CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTKIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 48, 25 August 1905, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTKIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.]

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. POOR PROSPECTS OF A SETTLE- • MENT. THE INDEMNITY QUESTION. SPARING RUSSIA'S "SUSCEPTIBILITIES." [mESS .ASSOCIATION.] WASHINGTON, 24th August. The peace plenipotentiaries have signed portion of the protocols, and adjourned until Saturday. , Baron Komura introduced a written compromise, which M. de Witte described as "an old enemy in a new uniform." lb is understood £120,000,000 sterling has been asked for the repurchase of half of Saghalien Island, and to cover the cost of maintenance of prisoners of war. In these proposals the intention is to spare Russia's susceptibilities. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION. LONDON, 24th August. The Times' Portsmouth correspondent reports that the prospect of peace being arrived at has not improved. He declares that the payment cannot be made easier by disguising that it is to be used ' as purchase money for an island belonging to Russia. The correspondent adds : — The latest instructions from St. Petersburg, which, however, aro not final, are peremptory and most unyielding. The Japanese, on their side, use the word "Hopeless." They do nob expect a favourable answer, and have no new proposals. RUSSIAN TREASURY EXHAUSTED. A PAPER CURRENCY OR APPROPRIATION. (Received August 25, 7.37 a.m.) LONDON, 24th August. The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Times reports that the Russian Treasury is exhausted, and the authorities must revert to a paper currency or forcibly appropriate the wealth of the monasteries if war must be continued. A high official on the Russian General Staff declares that Russia, has nothing to lose and everything to gain by another big battle, as the army was never so good or as it is now. The Daily Telegraph says: — The Russians so far insist on an unconditional withdrawal of the demand for an indemnity, which is described cs an obstacle to permanent peace inasmuch as it would provoke the resentment of the whole nation. AN IMMEDIATE RUPTURE AVERTED. (Received August 25, 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 24th August. The consensus of opinion is that President Roosevelt's tactful intervention averted an immediate rupture of the negotiations. THE IMPERTURABLE PLENIPOTEN. TIARIES. (Received August 25, 8.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 24th August. Beyond saying that the proposal to divide Saghalien Island came originally from the Russians, the Japanese envoys refuse to discuss the Russian statement. DISASTER AT SEA. o BRITISH BARQUE FOUNDERS. SEVENTEEN PEOPLE DROWNED. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, 24th August. Advices from Buenos Ayres state that the British barquo Bidston Hill, bound from Hamburg for San Francisco, foundered in the South Atlantic. The second officer and seventeen of the creiV wero drowned. The survivors are expected to arrive at Buenos Ayres. VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS. » |,mESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received August 25, 8.46 a,m.) GUNS FOR JAPAN. BERLIN, 24th August. The Krupp Company has contracted to supply the Japanese navy with two and a-quarter millions' worth of guns, sbeefiron, and other material. SCULLING MATCH. OTTAWA, 24th August. The Canadian sculler .Durnan defeated Sullivan, an American. [This race was for £200. According to the London Referee of a recent date, Eddie Durnan was to row Tom Sullivan, the New Zealander, on the 241h August, and the above contest is apparently the one referred to by the London paper.] GERMAN REVENUE. BERLIN, 24th August. Germany proposes to laise an additional five millions staling on tobacco. Three millions will bo devoted largely to expenditure on the navy. FEDERAL POLITICS. LONDON, 24th August. The Morning Post sayn it is undoubted that the Motherland is in general sympathy with tht! idea that there should be Federal supervision of the Slates' liabilities and (he non-boi rowing policy favoured by the Federal Labour Party. Not for muny years have Australian material prospects been so promising. LORD CURZON'S RESIGNATION. LONDON, 24Lh August. The Right Hon. VV. Brodrick, wpeaking at Godalming, said his regret at Lord Curzon's resignation was greater than that of any of his colleagues, because jt was imperative in. this matter to cany out great reform. As Secretary of Stato for India, ho did his duty to the best of his ability. He had had the unanimous support of Cabinet mid the Indian Council, including a dozen officials of mature Anglo-Indian experience appointed for a decade ; alno that of a strong committee, including Lord Roberts, FieldMarshal White, and other ciperts..