The War

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1415, 28 August 1905, Page 2

The War

The Peace Negotiations IT

Roosevelt's Efforts. [ , ' c An Anticipated Failure a i Mlilude of Russian Gonseryative J Papers l —_ i Amusing Suggestions 0 _ J i 1 Pimi ABiyjoiaiioa .—Copyright. r London, 4ugußt 26 i THE correnpomlont of the Times ■ 1 reports that according to the beat t information there is little doubt that ] ' President Roosevelt's gallant efforts ( . to secure peace have failed, 1 i Washington, August 27 | The conference sat for an hour and ( \ a-half approving and signing the protocols. . ! M. de Witte states that at Baron , Komura's request the conference adjourned till Monday, when it is < presumed the Japanese will have ' ■ something to submit. ' 1 • Other liiisßians state that the Czar i has refused to permit the counter- i proposal of the Japanese for a com- . promise. ' St Petersburg, Aug 27 , The Conservative press of St. ' Petersburg is growing more arrogant, ! and declares that Japan is financially ( exhausted, and bound to agree to , terms that will be satisfactory to ' Russia. The Nome Yremya insolently sug. . I gests that inasmuch as Japan is in ; pressing need of money to satisfy her creditor?, Rtissi;> might guarantee ' the' Japanese -war loan and occupy the island of Tsushima until Japau ' repays her. i The paper, adds that Japau must i renounce the idea of maintaining a large army at such a remuneration, and prove that she sincerely desires peace. This article is typical of the absurdities obtaining widespread circulation. The real fads of the situation are wilfully ignored in St. Petersburg.

1 No Indemnity or Cession

i The Czar Washington-, Aug, 27 f Count Lamadorff has reiterated to ' Mr Roosevelt that the Czar forbids the cession of part of Saghalien, and also the payment of an indemnity', St, Petersburg, August 27 A Russian Navy League is; in course of formation as a result, of tho Czar's edict on April 30th. i Tokio, August 27 ) Count Katusura, Japanese Proi mier, has received a hundred ) memorial telegrams, urging him to insist on the original peace terms.

The Battle of Tsushima

j ' Officers Cashiered . St. Petersburg, August 27 - It, is stated in St. Petersburg that. : all the officers who surrendered with Admiral (Niebogatoff have been cashiered. Admiral Niebojjaloff » pleads that the surrender of the i ships was in the circumstanees necesi sary, and that it saved 2000 lives.

Seizure of British Ship

•* i ,Tokio, August 27 i Admiral Kataoka reports from J Oxaolsk that'his fleet captured a gun | at Portagon, and seized the British < ship Antelopo near Saghalieu. I The Kamschatka squadron seized | a Russian transport at Montara j The Japanese fleet are sounding ) the mouth of the Azov. J

German Idea of Jap Bullets,

Harmless as Needles i ' Berlin, August 2o ', ' A German army surgeon named a Souaefer, who was sent to study the c war from a surgical standpoint, re- fl ports that the Japanese bullets areas fc harmless as needles. ' J ■ a . ; ■ ' ' fl