Show and the island of sakhalin Sak halin ceded say the japs boklo august 22 the elji in commenting upon the proceedings at the portsmouth peace conference today says the cession ot the island of lin and the reimbursement ot the cost 0 the war aro tha vital points of our demands and leave no room tor any compromise the moderation and reasonableness son ot these demands will be admitted even by france should the attempt to promote peace fall the responsibility will rest alth russia not with japan if the russians to accept the proposed propos sd terms it will ba advisable tor our delegates to withdraw and tell them that the next aeeti ing will be in tokio the asahl says the war has won a constitution for the russian peo pie it declares that japan Is fighting the russian government and docs not entertain any ill toward the oppressed subjects of the russian cm it expresses vm belief that all true russians must hold some appreciation tor what japan has accomplished cor them |