Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-20
A BEAUTIFUL DREAM.
A Russian Correspondent Says of Re-
suit of the Peace Conference.

Portsmouth, Aug. 19.-Boris Souvor-
inc. correspondent of the Novoe Vre-
mya. sent today the following dispatch
on the situation to his paper: In all
the discussion about the conclusion of
peace treaty, l base my arguments
on what seems to me an axiom: That
peace either must be implored from
one party or proffered by the other.
In the peace conference at Ports
mouth there has never been the least
signs on the part of the Russian plen
ipotentiaries to impIore peace nor on
the part of the japanese to proffer
This leads me to the conclusion that
peace is still a beautiful dream in the
distance. Now the grave question in
the solution Of which the whole world
is interested has entered a new phase.
The Russian and Japanese plenipo-
tentiaries not having been able to
come to an agreement, the decision of
the question has been transferred from
Portsmouth to St. Petersburg and To-
llio. This, however. Will not anchor
ate the situation. According to my
opinion it is impossible to think that
Japan will be more moderate. l do
not speak of article ten Cthe interned
Russian warships) and article eleven
! (the limitation of the Russian naval
/ power i'm the far east), on which Japan
does not need to insist. 1t is enough
| to glance at the map TO see that Vlad-
| ivostok. surrounded by Sakhalin. ia
pan and Korea, fortified will never
play an important part as a naval
port. Besides, when will Russia be in
a position to send to the far east a
! squadron which may rival the Japan
! ese fleet? Also the question of de-
livering to the japanese the Russian
ships interned in neutral ports is
not, according to my view, of serious
Importance to Japan, if she insists
upon having an enormous war indem-
nifty. Instead. these two questions
have a capital importance for Russia
as they wound her amour propre.
therefore come to the conclusion that
insisting on the war indemnity anC
the possession of SakhaIin. the Japa-
nese canpot very well insist also or
the other two above mentioned arti-
cles, and receding from these the Nip
ponic government will apparently give
proof of great moderation.
llliilh eleISDuIS VIII JtlOl'
energetically than the Russian pelni
potentiaries here insist on the impossi
bility of paying a war indemnity or o
ceding the island of Sakhalin, as tn
Muscovite nation is not so fatigued, i
not so deprived of her forces as to wei
came a burdensOme peace. l will no
discuss the chances that we may hav
in prosecuting the war, as st. Peters
burg and General Linevitch Will cove
that point. But 1 am completely sur
that a deep hope reigns in the peol
of almost all classes in Russia for
campaign which can modify the con
ditiOn of the war and exasperate ou
enemy.
} The imperial manifesto of today ca
only strengthen my opinion. A natio
, called to exercise power feels aIway
stronger and surer in itself. The Rus
sian internal troubles on which Japa
has constantly calculated gradually wi
terminate. and l forsee in the near fu
ture a nation which has forgotten he
family difficulties and which will g
to meet the enemy with all her unite
forces"