| Show block to peace is nol approached but article four is sigried jews confer with the russians ARTICLE FOUR SIGNED portsmouth N H august 15 article four under consideration by tho russian and japanese plen was agreed upon during the forenoon sitting of the peace conference today consideration also was given to article five but in the course of discussion difference of views developed and it was decided to take bots nots of thi opposing opinions and proceed to the consideration of other articles no further agreements had been reached when the conference adjourned adjourn sd to resume at 3 this afternoon the following 13 the official announcement of the morning in the morning sitting of august 16 the conference has discussed articles four and five article four was unanimously agreed upon not being able to arrive at a unanimous decision of article five the plenipotentiaries have to take note of the divergence of views and to proceed to the discussion of the other articles the conte renco will be resumed at 3 this statement was made by mr seibert of the russian embassy article four relates to the surrender of russian leases on the Llao tung peninsula and article five which was passed over on account of differences difference a to the cession of sakhalin Sak halin Islan dUo japan portsmouth N haug 15 the peace confer began two before 10 tie diaries went to the navy yard in their motor cars but the trip was somewhat slow on account of drizzling rain which made the roads muddy ten minutes after their arrival at the naval stores building the negotiators had taken their places in the conference room and work began at the morning session today consideration of article four which relates to the lao tung peninsula and the surrender of the russian leases was begun As the cession of Is the fifth article the natural deduction would be that today would witness a collision and possibly a deadlock but it appeared more likely that the ques tion ot the cession of the island upon which neither side is prepared to yield when reached by mutual agreement would be postponed until the end the policy of each side as understood being to maneu vre to place the responsibility lity of a rupture on the other it is regarded as a practical certainty that neither will insist at this juncture upon precipitating a situation which will decide this issue the plan is almost certain to pass over the disputed articles and see how far an agreement is possible then to return and attack the obstacles this Is tho logical and beual method of diplomacy it has the great advantage of bringing the plenipotentiaries to upon every possible point and clearly defining the points of divergence narrowing the issues which divide the negotiations to the fewest possible bumbar it tor instance the disputed points were reduced to two as it Is considered they eventually will be the plen would be enabled to bargain or compromise to offer proposition and counter proposition it in the end agreement were found to be impossible the world would linow and be able to form Us judgment of the merits of the respective contentions and place the the prolonging of the carnage in the far east the very fact that ultimately the world would be enabled to fix the responsibility for a rupture that in the final analysis the two countries are on trial before the public opinion of tho world constitutes the main hope of a successful outcome of the negotiations article 3 which was agreed to yesterday it developed today was incorrectly stated to bo the cession of the chinese eastern road that article comes later the third article pertained to the restoration of the chinese administration in the province of manchuria and was a necessary and natural sequence to article 2 providing for mutual evacuation and mutual recognition of chinese territorial in and the oyen door policy for which american diplomacy has fought the mistake was due to the fact that tho railroad question involved generally in tha question of restoration of chinese administration in manchuria was touched when the plenipotentiaries again faced each other this morning tho first business before them was article four the reading and signing of the I 1 protocols of yesterdays sion including the draft of three articles agreed upon and the minutes of the discussion the associated press is now able to state authoritatively from both sides that pie twelve articles now before them constitute the basis of a prospective treaty of washington but as tho wording Is subject to revision it does not as accepted necessarily establish the final text the associated press it informed that while covering the surrender of the lease of Llao tung peninsula and the blonde and ellott islands which are included in the leasehold the article does not touch port arthur and dalny which arc covered in a separate article japan it Is understood insists at least for the present upon the occupation of these two points the question of russian government and russian property will probably be dealt velh by mixed commissions as Is customary at the conclusion of a war when fortified cities pass from the jurisdiction of one country to an other f there is what is regarded as abao 1 luto warrant tor the statement that air watte Is not referring the questions regarding the various articles to st petersburg or peterhof Pe all that he has done thus far has been in pursuance of his own decision although he Is advising his sovereign post facto of what Is done but as to the two main propositions it the time should arrive when in Us judgment concession should be made upon either it can be regarded as reasonable that he would consult the emperor before committing himself in his interviews with the emperor before he left st petersburg be learnan le arnad and shared with the view of the ruler that peace was impossible for russia upon the basis of indemnity or cession of territory and in all hla public aad pr vale utterances to continues to hold an absolutely uncompromising attitude upon these points all indications from the japanese side chow also that baron komura Is equally firm and that the payment of the cost atthe war and the cession of sakhalin Sak halin arc conditions bine qua non A statement Is ninde that when baron komura ascertained from mr wi ties reply the russian non mus upon articles he declined to begin the consideration of the articles seriatim tn order to have time to communicate with hl government and beaure its final word the suggestion from vienna of a possible compromise on the question of sakhalin Sak halin on the basis of looks attractive but it Is hardly regarded na considered a practicable solution as a would almost inevitably lead to trouble little more than half a coltury ago it might be said that almost existed on the island the russians holding the and the japanese the southern half the limitations of their respective spec tive jurisdiction being defined but it was an unlovable condition and led to the exchange of the japanese dominion on linfor the cession of auril es the hebrew delegation headed by jacob H of new york left the hotel wentworth today there would be a subsequent interview ath mr watte they believe the result of their talk with mr watte and the interview which 1 still to come cannot but prove beneficial to their co religionists in russia they continue to deny most emphatically that the question of a loan to russia was discussed with mr watte nevertheless one of them said lo 10 the associated press that he haino doubt it russia desired jewish hankers would bo glad 0 o loan if the jewa in russia were placed on an equal footing with other inhabitants of the country the representative of another great banking house not jewish said russia can obtain in america all the money she wants to make but none to make war our position is the position of tha paris bankers HAS GROWN TO MILLIONS money deposited in bank of england years ago boston aug 14 an offer of has been made to J H rhodes a roxbury said to bo a cousin of cecil rhodes by the english authorities to stop the prosecution 0 a claim for deposited in the bank of england years ago this fortune Is the growth of pounds deposited there tareo centuries ago by george rhodes one of the projectors of the jamestown colony the agent for rhodes says the chancery court has admitted the claim and is ready to pay over the money it documentary evidence is forthcoming ECLIPSE OF MOON new york aug 15 although the conditions hero were not ideal last night many persons saw the eclipse of the moon tho skies were filled with banks of fleecy clouds which for the greater part of tho waning obscured the face of the satellite there were periods every few minutes however which afforded a good stew of the eclipse the moon entered tte penumbra as observed from new yorla at 18 minutes post 8 and at 17 minutes to 10 waa in the shadow of the earth it appeared as though a liberal slice had been cut oft from its southern horn the middle of the eclipse was recorded at 17 minutes to 11 and at 13 minutes to 12 the moon had entirely left tho shadow of the earth I 1 fortifying CANADA victoria B C august 15 an ottawa dispatch says that the militia department part ment will shortly undertake the construction of a fortress for treas at kingston to protect the lower entrance to the great lakes ebore was a project to place a battery of heavy guns at st johns N B which has been abandoned for the time as there are other strategic points to be considered one of abeso is stated to be vancouver where a bat esry may be placed to protect tho western terminus of the canadian pacific railroad WILL if the demand for an indemnity Is not dropped new york august IB tho st petersburg burg correspondent of the saya that an important personage declared to him yesterday morning 1 japan did not abandon her demand for an indemnity the negotiations at portsmouth would bo broken oft this week every preparation he said had been made tor a general mobilization with a view to a supreme effort in manchuria in the present year true the chances of victory were dubious dub ioui but russia would play her last card be fore accepting conditions of peace the order for the mobilization will be issued in the middle of august old style it peace has not previously been concluded DAM SAVES cotton crop would have been lost but for assouad As new york aug 15 tho new york heralds european edition publishes the following from its correspondent at alexandria egypto official report of the nile flood states that the river la very late and low A bad nile has been declared at assouad the gauge is three metres below the thirty years average cotton the crop of which has been saved by the assouad reservoir is expected to be a record the cotton worm Is practically extirpated the rice crop has suffered in many places NOVELIST SENTENCED warsaw aug 15 governor general today sentenced hewryk slen kiewlicz the polish novelist to detention tor an indeterminate period in his residence for signing and publishing papers in protest against tho rus of schools in poland A number of other notables were similarly punished according to a dispatch to the associated socia ted press henryh march last published an article dealing with the public schools question in which he described school life in poland as a round of chagrin torment and tragedy ha added the years of youth and adolescence are years of suffering and torture it is only the fear that their children may become social pariahs that makes tho parents wish them to obtain certificates investigation BY WILSON chicago aug 15 secretary of agriculture james allson accompanied by dr E S salmon chier of the bureau of animal industry arrived in chicago last night and today will begin an port atlon we have come to chicago to learn the actual condition of tho livestock trade said secretary aileon we want to see for ourselves just what the situation Is so we can handle it intelligently at washington the law provides that battla shipped in cars which are not provided with conveniences for feeding and rest shall be taken out and fed at least once in twenty eight hours we want to determine what conveniences are necessary to teed and rest cattle in transit HIGHER PRICES FOR COTTON new york aug 15 W II 11 brown a ew orleans cotton market leader who operated the first successful cotton corner in the market a year or two ago came to new york yesterday and was on the floor ot the new york cotton exchange ot which he Is a member mr brown said he was sure ot a bull market in cotton the consumption this year would equal bales he said the cotton crop was going to bo a moderate one and the cotton growers were preparing to hold back cotton tor good fl ures BREAK FOR LIBERTY boulder colo august 15 A break for liberty by prisoners confined in tho county jail was frustrated tonight by sheriff bartell and deputies who fired into the corridor of the ail killing louis C cinkus awaiting trial for robbery and wounding jamea rutan confined tor assault with intent to kill RAILROAD commissioners TO MEET chicago aug IS members of the national association of railway commissioners ners left here early this morning on a special train over tho chicago and northwestern railroad for deadwood S D where the annual meeting of the will open monday morning and continue four days after the meeting tho delegates will go in special trains to portland and other pacific coast points among those who will deliver addresses before the association are judge C C clements a member of the interstate commerce commission and george R peckham president ot the chicago milwaukee st paul railway TROPICAL DISEASES san francisco cal aug 15 sir patrick manson ac M C G physician and medical adviser to the english colonial office arrived in this city today sir patrick is here for the purpose ot delivering a course of lectures on tropical diseases at the lane hospital he is perhaps the leading authority of the world on this branch ot medical science and is in charge ot the leading british school ot tropical disease he first advanced the hypothesis that tho mosquito furnished a home tor the bacillus ot malaria BARBARITY CHARGED TO THE MOTHER chicago aug 15 la woman responsible for what barbarity there la in the world professor frederick blarr of the university of chicago says she Is in a lecture before his class in anthropology professor starr put himself on record as believing that in those races in which children are brought up wholly under the direction of the mother there is more barbarity than in those races where the young are reared under the influence of tho father A ealr was caused in the classroom when the educator put himself up as a living example of the truth of what he said the students regarded their instructor rather fixedly when he concluded his cemarka by baying 1 I was brought up oy my mother but it I 1 had been brought up by my aathar instead I 1 would not have been so barbarous this statement was regarded by como of the seniors as a eort of apology for the professors own eccentricities professor stair is known as a rather peculiar character he lives entirely alone except for tho company of a mexican boy aad whenever the vacation period arrives he hastens away to the aoudy of some uncivilized race |
