The San Francisco call., 1905-08-31

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consider the terms of peace between Japan and Russia Mr.
l. de lost his diplomatic after the negotiation was
undpomatc Japan Russia admission OF every claim
began By this mean every political
Arthur and Mukden Russian ownership
Of the railroad down the peninsula to Port Arthur Japan gains
loses Port Arthur,
Dan peninsula the railroad and all Manchuria She loses also
asserting again away from open water and is
driven Vadvoo and Peopavovsk as her seapors on
frontier of Siberia
Mr. de by avoiding the
indemnity enhanced by what he declared in terms
gaining of half OF the island of Saghaien Six weeks ago
that island Instead of gaining half of it, therefore
half of it Such would not be the
Russian envoy had initiated the diplomatic eose OF the japan
Japan has introduced the highest ethics into the subject of
the end OF victorious She has put principles above
by srrenderng indemnity while the Russian makes the
tactical mistake OF putting money above principles by boasng that
There Japan good faith
in the negotiations and made her original terms with the view OF
OF the highest order TO first the concession OF everything
that Japan asked before fired increased by the material
could only question indemnity, that
suddenly surrendered that refusal to make impossible
without accepting the responsibility OF continuing the
slaughter by of bad faith that would have deepened the
hatred of the world.
1t NAV never be surely known but the surface indications are
that President Roosevelt conded by Baron Kaneko and
final which surprised the Russians acquesence
The high respects the most remarkable in h
tory II involved the of both China and Japan 1t
Western Japan
and that Csendom be delivered from debauching
itself nhuman aggression upon the helpless The evident policy
of Russia being until Japan though victorious would be
exhausted became of highest Importance make before
that point reached and the time all of apan
establish justice for Eastern Asia This has been
DONE and for the accomplishment of it all President Roosevelt
sponsb and he stands the foremost the world
How greatly his has clarified the home and
abroad He has been reproached of whose
liable lead his He has been
of disposition disturbance OF
tendency that made him unsafe the President of the republic
Kings Emperors nched dared take the ni
tave toward ending the horrors of he by the keenes
and diplomacy brought the beigents together and held
together the of all dcouagements until they
terms, and peace the result To-day he the OF
Rome and the foremost figure
European and American capital The OF the
De Witte when he recovered his freely
the credit of making lasting So
this of reproachd by partsan his countymen
sheated the swords unhotted the guns of million SOL
the Manchuan plains and has the their
and families, their homes and their countries
1t will the future be that the significant chapter
history written by Americans between John
Hays identical guaranteeing the integrity of China within her
entity and the signing of the Portsmouth
the ally of Russia and Great Britain the ally of Japan
proved power suggest 1t left for the United
States ally neither both humanity the
scendent service