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Show WITTE FLAUNTS VELLLiW PERIL I Accuses Japan of Ulterior Mo-, tires in Relation: to Korea. INSISTS TRUE PURPOSE ; SHOULD BE OPENLY AVOWED 1 This Purpose, tie Declares, Would Be Against Inter- J ests of Powers. H 1 PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug. 13. No k progress has boon mado with the peace negotiations over' Sunday. They stand exactly whero they did last night. The session of tho plenipotentiaries which wasj to be hold this afternoon was postponed H by mutual consent out of reverence of the holy Sabbath, which is universally observed in Russia as a day of rest. The Russians had' not been anxious for a ses- H slon today and this morning the Japanese H took tho Initiative nnd through the In-tcrmcdlary In-tcrmcdlary of Mr. Pclrce It was decided to postpone tho sitting until tomorrow morning. The situation, therefore, ro- mains tho same. Feeling Is More Hopeful. It would perhaps not bo too much to say that the general feeling Is more hope-, ful In splto of open predictions made by personages connected with both sides of the negotiations that beforo next Sunday the plenipotentiaries will reach an lm-passe lm-passe whero a rupturo will become In-1 cvltable. This pessimistic view is based upon the fact that so far as known tho 1 two 1)1 tr h.irrlprs In mi norwrrifnt Inrtpm- H nity and Sakhalin remain as high and Insurmountable as over. Real Strugglo Only Postponed. k Tho real struggle is only postponed. The main problems aro no nearer solution than when the plenipotentiaries met. 1 Tho principal reason for optimism Ilea In) the fact that, confronted with the abso- 1 lute refusal of tho Russian reply to admit 1 the discussion of either indemnity or the cession of the island of Sakhalin the Ja- 1 paneso proposed to tako up the consider-, atlon of tho conditions serlatum. From this It is assumed that tho Japanese aro prepared to yield or have reason to be- fl llovo a way will be found -to overcome thn objections of their adversaries when tho crucial test comes. An Intimation comes from a hlglr i sourco that very strong outside Influences aro at work on both sides, and that for tho moment the effort Is to gain time. 1 Tho plan of having Russia practically 1 satisfy Japan's claim of reimbursement! H for tho cost of the war by the purchase of tho Japanese military evacuation of Sakhalin continues to bo advanced. Such a. solution would permit Russia to say sha had neither paid indemnity nor ceded-a ceded-a foot of territory. Witte Raises Yellow Peril. The debate In yesterday's conferenco over tho first condition, the recognition 1 of Japan's "preponderating influence" 1 over Korea, Involving her right to con-trol con-trol the administration of tho hermit kingdom, uso tho littoral for strategic purposes, etc, was of a remarkable char-actor. char-actor. Indeed, tho position taken by M. Wltto was sonsatloual In tho extreme His attltudo reveals plainly the Russian tactics. They propose to raise before the 1 world tho specter of tho "yellow peril." 1 Russia claims that Japan's present pur- 1 pose Is to get a foothold on the Asiatic continent from which to extend her do-minion. do-minion. M. Wltto made no objection, but ho declared tho words "preponderating Influence" did not adequately describe what Japan proposed to do, and he In-elstcd In-elstcd that the language used should 1 show Japan's true purpose which he con-tended con-tended was to make a Japaneso province of Korea. His argument might be sum-marlzcd sum-marlzcd as follows: Here Is Russia's Argument. - "Ruegla has no objeotlon to Japan tak-Ing tak-Ing Korr.n. but you must avow It plainly. If It Is to bo taken It should bo taken officially, so that the world will unci or-stand or-stand your purpose to tako possession of tho persons of tho ontlro administration of tho kingdom, from the Emperor down to tho smallest of the people. Korea will havo no representative abroad who can explain tho situation from tho standpoint of thn Koreans. AH of which means that IH Korea is to belong to Japan. So bo It. Russia will not object, but Japan should avow a purposo which Is agalnat the In-tcrosts In-tcrosts of Europe and America, and prac-tlcally prac-tlcally against the Interests of tho Unit-cd Unit-cd States, China, and oven of your ally, England. Says America Will Suffer. "If this is satisfactory to you and Amer-' loa, Russia raises no protest. Youpro-' poso to destroy every vestige of the aov-e.relgnty aov-e.relgnty of tho Emperor of Korea, but you dcslro to employ a formula which will conceal your truo purpose. Tho coun-try coun-try which will suffer most Is America. whloh will understand It in about ten years, when it Is too late." To this argument Baron Komura dls-sented dls-sented most vigorously, although in tho most friendly mnunor, contending that IH Japan only sought to securo for herself IH in Korea tho commercial and Industrial positions to whloh sho was entitled and IH to aid In Its civilization and development, 1 as well as to protect the kingdom from IH administrative anarchy. IH Trouble Pegnn Over Korea. The fact that the Korean question IH should bo tho first to bo discussed In the IH pvaco conference Is strangely fitting, ns it was over Korea that tho long strugglo between Russia and Japan, which cut- 1 mlnatcd in the present bloody war, be-gan. be-gan. After Japan was forced out of Pott Arthur and Liao Tung In 1S95. each be- came suspicious of tho intention of tho IH other's Influence In Korea and, first In lH tho Lobanoff agreement of 1KH?. and later B In tho Ntssl-Rosen agreement of 1S0S, they IH entered upon mutual obligations, IH In the former Japan secured tho right IH to protect tho Imperial family and to IH build tho' Seoul-Fii3an telegraph, and Russia to establish telegraph lines from Jm Seoul to the Russian frontier. 0 latter, while thero were mutual obllga-t obllga-t Ions to protect the independence and territorial Integrity of Korea. Japan s in-dustrlal in-dustrlal and commercial position In Ko- rca was recognized. IB Japan Ever Suspicious. Ever since Korea has been the bone of contention Japan has always been suspi-cuius suspi-cuius of Russian encroachment. At last ihn continued occupation of Manchuria fM Interests of tho empire are monaccd." Now, by a Dort of Inexornblo logic, tho fate- of Korea comes up at Portsmouth for final cottlomcnt. |