Show wonderful demonstration when russian pleni aries arrive at the hotel wentworth after their diplomatic victory portsmouth aug 29 mr watte accompanied by baron de rosen came to the hotel for luncheon there was a wonderful demonstration over their arrival A great crowd had collected under the porte cocheres of tho annex where the russians are quartered and when their automobiles drew up the air was torn with frantic cheers hats were thrown aloft mr watte as he stepped out of the motor car seemed quite overcome too full for utterance ha could only grasp and shake the hands that were ex 1 tended to him baron rosen aleo was equally moved and received the congratulations of the crowd for about five minutes the two were kept upon the porch listening to the incoherent praises of the hotel guests do you pay indemnity was the universal inquiry pas un sou not a cent was mr wittes response forcing hla way to the door mr watte encountered ane members of the russian mission who rushed for him to shake his hand beautifully in russian ho gave them the joyful tidings then as he started up the the newspaper correspondents clamored for information what have you done how is it settled they cried we pay not a kopeck foff indemnity ha replied as he turned at the landing halt way up the stairs we get halt of sakhalin Sak halin that is the agreement in a nut shell the associated press correspondent accompanied mr watte to his room the envoy had been quite overcome over comp by the great ovation he had received and the intense strain he had been under he threw himself into an arm chair and after a few minutes to pull himself together he began to speak slowly and deliberately almost as if he were talking to himself K seems incredible he said 1 I dont believe any other man in my place would have dared to hope for the possibility of peace on the conditions to which we have just agreed from all sides from president roosevelt down to my own friends in russia I 1 received up to the last moment even this morning urgent representations that something should be paid to japan at tills point mr witte who was still laboring under excitement almost lost control of himself he paused a moment then he went on the japanese wanted to take our interned warships and I 1 have not consented the japanese wanted to limit our naval power in the far east and I 1 have not consented the japanese wanted war indemnity or reimbursement bur of the cost of the war aye demanded it anda have not consented the japanese wanted the chinese eastern railway south of harbin but I 1 gave them only the railroad in the possession of their troops south of chau the japanese wanted sakhalin Sak halin and I 1 refused it agreeing at the last moment to cade the southern halt and then only because I 1 was commanded by my sovereign to yield not only do we not pay so much as a kopeck but we obtain halt ol 01 sakhalin Sak halin now in their possession at this mornings meeting I 1 presented my written proposition watch was the russian ultimatum it was accepted by the japanese I 1 was amazed until I 1 was in the conference room I 1 did not think what would happen I 1 could not anticipate any such a great and happy issue it was a psychological crisis I 1 had made up my mind not to strike out any of the ultimatum I 1 submitted so far as I 1 was concerned it was ended but I 1 could not tell how it would work on the japanese mind it was a complete victory for us I 1 at this afternoons session all the delegates will participate now that the general lines of the peace have been agreed upon the details will I 1 have ta be considered and discussed by the competent persons who have accompanied the plenipotentiaries although a question of detail they include matters 0 great importance chief among them is the armistice which baron komura and myself have already proposed to our emperors the release of prisoners will come up immediately mr watte continuing said he would like to explain the visit of mr van derlly last night in order to prevent false statements regarding it mr he said came to see aaa not only to speak of the situation in general but money matters and of of russia heating a loan in the united states I 1 told him two things it russia must continue the war there Is at the command of tho treasury a reserve fund of one billion coubles roubles in gold which I 1 accumulated when I 1 was minister of finance if I 1 make peace I 1 told him from everywhere in america in france and in germany would come a flood of offers of money therefore it peace comes it would become only a question of whether mr offers were preferable to others the envoys did not come back to the hotel during recess they remained for luncheon at tho nay na y yard mysterious DEATH GATED constantinople aug 29 tha police and other officials here arc making inquiries into the mysterious death by assassination on august of apak a prominent armenian who vast shot by a man named Vartan lan who claims 0 o be a naturalized citizen of the united states Vartan lan says he was ordered to kill but refused to say by whom was arrested as a revolutionist during tho massacres of 1896 but had since discontinued his connection with the revolutionary party |