The Peace Conference
(By Electric Telegraph-Copyright). (Per Press Association.) WASHINGTON. August 24. The Plenipotentiaries signed a portion of the protocols and then adjourned till Saturday.
Baron Komura introduced a written compromise which M. De "Witte described as an old enemy in new uniform.
It is understood that under the compromise a hundred and twenty million sterling is asked to repurchase half of Saghalien, aud cover the cost and maintenance of the prisoners of war, with other features, including what was cabled j esterday. The intention of the Japanese in couching the terms in this form is to spare Prussia's susceptibilities.
LONDON, August 24. The Times' Portsmouth correspondent reports that the prospects of peace has not improved, and declares that the payment is not made easier by disguising it as leing used as purchase money for an island belonging to Russia. The correspondent adds that tha latest instructions from St. Petersburg, which, however, are not final, are peremptory and most -unyielding. The Japanese, on their side, use the word " hopeless."
They do not expect a favourable answer, and have no new proposals to make.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8073, 25 August 1905, Page 5
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