Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-11
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The Russian representative added
II. did not say this to minimize
,,iIitary successes obtained by the
t'. hut because in his opinion,
not clever to magnify these sue
and try to make a mountain out
Of mole MI.
:, was asccrtained that an agreement
reached, today. by which the
o,;pp of the conference was formally
"siourned until Monday.
:, wa,e in r1,e course of his remarks
tho rceting, Of, the plenipotentiaries,
.n,s morning, reviewed at. length the
s.cnts leading. up to the war. V.
rho Russian correspondents who are
landing the peace conference. are not
a,,,jmist;c as a result of the disclosure
~ tho .,Japfrese terms. They tele-
.orhedtheir papers pessimistic view
3 N. outlook for peace, taking the po-
ei,;on that the Japanese demands as to
r,LbaIin and indemnity were excessive
~ such as Russia in the present cir
instances was not forced to yield to.
;tr Peirce was host at the luncheon
., the navy yard, today. The Russian
and Japanese plenipotentiaries sat to-
r,ther about the round table and fra
,s-nized in IL way that they have not
dome since the war began. Terms were
not discussed but the best of feeling
nravailcd. The Russian plenipotentiaries
we're the guests at dinner, tonight. of
tho Assistant Secretary and Mrs.
Pcirce.
Portsmouth, n. H., Aug. 1O.-In glor-
ions sunshine shortly after O'Clock,
the peace plenipotenti.,rics of the war
ring nations set out for the navy yard.
rhpre it was generally expected Japan
.,ould show her hand across the table
10 her adversary.
J-pon the moderation or stiffness of
the terms every one here realized the
confirmation IF the war in the Far East
would depend.
Nevertheless doubt existed whether
the Japanese would Thursday. lay
their ards on the table. For some
reason the impression existed that Bar
IN Komura was sparring for Il little
mort time.
II was vaguely intinated that some
minor preliminaries regarding procer-
IRE remained to be settled and that the
whole day might possibly be consumed
in decision upon these details.
The Japanese ENJOYS gave not the
yaguest hint Of what vas to be cX-
pected With all the secrecy observed
by Oyama in planning Il forward move
ment against the Russian commander
in-chef in Manchuria. Baron Komura
and his suite have prepared their diplo-
matte campaign here. NJ. White and his
colleagues are in the dark. They can
only wait and watch for the decisive
moment to arrive, but it is known they
went to the meeting. Thursday MORN
jng, strongly Inclined to believe that for
reason their adversarieS would not re-
veal their position during the day.
Although ntimations have been
thrown out from Japanese sources that
when the time arrived they would lay
their terms on the table AID practically
announce that NJ. White must take or
reject them as basis and that the is
sue would practically be decided at the
first clash, The Associated Press has the
strongest reason to believe that no such
summary tactics are to be pursued.
While it is undoubtedly 20 the advan-
tage of the Japanese plenipOtentiaries
to reduce the chances for diplomatic
sparring over the basis of the negotia-
tons to the nearest possible point,
there will still he ground Cor give and
take. Japan will present her maxi
mum. but she also has her irreducibl2
minimum and in the first real passage
at arms it will be the aim of the Rus
sian negotiations to force her adversary
back to her last line of defense. Just
how this is to be accomplished will con-
stitute interesting tactics of the con-
fererce.
. 1t is regarded as certain that the Jap
anese will ask the HuSsi1nS to accept or
decline The basis of negotiations as a
whole. To allow them to proceed by a
process of elimination would give the
Russians a big advantage and inevi-
tably prOlOEg the period curing Wnlcn
the main question as to wht Their basis
of settlement could h. reached would
remain in doubt.
NJ Witte r,,uiizcS that and when face
with the Japanese conditions he Will
doubtless ask time for their considera-
ton to ascertain what points come
within his instructions. While no time
limit will he fixed Al. White will doubt
less give his opinion within few hours
upon the main question-that of accept
ing the basis of negotiatioBs-and little
fencing will be possible.
That NJ. White will decline to accept
the conditions as a whole may be re-
garded as Il foregoing conclusion and III
Ms reply h" is expected to point out
Clearly what points he can and what
points he cannot accept. 1t will be the
Japanese rcjoinder to this reply which
VIII probably determine the fate of the
negotiations. Japan will then come Tor
ward with her minimum ard If Russia
rejects it the washington conference
VIII have ended in failure.
Two passages and the issues will be
needed This is understood to be the
uecision of the Japanese plenipoten-
tiarles. NJ White SAYS he hopes the IS