| Show JAPANS TERMS ARE MADE KNOWN russia Is expected to reimburse lit tie brown men for expenses in burred in the war NO SUM HAS BEEN FIXED the amount to be adjusted by the two countr es after the japanese expenses have been ascetta ned portsmouth N 11 reimbursement for the expenses sustained in the pros elution of the war and the cession of the island of sakhalin constitute the main features of the peace conditions handed by baron komura to al witte at the conclusion of the morning se ses s sion of the envoys in the general stores Pull building ding of the portsmouth navy yard on thursday the word andem was carefully avoided the term being reimbursement for the cost of the war no sum is fixed the amount being distinctly adjourned tor for mutual adjustment between the two countries after the japanese expenditures have been ascertained these are two all important conditions and those which the russian envoys find absolutely un acceptable it can be stated however that these two principal conditions did not zot come as a surprise to the russian plenipotentiaries the friendly fashion in which baron ikemura explained the conditions be fore handing them to M witte and to avoid expression of the word andem anity in the presentation of japan s bill for the cost of the war without fixing a sum leaves the way open for negotiations and constitutes the main hope that a final agreement Is ble the other terms are substantially what the world expected and with one or two exceptions could probably be entertained as a basis of negolia eions they include the following the cession of the russian leases to the liao tung peninsula comprising port arthur and dalny dainy the evac ua tion of the entire province of man churia churls the retrocession to china of any privileges russia may have in the province and the recognition by rus sia sla of the principle of the open door the cession to japan of the chinese eastern railway below harbin the main line through northern manchuria to vladivostok to remain russian property the recognition ot of the jap anese protectorate over korea the grant of fishing rights in siberia northa northward ard from vladivostok the re to japan of the russian warships interned in neutral ports As a whole these terms are regard ed as exceedingly hard in the eyes of the russians in addition to the two principal conditions which cannot be accepted under M wittes witte a instruct eions those relating to russian nav naval a power in the far east and the granting grantin 9 of fishing rights upon russian littoral are considered particularly offensive to the amour of their country and of such a humiliating character as I 1 to be inadmissible |
