The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-30
10! THE RADIANT FACE
OF PEACE IS UNVEILED
The Japanese ENJOYS Under Authority Granted by the Mi
kado Sweep Aside the Only Obstacle to the Con-
clusion of Peace by the Abandonment of
Their Demand for Indemnity

pended to the present treaty.
Before leaving the conference build
ing fluctuations were exchanged with
the President at oyster Bay. Both
Baron Komura and Mr.. Witte tele-
graphed. The former confined him.
self to apprising Mr.. Roosevelt of the
conditions upon which peace had been
concluded. Mr.. Witte frankly laid his
tribute to the Presidents feet. In his
message he said:
''HistOry will ascribe to you the
glory" and added the expressions OF
Russias hearty appreciation of the
Presidents generous initiative"
Mr.. Roosevelt replied with words of
thanks and congratulation.
\ DcIirium of JOY.
Then began the jubilation. Mr..
Witte and Baron De ROsen returned
to the hotel for luncheon The Japa-
nese had remained at the conference
hall to lunch with Mr.. Peirce. The
news that peace had been concluded
had preceded the Russian plenipo-
tentiaries and such scenes of wild re-
joicing have never before been wit
messed in the State of New Hampshire
as greeted them upon their ARRIVAL at
the hotel Mr.. Witte, dazed at the
sudden and happy terminatiCI of the
conference was fairly oVerpOWered by
the tremendous ovation he received
He could only express his gratitude
by shaking the hands of everybody, and
in response to the volley of questions
fired at him as to the terms, mur-
INJURED: I'VE pay not a kopeck and
we get half OF Sakhalin."
Later in his room, when he had par
TALLY recovered himself, he declared
that he could not have dreamed Of
such a victory-for that he regards t
as a diplomatic triumph of the first
magnitude he makes no attempt to
conceal And that is the general ver-
dict here tonight. The Russians are
overjoyed at the result.
I'VE have had our Liao Yangs and
Mukdens on land" they say, 'and our
Tsushimas on sea, but the japanese
have had their Portsmouth,
The Japanese Blundcr.
Although Mr.. Witte is not diplo-
matist, they declare that he has out
manoeuvered the Japanese, yielding
one by one to the conditions until ne
forced them into a corner on the main
issue of indemnity and left them no
escape except surrender or to convert
the war into a war to collect tribute
The Russians declared that diplomat
ically the japanese made their solos
sal blunder when they agreed to con-
slider the conditions Seriatim.
The japanese correspondents
though they said little, plainly showed
their dissatisfaction with the terms
during the afternoon. They stood
aIoft, silent in the midst of the gener-
a iubilation, for as the afternoon ad-
vanced the air was filed with the
sounds of rejoicing. Bells were ring
ing in Portsmouth and New Castle
and the fleet in the harbor was AIDING
to the din with their sirens and bclls.
One of the Japanese, however, gave
the true note when he remarked:
"Tell me that the Millado has ap-
proved it and | shall be satisfied.
In that sentence was compressed the
spartan heroiSm of the Japanese ma
ton, and later when Mr.. Sato issued
the official explanation of the reasons
that moved the Japanese plenipoten-
tiaries and it showed that the EN-
peror had approved there was d per-
CeptibIe change in the feelings OF the
Japanese. Considerable disappointment
however continued to be manifested
Raron Komura following the rule ne
has set himself, declined to make amy
statement, and Mr.. Takahira would
only saw when asked by the Associated
Press to make a statement:
For the sake of humanity and CIV
ilization, and as we believe in the m
terest of both countries and the Wofld
we have made peace.