THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5669, 17 August 1905, Page 5

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

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LITTLE PROGRESS. CONTENTIOUS CONDITIONS POSTPONED. SOME POINTS OF AGREEMENT. (Received August 10, 10.31 p.m.) WA SiHNG TO N, August 16. Tho Russian und Japanese pionipmontiarics being unablo 10 tlio claiuo regarding the cession of Saghahen Island has been postponed lor discussion later. .Agreement has boon come to respecting tho clause arranging for the administration of Manchuria by China. Tho Czar’s representatives have also agreed to surrender the Russian leases of the Liaotung pcmiii>uhi and the Hondo and Klliott Islands. AViien discussing the evacuation of Manchuria, tho Japanese y;--lded M. do AVilto’s demand that the obligation was mutual. “Tho Times,” discussing the negotiations, says tho conference may linger on, but if Russia persists in resisting, as M. do AVilto indicated, the cession of SaghaKcn, tho payment of an indemnitv, limitation of tho naval forces in tho tar E-.ist, ami yielding up the Russian warships interned in neutral ports, peace is impossible. Tho above points have not yet been discussed. Tho conference is taking the others in order. FEELING OF THE ARMY IN MANCHURIA. IMPATIENT TO ADVANCE. NO FAITH IN THE PROSPECT OF PEACE. (Received August 16, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON. August 16. “Tho Times” correspondent- with General Nogi’s army in Manchuria states that tho end of the rainy season is imminent, and tho Japanese are impatient to advance. Those at the front have no faith in tho likelihood of peace being concluded, and if peace is arranged it will be a deep disappointment throughout tho Japanese army. Indications are that any future operations will bo restricted to the neighbourhood of the railway, with minor movements in tho Kirin region. It is improbable that any great military results will ensue this year. Senior Japanese officers generally consider the military progress not yet sufficient to justify tho expectation that Russia will concede terms which are indispensable to Japan. The Japanese report that a reconnoitring force along the railway on the Kirin road drove in the Russian outposts, killing eleven and capturing ten. The Japanese outposts, adds the report, repulsed a Russian counter-recon-naissance. LINEVITCTI AGAINST PEACE. SUPPOSED WEAKNESS OF THE JAPANESE. LONDON, August 15. The “Daily Telegraph’s” St. Petersburg correspondent states that General Linovitch is renewing pressure against peace. Ho has telegraphed to the Czar that tho Japanese, instead of attempting to influence the peace negotiations by a decisive blow, have adopted a waiting attitude, and he considers this a sign of weakness. Tho demonstrative occupation of-Sag-halien, according to General Linevitch, counts for nothing.