The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-19

Black pessimism reigns at
Portsmouth tonight The pre-
vailing 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 plenipotentiaries
TO meet on Tuesday to which day they
adjourned this afternoon upon COM
plotting the seriatim consideration OF
the japanese terms, sign the final pro-
tocol, go through the conventions and
bid each other farewell. In other words
that the meeting Tuesday will be what
diplomacy calls the .'Seance d'adieu",
But there is still room for hope of a
compromise. Neither President Roose-
Welt nor the powers will see the chance
OF peace shlpwrecked Without a final
effort and that pressure is being ex-
erted especially at Toxic to induce jap
an TO moderate her terms is beyond
question Just what is being done or is
10 De done has not transpired. King
Edward is understood TO be now lend
ing helping hand and the financiers
OF the world are known to be exerting
all their influenced At Toxic and ST.
Petersburg the final issue viii be de-
cided.
<, ImplseabIe Japs.
NFhe Japanese have been i'm
placsbie throus bout the six days sit
tings. They have listened and explain
ed, but they have yielded not an iota
of the substance Of their original de-
mands- M. Witte accepted outright
seven of the twelve Japanese con-
ditions. one in principal and four
including the main issues. indem-
nifty and Sakhalin. he rejected. The
other two, limitation of naval power
and the surrender of interned war
ships. might have arranged had there
been any prospect of agreement on the
two points upon which the divergence
seemed irreConcilable.
Chance Is Slim.
In the oral discussion of the terms
Nj Witte yielded upon two articles.
but substantially the result of the
thirteen sittings of the plenipotenti-
aries has only been to emphasize the
position taken by NJ. White in the
written reply he presented last Sat
s. urday 70 the Japanese terms. And now
both sides turn to home for the last
word before the cards are thrown face
upward upon the table next Tuesday
for the impasse reached today by the
pientpotentiaries is recognized to be
only diplomatic fiction. IF in the in
tertm fresh instructions are received
py either side compromise is yet-pos-
sible, But the chances are recognized
ITO be slim. So far as the Russian pIeni-
potentiaries are concerned there never
was chance Of their yielding both in
demnity and Sakhalin
NJ. Whites Limit.
The cessiOn OF SakhaIin without in
demnity was. according to the best in
side information the extreme limit to
winch M. Witte would ever consent to
90, ana the emperor has not vet given
the word to even concede that And
tonight suddenly a new factor which
has been introduced which in the
opinion OF those most competent to
Judge lessons materially the chances
that he might do so. namely. the Is
suance of his manifesto granting a
popular representa- tive body to his
subjects. The bearings of this His
torical document" as NJ VVitte dos
crloeo IL q Few days ago. upon the issue
are easily comprehensive II is bound
TO ameliorate the internal situation in
Russia. 1t is the entering wedge for the
realization OF the century-old dream of
the Russian people.
Means Much for Russia.
1T will create enthusiasm at home"
said one of the most prominent mem
oers OF the russian mission. because
all thinking men realize that il means
eventually great change in the com
position of the Russian state II will /
be followed by a true parliament. a
responsible ministry, premier and
Russia viii become "A constitutioDal
MONARCHY
II is pointed out that the manifesto
is timed like what the French can a |
coup oe Iouore, and that it's significance
IS too plain to be questioned II 18as
to have been issued last SATURDAY. when
the Russian reply was presented. but /
ii was held over until the conclusion 81
the oral consideration Of the japanese
terms. Meantime the terms had 49,, /
published everywhere throughout Ru~
sia- The press. even the liberal press |
had replied that Russia could not nav
money for the privilege OF getting ont |
OF Mahchuria The emperor had /
publicly proclaimed 10 his subjects on (
July % in reply TO a telegram Of the
Oremburg clergy: 1.-The Russian Dso- /
PIE can rely upon me. 1 will never con-
clude peace humiliating or unworthy !
of great Russia"
An Appeal to the People
The manifesto is Emperor Nicholas
answer to the japanese demand for the
payment of a war tribute. The grant
of this broad reform is regarded as
virtually an appeal to The Russian peo-