Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-23
NO HOPES OF PEACE
ltNoW Looks Like An Agreement On
Terms Will Be Impossible
AN ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TUESDAY

Virtually Sealed, and 1t is Expected
That the Adjournment Taken to
Tuesday Means Merely an Elk
change of Farewells.
Portsmouth,. N. H, Special.-Black
pessimism reigns at Portsmouth. The
prevailing view is that the fate of the
peace conference is already sealed,
that it has ended in failure and that
all that now remains is for the plen-
ipotentiaries to meet Tues lay, to
which day they adjourned Friday af-
te1noon upon completing the seriatim
consideration of the Japanese terms,
sign the final protocol, go through the
conventions and bid each other fare
well. In other words, that the meet
ing Tuesday will be what diplomacy
calls the 'seance d'adieu." But there
is still room for hope of a compromises.
Neither Roosevelt nor the powers
will see the chance Of peace ship
wrecked without final effort, and that
pressure is being exerted, especially
at Tckio, to induce Japan to moderate
her terms, is beyond question. Just
what is being done or is to be cone,
has not transpired. King Edward is
understood to be now lending ? help
ing hand the fnahciers of the world are
known to be exerting all their influ.
ences. At Toxic and st. Petersburg
the final issue will be decided. The
Japanese have been ,implacable
throughout the six days sittings. They
have. listened and explained, but they
have yielded not an iota of the sab
stance of their original demands. MI.
Witte accepted outright seven OF the
twelve Japanese conditions, one in
principle and four, including the main
issues, indemnity and Sakhalin, he le-
jected. The other two, limitation OF
naval power and the surrender Of the
interned warships, might have been
arranged had there been any prospect
Of agreement on the two points upon
which the digergence seemed lrrecon-
cilable
In the oral discussion of the terms,
Mr.. Witte yielded upon two articles,
but substantially the result Of the
thirteen sittings of the ENJOYS has
only been to emphasize the position
taken by Mr.. Witte in the written
reply he presented last Saturday to
the Japanese terms. And now both
sides turn to home for the last word
before. the cards are thrown face up
ward upon the table next Tuesday, ZOE
the impasse reached Friday. by the
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4 only a diplomatic fiction. If In the
interim istructions are received by
either side compromise is yet possible
But the chances are recognized to be
slim. So far as the Russian plenipo-
tehtiaries are concerned there never
was a chance of their yielding both in
cemnity and Sakhalin. The cession Of
SakhalfN without indemnity was, ac-
cording to the best inside information
the extreme limit to which Mr.. Wltte
would ever consent to go and the EN-
Deror has not yet given the word even
TO concede that. And suddenly a new
factor has been introduced which, In the
opinion Of those most competent TO
Judge, lessons materially the chances
that he might do SO, namely, the issu-
ance of his manifesto granting a popu-
lar representative body Of his subjects.
The bearings Of this historic docu-
ment. as Mr. Witte described it few
days ago. upon the issue are easily com
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the internal situation in Russia.
The manifesto is Emperor Nicholas
answer to the Japanese demand for the
payment of war tribute. The grant
of this broad reform is regarded as VIZ
tually an appeal to the Russian peo-
pie for support to resist it.
At Toxic it is impossible to tell "hat
view will be taken. Peace probably
can be even now secured by the sacri-
fee of the indemnity Vague intimations
tonight come from the japanese side
that "the demand for the cost OF the
war" might be moderated but Mr..
Whites reply is that he will pay lib
crallv for the maintenance OF the Rus-
sian prisoners in Japan, but mot CO.
peck for tribute"
Tonight the situation can be summed
uD in single eEtence-prompt and
heroic action by outside influence alone
can save the conference.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special
nrospects for peace are distinctly
brighter. The plenipoteEljarics are
laboring with seriousness ard ear
nestness which leaves not the Slight
est doubt that both are anxious to
conclude treaty. Though the main
points remain to be contested and the
plenipotentiaries Of each side speak as
though the conference would go 10
nieces unless the other side gives way,
the spirit of com promise Is in the air.
When he returned to the hotel We'd
nesday night, Mr.. Witte, who was
tired out with his hard days work,
said:
II am doing all I can for peace. OF
the eight articles we have already con-
sidered, have yielded seven. NO
other statesman in Russia would nave
dared to do 50 much, and l have done
what I have on my own responsible
ity"
President Not to Visit Tennessee City
R. Price president of the chamber Of
commerce, through which body an in.
yitation was extended to President
Roosevelt to visit Knoxville on his
Southern tour, is in receipt of a let
ter stating that the Presidents South
ern trip has been planned with view
to visiting the principal cities of only
those States not included in previous
tours. The President will have no time
to visit Tennessee cities.
L. Il