Deadlock at Portsmouth Peace Talks

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Aug 30, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 35.

Deadlock at Portsmouth Peace Talks

Little progress has been made by the international peace plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth, N. H., during the week. Some of the minor demands have been agreed to; but the two great questions of indemnity and the cession of Russian territory neither party will yield. Japan demands a large indemnity, approximately the cost of the war, and it is stated that the Russian agents are absolutely forbidden to concede the payment of indemnity. The Japanese demand the cession of Saghalien Island; and concerning this the Russians are said to be as firmly opposed as against the payment of war indemnity. These are the two points over which many are predicting the break-up of the negotiations.