Show conditions of peace will not be made public until after ratification to avoid hostile criticism portsmouth nr H sept 1 cable communication between baron komura and his government has been interrupted for the greater part of the day but a message is said to have been received late tonight baron komura and mr takahara lra were in conference for a long time tonight it is understood fo be the present intention ot the boklo government not to make public the conditions ot peace until the ratification of the treaty has been exchanged tho official explanation Is that this is uie regular diplomatic method otje but among tho japanese correspondents considerable suspicion has been aroused by the fact that until now the cablegrams cable grams giving the cerms lerms of peace have not passed the censor they did not hesitate to say tho government is anxious abacut ibe effect on public opinion when it becomes kaohn that japan waived her demand for indemnity to obtain peace treaty nearly ready portsmouth sr K sept 1 As a result of the reports made tonight by mr de martens and mr dannison to their respective chiefs on their work this afternoon in the drafting of a treaty ot peace mr witte and baron komura had a brief conference in the formers apartments at tonight regarding some details of translation and the few points of interpretation upon which the franr ers had been unable to reach complete accord when baron komura left mr dennison and mr adachi he entered the apartments of mr watte where they were joined by mr de martens and mr this conference lasted for about half ari hour when the japanese returned to baron komuvas Ko muras apartments leaving mr watte and his contreres confreres con freres who remained in conference for more than an hour mr watte and baron komura had no difficulty in coming to an agreement on the disputed points and at tomorrows session the bramers of the treaty expect to complete their work the treaty must be then engrossed in french and english in duplicate which may take several days it is night that aweve articles 0 the treaty have been and agreed upon it now seems probable that the fradera hlll ba able to confine the treaty to fourteen articles instead ot fifteen as was the original plan my watte continues lo 10 jeneive messages of congratulation he reads them and gives directions to his secretaries regarding the answers to be sent misunderstanding over sakhalin Sak halin portsmouth N H ept I 1 the only on the horizon ot the peace conference according to reports current here which however anre not officially confirmed arises out of an evident misunderstanding over the question of the neutralization of the island of sakhalin Sak halin according to the japanese it contemplates a mutual obligation on the part of the two countries not to fortify their respective possessions on the island at st petersburg however there seems to have been an assumption that the agreement involved freedom of action on the part of russia in this respect in the north of lin with an obligation on the part of japan not to fortify or use tor strategic purposes the southern portion owned by her before and which Is to be to her it Is believed on both sides however that the hitch it it really exists as reported will shortly be straightened out and it 13 believed one of the subjects ot ho conference related to this point |