Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-08-18
CONFERENCE
MAKES HEADWAY
rupture, It Rupture Comes,
May Be Expected
Soon.
me DANGER LINE IS NEARED
contest May Be Expected On Re.
naming ArtcIes-Both Sides Agree
10 Allow Article Regarding the
Cession to Go Later.

portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 16.-Tw.
more OF the twelve articles, numbers
ana were disposed of yesterda,
Artlcle consists, of mutual pledges
~ observe the integrity of China and
the policy OF the open door for the
commerce of all nations, and article
o covers the surrender of the Russian
leases to Liaotung peninsula, Port
Arthur' Dalny, and the Blonde and Ell
liolt Islands. TO article both par.
Ties gave ready assent, and the official
statement of the adoption of that ar.
Ilcle TOOK care to state that it was
agreed to unanimously"
Artlcle 3, the consideration of
which was postponed until later, pro-
Vldes for the cession of the island of
sakhalin. Discussion appearing use
less at this stage on account of the
hrm negative given in the Russian re-
ply 1t was decided upon the motion
OF the japanese to defer its discussion
thus revealing the Japanese intention
OF postponing to the end the life and
death struggle. This is the usual pro-
cedure followed in diplomatic nego-
tlations, enabling the negotiators to
come to an accord upon all possible
points before tackling the crucial is
sues, and the fact that the Russians
acquiesced 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 be-
ing responsible for precipitating the
break, if break there is to be, and
wrecking the conference.
All questions relating to Korea and
Manchuria, except the cession of the
Chinese Eastern railroad and the main
Siberian line running through north
ern Manchuria from the station Man
churia" on the Amur via Hardin to
Vladivostok, are settled in the five
articles already adopted. Some con-
fusion has arisen about those articles
and the following resume can be &C.
cepted as absolutely accurate:
/. Recognition Of Japan's "prepon-
derating influence" in Korea, etc.
2. Mutual obligation to evacuate
Manchuria, Russia to retrocede to
China all special privileges.
3. Japanese obligation to restore
the sovereignty and administration OF
China in Manchuria.
4. Mutual obligations to respect
the territorial and administrative in:
tegrity of China and the principle Of
the open door,"
S. The surrender of the Russian
leases to the Liaotung peninsula, in.
Guiding Port Arthur, Dalny and the
Blonde and Elliott islands.
The remaining seven articles-not
given in numerical order-are:
The cession of Sakhalin, reimburse
nent for the cost of the war, the ces-
sion to China of the Chinese Eastern
railroad; the article relating to that
portion Of the main line of the Siber.
an railroad running through northern
which includes provision
or policing of the road by China and
lot by Russia; fishing rights on the
Siberian coast north of Vladivostok
o the Boring sea, the article affecting
2ussia's naval power in the far east
md that providing for the surrender
# the Russian warships informed in
ar eastern waters. To all Of these
russia has more or less objection.