and Japanese secretaries to finis
the reading and comparison of the fou
copies of the treaty. Finally it wa
announced that they We're ready for 81,
natures, when the awful discovery wa
made that the champagne necessar
for the conclusion of the peace wa
m readiness, but the champaign
glasses were not. The indignity (
drinking out of bottles would never d
ao the signing was delayed Will
saeeses were brought from Portsmouth
Mad Chase in an Auto.
Manager Lightfoot of the Rocking
ham hotel, who presided over the r.
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