Show 1 4 A HOPEFUL SIGN The fact that there was no anal r or of the pe e negotiations yes in spite of the pessimistic talk op l bo bOth h Is a hopeful augury Al A the envoys seem now ver very de deci cid ci led d in they wU wIll not bat the l are that both wm will eventually make concessions A I high authority Is responsible for tor the statement that RusSIa will purchase from Japan a part of Sakhalin Island for that Japan viii from her demand for the interned war warships ships and for thi limitation of the J Russian naval power in the Pacific hat these points will wil be yielded re reluctantly reluctantly I It If at all by Japan goes with without out saying The or of Japan after the war is enough to make her insist on getting everything she Is entitled to on th s occasion Russia robbed the ot of the fruits ot of theIr over ovel ChIna Aside from Formosa ani a an indemnity of n a few million Russia forced Japan toive u lip every everything thinS thing c cOnceded nce cd to her b the tho peace envoys One of t the o Japanese cOmmissioners is quoted as saying that I If Japan J pon ye re ethics now there thore wilt will be another within ten years ear Russia Ios not yet understand that she has been terribly hippe For Japan JaDan to ma make now would Indicate to the envoys enos that Japho Is really suing for peace that she Is not wIllIng to continue thc thAI wa way This would be the impression creat cr d In th the Russian mInd and It would only be a af f years before the would be swaggering around with more chips on their shoulders Dr Morrison the London Londea TIm car cor correspondent respondent at Pekin W who it is W ut doubt the first authority on oriental q questions tak takes s th tho 1 O that Russia should accept on ary lr terms He 1 points out tb that the war war Is between a section of the Russian m at the end of a single ta track k rail railway railway way and the whole strength ot o f Japan Dr Di Morrison considers consider the outlook If hostilities are renewed absolutely hopeless for R Russia s |