The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-08-31
JAPAN IS
DISAPPOINTED
Popular Wrath Over Division
Of Sakhalin
NO NEWS FROM TOKYO
Miksdo Has Hand on Every Wire
Out Of The Island
Kingdom.

ipAtRMut Tii, =, a.. Ans al
Actual upik - dfafiins thr atnraiY -
i'ufsH.slih has trsun, A.. d. Mar,
iri.s sud Mr itrnnis,ai. acting - iesai
advisers Zoe ihr nas'eriivs sides. aEs
- .fsins ua h. Wills tie "iiasos- -
lsar- have iorn arssIrir,i ~ the plea
ii'iirniiarrs. r1nsidriuiiie detail TO
piaits g. D. auftrl yui Ia ths viai-afa
tisn ~ ihr aflirius uf iiis tFrzy, Ihis
l. rsi--iaily tFn. in Frsari b. the aFti
tl.s d,aiIns wiIh SIC Chinsss EsslrEn
railway AID tiis sauri,sirr ~ tiir leases
10 ths t.iauiuns guiinsuia and Fort
Arthur aai TaiirnWan u'ufi Afthufi.
81 i'ukuiilaa. tir nussian minister o.
i'ckius. whs vas Formerly manasrF %
Co. hnss,, chinese hsnk az irkins ani
Who has Intimate kngwio,iEc Il aii TIC
driails relating b. those matters. 10 as.
sisiing a. dc Martens.
\ fefy anomalous Situation exists as
60 ihr impression cFrai-i - The oun.
ciiislon % t-arc. Will. he outside
wurid applabi.. In Japan there is r,i.
IDENTITY gryat disappointment 10 che
t-fms. aud la Russia. Wh-rc Il wouii
scrm that there should b. universal o.
llacinK over the great diplomatic vir
tory n wiu- has won. the govern.
ment sc.ms g. have r'rs'ifs-i II c,idly.
With the People u viii make ~ wiite
. great and popular hguro and add o.
biz laureis. but AZ court evidently tie
very victory ". witio has achieved
makes II all the morr bitterly resent.
Ell n IL an open secret that the mill.
tary party" hates aud fears witt. and
49, when the emperor appointed him
plenlpoisntiary they erpcct~i
fail They did not want peace.
was freely predicted In Sc Pc
-. urg when NJ. White left that be
bad been given an Impossible mission
aud sent 90 America 90 break his
neck" They expected him 90 fail In
the negotiation OF 90 make q bad
peace" and either would have spelled
political ruin.
Instead. upon the very terms upon
which the emperor told Mr.. Meyer be
would make peace aud upon which the
military party did not believe Il posi-.
BILE for peace TO be negotiated N. witte
succeeded In securing n treaty honora.
bic and under the circumstances favor.
able 10 Russia. This has evidently only
exasperatcd his enemies the more. and
intrigue IL again M work 10 discredit
him. Since japan was In a concllatory
mood they now say he made mistake
In surrendering half OF Sakhalln. Yet
he did so by the cars orders. and
himself insists that personally he
would have stuck 10 the end 10 his orig
give indemnity.
In Japan the situation Is reversed.
The government recognized the advlsa-
bility OF concluding peace even II all |
demand for indemnity had TO be with |
drawn. But the people were incensed |
even at the suggestion of the division |
OF Sakhalin. That was evident from |
the expression In the Japanese press |
Tuesday. And that was before there |
was even a suggestion of walying de-
mand for any indemnity whatever To
day Tokyo is silent. Not word or line
about the receipt of the news comes
out OF Japan. The government has Its
hand upon every wire. And among
those who best know Japan here 1t il
ominous Of the popular wrath the re-
and they recall with a shudder past
tragedies when ministers have been
unpopular. In view of the situation
both mt Tokyo and st. Petersburg
are inclined to make much
II the facts that the minutes Of Tues
lays fateful meeting have not been
'igned by the plenipotentiaries Of the
wo powers. II Ia pointed out that ell
her side could still repudiate the
agreement but both plenipotentiaries
efuse to admit even the possibility Of
uch thing happening.
One additional and interesting as
well as important detail In regard TO |
he conditions Of peace and most I'm
,Ortant Of all is the fact that the
'ormal recognition Of Japan's possess
sion Of the Chinese Eastern railroad
below Kuenchengtse. the junction of
he branch to Kirin, involves payment
~, Russia to China of a sum estimated
It $T5,000,000 This is the Chinese In.
crest in the road and for 1t China
must be renunerated.
The question of the ultimate possess
ion Of the road is matter to be set
led between Japan and China. Japan