The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-16
GROUND FOR HOPE
AT PORTSMOUTH
Deadlock Avoided by Passing sakha-
lin For Time Being.
ARTICLES a. AND 6 ADOPTED
COMPROMISE POSSIBLE ON FAIR
BASIS.

on winch the eyes or the world are
fastened is approaching rapidly and the
end Of THIS week or the first of next at
the latest should witness the deadlock
and the end. if the conference is to go
to pieces. Two more of the twelve ar
ucles, numbers four and six, were dis
posed of today. Article four consists
OF mutual pledges to observe the in
tegrfty of China and the policy of the
open door" for the commerce of all
nations, and article six covers the sur
render of the Russian leases to the
Liaotung peninsula. Port Arthur, DaIny
and the Blonde and Elliott islands To
article four both parties gave ready
assent, and the official statement of the
adoption of that article took care to
state that it was agreed 10 ''unani-
mously."
On Motion of Japan.
Article five, the consideration of
which was passed until later. provides
for the cession of the island of SAX
halin- Discussion appearing useless at
TINS stage on account of the firm mega
tive given in the Russian reply il was
decided upon the motion of the Jap
aHese to defer its discussion, thus re-
ealing the Japanese intention of post
poning TO the end the life and death
struggle.
This is the usual procedure followed
III diplomatic negotiations, enabling the
negotiatOrs to come TO an accord upon
al possible points before tackling the
crucial issues, and the fact that the
Russians acquieseed 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 precipitating
the break if break there is to be and
wrecking, the conference.
Growing Hope.
This in itself is a hopeful sign. Be
sides, by postponing the burning ques-
ton to the end the psychological mo-
hnent for bargain and compromise ar
rives- Then hurriedly the last trump
cards and the game is done. And there
Is growing hope of compromise To the
closest observers the final solution be-
gins TO crystalze Quite naturally the
Russians yielding the cession of SAX
halin. Japan. foregoing the cost OF
the war, but taking compensation in
The money to be refunded to Japan by
China or account of the transfer to her
or the Chinese Eastern railroad which
Russia contends belongs TO a private
corporation, therefore upcOnfiscGble by
Japan, the Russian government Sop
erty in Port Arthur and Dalny and re-
enumeration for the maintenance Of the
100000 Russian prisoners in Japan
sMore Than She Dreamed Of.
According TO the Russian view. Japan
has already secured all and more than
she dreamed of claiming before the war
To insist upon a foe who has still 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
churia. except the cessiOn of the Chi
nese Eastern railroad. the main Sibe-
rian line running through Northern
churia" on the Amur via Hardin to
VladivOstOck, are settled in the five
articles already adopted.
Articles Adopted.
Some confusion has arisen about
those articles, and the following re-
sumo can be accepted as absolutely ac-
cUrate:
Professionalism of Japan's pre-
pOnderating influence in Korea, etc.
''Second.-Mutual obligation to evacu-
ote Manchuria, Russia to retrocede to
China all special privileges. etc.
Third. - Japanese obligation to
restore the sovereignty and administTa-
ton of China in Manchuria.
''Fourth--MUtual obligations to
respect the territorial and administra-
tive integrity of China and the princi-
pie OF the 'oDen door
ne surrender or the Rus
sian leases to the Lao Tung peninsula,
including Port Arthur, Daluy and the
Blonde and Elliot islands"
Seven Articles Remain.
The remaining seven articles mot
given in numerical order) are:
The cessiOn of Sakhaln; reimburse
ment for the cost Of the war. the ces-
sion to China of the Chinese Eastern
railroad; the article relating 20 that
portion of the main line of the Siberian
railroad running through northern
Manchuria- which includes provision
for policing of the road by China and
not by Russia, fishing rights on the
Siberian coast north of VladivOstok to
the Boring sea: the article affecting
Russia's naval power in the far east
and that providing for the surrender of
the Russian warships interned in far
eastern waters. To all of these Russia
has more or less objection.
Besides indemnity and Sakhalin NJ
White VIII strenuously oppose the sur
render of the interned warships. the
Limitation upon Russia's naval power
and the cessiOn of the Chinese Eastern
railroad in China. The article relating
TO the China Eastern railroad is num-
Der seven and comes up al the session
tomorrow morning.
Will Present Evidence.
The Russians are prepared with
not passed over to show that the rail-
road is private corporation owned by
the Russo Chinese bank. Mr.. Pokoti-
lon, one Of the Russian delegates was
manager of the bank of St Petersburg
until a few months ago when he was
sent to Pekin as minister, upon the
death of Mr.. Lesser.
Mr.. Berger, the attorney Of the bank.
is also here, and the fight upon this
article is sure 70 prove extremely in
teresting and possibly prolonged as
Russia will contest the japanese con-
tentiOn that the Russian government
IS the real owner OF the railroad and
that IL was built for purely strategic
purposes.
Controversy Over Secrecy.
The only jar in the sessions of the
conference today occurred AT the morn
ing session when a rather spirited con-
troyersy occurred over the question of
the publicity Of the proceedings Each