The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-30
victors on Land and Sea Beaten
in Diplomatic Fight
GENEROUS AS WELL AS BRAVE
And in Order to Restore Peace Yielded All
Issues to Their Gallant Russian
Foes

Portsmouth. N. IT,, Aug, 29.-The
long and bloody war between Japan
and Russia is ended Terms of peace
were settled by Witte and Komura at
the session of the conference this
morning, and this afternoon, prelim-
mary arrangements for an armistice
We're concluded and the actual work of
framing "The Treaty of Portsmouth"
was by mutual agreement turned over
10 Mr.. De Martins, Russia's great in
tcrnational lawyer and Mr.. Dennison,
who for % years has acted rs legal
adviser of the japanese foreign of
fee.
The treaty is expected TO be com
pleted by the end OF the week This
happy conclusion Of the conference,
which week ago would have been
shipwrecked had ii not been for the
heroic inlerccsson Of President Roose-
welt, was sudden and dramatic
For the sake Of peace Japan, with
the magnanimity of victor. a. the
last moment yielded everything still
la.4isenesA- Russia refused 10 bulge
from the nltimatum. Emperor Mich
oas had given MIR. Roosevelt through
Ambassador Never.
No indemnity under any gulse, but
an agreement to divide Sakhalin, and
! reimburse Japan for the maintenance
Of the Russian prisoners were his last
words. They had been repeatedly re-
iterated in Whites instructions and In
the form Of written reply TO the
Japanese compromise proposal of last
Thursday they were delivered to Ko-
mura this morning.
Witte went TO the conference de-
claring he was powerless to change
the dot Of an | or cross of T In
word had been given not only to him
but President Roosevelt, head of a
foreign state
When Komura, therefore, first offer.
ed the new basis of compromise out.
lined in the Associated Press DIS
patches last night complete renuncia-
tion OF indemnity coupled with pro.
position for the redemption Of SAX
halIn at price to be fixed by a mixed
tribunal consisting OF representatives
of the neutral powers, in fact II NOT
in words, the solution offered by the
president)
Witte again returned non possu
MUS. Witte did not finch. He expect
al q r,ptnra an.I No nxnracuaI II
afterwards, he was stunned by what
happened. Komura gave way on all
disputed points With the presicience
that has enabled the Japanese I.
gauge the mental processes Of thail
adversaries on the field of battle ant
upon the sea, they had realized in ad
vance that peace could be obtained II
no other way,
They had warned their government
President Roosevelt had also, IT Is be
leved advised the Japanese that |
was better 70 meet the Russian posi-
tion than 10 take the responsibility O
continuing the war for the purpos
of collecting tribute. The mikado a
the sess'o of the cabinet and tn
elder statesmen yesterday had sane
toned the final concession. When Kc
mura yielded the rest was mere child
play.
Articles 10 and II (interned wa
ships and limitation OF Russia's Sc;
power in the far east) were will
drawn.
Japan agreed that only that porto
Of the Chinese eastern railroad sout
of Chanlfu, the position occupied b
Oyama, should be ceded to Japal
Both sides, once the deadlock wa
broken. wanted Just and lasting
peace and In that spirit II was decide
to practically neutralize Sakhali
each country binding itself NOT to 70
tify It's half Of the island, and Japa
assuming an obligation not to forth
the La Pcruusc strait between Sa
halin and Hokkaido, which would bJ
Russia's commercial route to the ia
ifc.
The plenpotentiaries went furths
They decided to add new clause
the nature of broad provision I
mutual commercial privileges
which each country will secure
the other the benefit OF the ''most
vored nation" clause md the Cop
door"
The new treaty therefore will BE-
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