Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-22
NO OCCASION AS YET
 FOR INTERVENTION.
lapanese Diplomats Say There Is No Power to Take the Initiative Should Russia Now Ask for Peace Japan
 Wodld Dictate Terms Which All the Powers But France Would concede to be Just

Tokio, Thursday, April Z1.-Count
 1kuma, former premier and minister |of foreign affairs in recent enter view on the question of intervention bald that great change in the lines of diplomacy of different powers being a natural outcome of the present war lit was difficult to make a prophecy. Increasingly closer relations between England and France was already one of the very significant phenomena re Isulting from the war. The count de- clared that Germany could have no other feeling than satisfaction at finding her northern rival becoming gradually weakened by the war ana
 would recognize the foollshness o. antagonizing Japan if Germany would maintain and develop her interests Tn the far east. Okuma saw no occas- ion for intervention unless a European conference could be formed and ne could not understand who would take the initiative so long as Germany did not suffer by the war. Germany, ne asserted, was reaping benefits of va rious kinds and would follow the pol lev of ..get-the-best-and-as-mucn-as- possible"
 Count Kato, former minister or TOT eign affairs, and former minister 10 Great Britain, discussing the same question, said:
 q do not think there will arise any occasion for intervention. douot if Russia has fixed purpose ana aims either to fight or to conclude peace. It seems to me that the ultimate re- sult is left to whatever the future may hiring to Russia. There seems to be no nrearranged plan. Should Russia he determined to hold Vladivostok 1t would be to her advantage to con clnde peace if she loses it. But she shows no desire for peace and her policy is devoid of any definite plan, so there can be no occasion for thlrd power to attempt intervention Tn me near future. Even the loss of Vlad- ivistok might not prompt Russia 10 seek peace. She codld go on retreat ing indefinitely hoping thereby to ex. haust us. We might take Harbln ana 20 further north but Russia couid continue her policy of retreat thereby giving no occasion for third party to intervene. Should Russia ask Tor peace we shall insist on an uncondi- tional armistice and when the negotia- lions are opened we shall require Rus sia, to return Manchuria to China, rec oRnize our suzerainty over Korea, cede Sakhalin to us, remove permanently fhe fortifications of .vladivostok and DAY an indemnity of at least ,0OOQQ0. coo ven (s1 ,OOO. GOO. .O001 Such liberal terms would afford no occasion for in- tervention. The scene of hostilities m Manchuria being without any special interest to the powers none of them will be prompted to take action to stop the war. On the contrary the war is affording lucrative trade to some of them fin supplying materials for war. Looked at from a diplomat ic standpoint. Germany. seeing her eastern danger lessened by the war, and Russia gradually weakened. will naturally entertain the hope of furth- CT reduction in the strength of her for midable nefghbor. England will feel satisfied over the blows dealt by her ally to her traditional foe. The Uni ted States, much as she sympathizes with rs, will not welcome an excess sive development of Japdn's power, lest it should cause future trouble, and would not view with disfavor the gradual weakening of both combat ants. France alone. must be sincerely desirous of seeing the war terminate, hut single handed she can do nothing to cause any change. Both the present md the future to my mind and view afford no sign of the possibility of in- tervention and I am prepared to say that the time has not yet come to talk of peace. In fact. there never will be an occasion for intervention and the war will last long,