Show UTTERLY I BLE Russia WIll Not Pay Indemnity In Any Form St Si Petersburg Aug 24 2 a Associated Press has the best of rca rea reasons sons an and authority for declaring again with Increased emphasis that Russia will never conS nt to the payment of I Ian an in indemnity to Japan Such payment would so menace tile the vital In Interests Interests or of the state as to make this I artIcle In the Japanese peace terms ut tony Impossible of acceptance Furthermore the Associated Press has the tho same rea reasons ons and authority for tor forthe the declaration that if Ie Jap Janan n would withdraw her demand would practically be assUred as the Russian attitude on the other three including the ot of Un does docs not preclude the of reaching a satisfactory s Ott these points Will Make Peace Impossible is the crux ot of the hole matter It 11 this question can be ar al arranged ranged it is believed that aU all other questions on which there has hns been a ot of opinion wm will tl ullY settle themselves In view of the known RUS Ht tude on the other eIght believes that Japans insistence err in indemnity Indemnity I lS is the only thIng that will make peace ImpossIble Officials 10 I dare claro that attempts nt at wor word such a an calling indemnity by sortie ome other oilier name or attempting to collect indemnity under the guise of other payments will avail aall nothIng RUs Russia la lathey they sa say will not conclude a peace treaty which Includes the pl payment m nt of indemnity or other financial contributions I Russia Is 18 rea ready b however to make mako a reasonable and proper payment f for r of the Russian prisonerS prisoner in the handa of the Japanese Indemnity Impossible This has hns been the attitude or of the foreign office SInce the four points in df dISpute ute referred to St Peters Petersburg burg from Portsmouth and It Is I the tho true expression of Ru Russian lan official and pUblic opinion Since the very cr begIn begInning fling ning or of the discussion slon here on Japans original terms there has been absolUte absolUtely ly nothing to suggest that Russia could or would pay Each day has sharpened lh the conviction that such auch a payment is impossible and to flay aay the universal opinion from the highest to the lowest Is that Japans on an in Indemnity the PortsmoUth th negotiations to failure Russians recognize the serIous Inter Internal internal nal conditions of the count country but they declare these will h yer r the payment or of nn an Indemnity dishonorable in itself and which would most serIously menace tb the very ery life of the state |