Show RUSSIA S ULTIMATUM will never make a financial contri aution to japan st petersburg the curtain has been rung down on the st petersburg stage but the center ot of interest in the peace negotiations between rus sla and japan has been transferred to portsmouth emperor nicholas after carefully weighing the consequences of his act has said bis his last word rus ela sla will make no financial contribution to japan in any form whatsoever and unless japan accedes to president roosevelt Roosevel ts s efforts to effect a compro comero mise between russia and japan his efforts will have proved unavailing mr meyer the american dor der has informed president roosevelt of russia 0 s ultimatum she agrees to cede halt half of the island of sakhalin and to pay japan for the maintenance of prisoners of war but nothing more russia declares that she has met japan more than half way and has proved to the world the sincerity ot of her desire for peace but that she had rather fight than pay an inde indemnity mity on this point russia has not changed her opinion one hairsbreadth hair s breadth |