Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-21

Portsmouth, Aug. 17.-The pros
poets of peace are distinctly brighter,
as the plenipotentiaries are laboring
with seriousness and earnestness
which leave not the slightest doubt
that both are anxious to conclude a
treaty Though the main points re-
main to be contested and the plenipo-
tentiaries of each side speak as
though the conference would go to
pieces unless the other side give way,
a. spirit of compromise is in the air.
When he returned to the hotel last
night, Minister White said:
Il am doing al l can for peace. Of
the eight articles we have already
considered l have yielded seven. No
other statesman in Russia would have
dared to do so much, and l have done
what l have have upon my own re-
sponsibility."
Crisis Coming Monday.
From an authoritative source it is
now possible to forecast with fair
degree of accuracy that the crisis will
come next Monday. Articles Z and
s dealing with the Chinese Eastern
railroad having been disposed of yes
terday, there remains in addition to
the ceSSion of Sakhalin, which was
passed over, the question of indem
nifty, which comes up today as article
8, the limitation of Russias sea pow
er in the far east, the surrender ofsthe
interned warships, and the grant to
Japan of fishing rights on the littoral
Iorth of Vladivostok.
To all except the latter, to which
Russia will agree, a negative answer
has been returned, absolute in the
case Of indemnity and Sakhalin. Per
haps both the others may be modified
and accepted by White, in order to
strengthen his position in insisting
upon concession from Japan regarding
it's demands of indemnity and SAX
hahn.
Will Consult With Gar.
Before yelling on either of the lat
ter, it can be regarded as practically
certain that Witte would consult with
the emperor,
The exchange of views on the five
remaining articles is expected to be
completed Friday or Saturday morn
ing at the ltstest. The plenipotentiar
les will then adjourn until Monday and
the interim will probably be used by
the penipOtentiaTies to consult their
respective governments. When they
meet Monday their last cards will be
thrown upon the table. If there is to
be bargaining, it will come then, and
suddenly the conference will be over
or peace will be assured. The plent-
potentiaries will come together with
protocols drawn UP to sign and the part
remaining will be the elaboration of
the treaty of Washington
Russia Gives Up Ambition.
Russia by acceptance of articles Z
and 8 in connection with articles 2, 3,
4 and 6, surrenders every vestige OF
her ambition in Manchuria. She closes
the door to the warm water, ice-free
port of Dalny, upon which she lavished
millions. and retains only as a COM
mercial road the link Of railroad con-
Meeting her European possessions
with the maritime provinces upon the
Pacific. The right to police 1t with
Russian troops or railroad guards is
given UP and it's protection will be-
come the duty Of China. The Chinese
Eastern road is T-shaped. The stem
runs from Hardin south. The top runs
from the station Mancnuria on the
Amur to POgranitchnaia, where it con-
meets with the goveTnment-Cwned US
SRI road to the coast.
1t was this cutoff" which more
than anything else paved the way for
what is known as the "Manchurian adj
venture" changing the whole plan OF
White. while minister eff finance. His
object had been only to make OF Tai
fenwan or "Delny'' a commercial en-