Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1905 — WOULD END THE WAR [ARTICLE]

WOULD END THE WAR

RUMOR THAI' RUSSIA AGREES TO PEACE TERMS. Conditions as Reported Make Big Concessions to Japan—Czar Now Willing to Give Up Liaotung Peninsula and Restore Southern Manchuria to China A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that the question of peace has not only been formally discussed, but the conditions on which Russia is prepared to make peace has been agreed upon. They are as follows: , 1. Korea to be placed under Japanese suzerainty. 2. Port Arthur and the Liaotung peninsula to be ceded to Japan. . 3.. Vladivostok to be.declared a neutral port with an open door. 4. 'The Eastern Chinese nFilroad to b« placed under neutral international administration. 5. Manchuria as far north as Harbin to be restored as an integral part of the Chinese empire. The difficulty lies in settling the question of indemnity, upon which it is known that Japan insists, but it is thought that this difficulty is "not insuperable. The most trustworthy opinion at St. Petersburg Is that in view of the internaFsltuation and the enormous difficulty in carrying on the war the peace terms outlined will be concluded within a comparatively short time if the indemnity question can be arranged, but it is quite possible that Russia will risk another battle before a decision is reached. The rumors that peace between Russia and Japan is near are accepted by the press of London as having strong inherent probability. According to continental reports, the Emperor of Austria has used his efforts to persuade Emperor Nicholas to seek peace. The terms as outlined may be regarded as forming an extremely possible basis for peace, as they are held to include more than Japan claimed before the war.