Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-16

Manchuria Russia to retrOcede to
China all special privileges. etc.
Three-Japanese obligation to re-
store the sovereignty and administra-
ton of China in Manchuria.
Four-Mutual obligations to respect
the territorial and administrative in
tegrity of China and the principle Of
the "open door,
Six-Thc surrender of the Russian
leases to the Lao Tung peninsula, in
Guiding Port Arthur, Dalny and the
Blonde and Elliott islands. The re-
manning seven articles are:
(They are not in numerical order)
The cession of Sakhalin; reimburse
ment for the cost of the war; the ces-
l. sion to China of the Chinese Eastern
Railroad the article relating to that
portion of the main line of the Siberian
Railroad running through Northern
Manchuria, which includes provision
for policing the road by China and not
by Russia; fishing rights on the Siber-
ian coast north of Nladivostok to the
Boring sea; the article affecting Rus
sia's naval power in the Far East and
that providing for the surrender Of the
Russian warships interncd in far east
Crn waters.
To all of these, Russia has more or
less objection. Besides indemnity and
Sakhnlin. NJ. WHITE will strenuously OPP
pose the surrender of the informed war
ships the limitation upon Russia's
naval power and the ccssion of the
Chinese Eastern Railroad to China.
| The article relating to the Chinese
| Eastern Railroad is No. and comes up
at the session, tomorrow morning. The
| Russians are prepared with documentary
evidence if the article is not passed over,
| tn show that tho railroad is a private
| corporation owned by the Russo-Chinese
| Sank. NJ. Pokotiloff, one of the Russian
delegates, was manager of the bank in st.
Petersburg until a few months ago when
he was sent to Pekin as minister upon
the death Of NJ. Lcssar.
| NJ. Berg, the attorney Of the bank, is
also here and the fight upon this article
is sure to prove extremely interesting and
possibly prolonged as Russian Will con
| test Japan's contention that the Russian
| government is tn" real owner of the rail
road and that it was built for purely stra-
t"gir purposes.
| The only jar in the sessions of the CON
f"r'ncc today, occurred at the morning
session when n rather spirited controvor-
| ~ occurred over the question OF the
| publicity of the proceedings. Each
side manifested disposition to
charge the other with being responsible"
for tie leaks" and it was settled by re-
n,wcd pledges to observe the strictcst
secrecy henceforth regarding the proceed
ings. AS result. the correspondents, to-
night, experienced additional difficulty in
securing information.
The discussion on Sakhalin. today,
went fur enough to demonstrate the
determined opposition of Russia to its
| cession and there had been not the
| slightest signs of yielding when the
| agreement was reached to defer its
| consideration until later. Competent
| Japanese authorities. however, still in
| sist that Japan will never abandon
this point. They declare. however. that
Baron kOmura and Mr. Takahira will
| 60 10 the extreme limit to secure the
| basis of the treaty Of Washington"
| They do not pretend to say that they
are assured the treaty will be signed.
They do not even say. tonight, that
they are hopeful Their position may
thus be unOfiicially stated:
"Japan's plenipotentiaries will con-
tnue the negotiations as far as possi-
bic without yielding on those points
which Japan has long ago decided are
essential demands. If after this earnest
effort, it is impossible to reach an
agreement with NJ. WHITE and Baron
Rosen, Japan will announce that fur
Their negotiations ore useless and her
plenipotentiaries will regretfully take
leave of the President and the Japan
ese government will Immediately turn
her attention to the campaign in Man.
churia. 1t has been made plain by Jap
an that both sides can conduct the ne
gotta lions with a freer hand. and make
concessions on certain points with less
danger of embarrassment by public
opinion at home if the negotiations are
kept secret
TIE President has not only ceased
all efforts in the direction OF an armis-
tice but it is the feeling among Off
Gals Of the Washington government
that perhaps in case the bases of the
negotiations are agreed upon. the ac-
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