Berlin, 16th August.
Portsmouth, N. H., 10th August, Contrary to the Japanese desire to keep the negotiations a secret, the Russian representatives have been taking steps to make them public. The Japanese Plenipotentiaries have consequently found it necessary to adopt the same course. The Plenipotentiaries mot again at ten o'clock this morning, and this may be regarded as the real opening of the negotiations. Those "present were Baron Komura, Mr. Takahira, Mr. Sato, Mr. Adachi, and Mr. Ochiai, and M. de Witte, Baron Rosen, Mr. Korostanotf, M. Plangon, and M. Nebogatoff. After the credentials had been examined and found to be perfect, tle Japanese represontativ communicated their terms for the restoration of peace to the Russian Plenipotenflaries in' writing. The meeting then adjourned, M, de Witte and his colleagues promising to give an early written reply. The next meeting will take place on Saturday. The Japanese Plenipotentiaties returned to their hotel at 6.30 p.m.
ing, M. de Witte instructed Dr. Martens, At the conclusion of this morning' mo M. Pokotiloff, Major-General Ermoloff, and M. Knipoff to communicate the Tapaneso terms to, St. Petersburg. In the meantime he conferred with Baron Rosen concerning Japan's proposals. Mr. Sato, a member of Baron Komure's suite, has made " communication to the Press regarding the proceedings at-the Conference. It is similar to the account supplied to the papers by the Russian rep: sentatives, but adds that MIN. de Witte will send a written response to the Japanese terms as soon as possible.—'" Mainichi."
A Now York telegram states that the United States Government has demanded from the Chinese that steps will at once be taken against the Anti-American Boycott movement in China.
Financial circles all over Europe are convinced that the peace negotiations will be successful.
An attempt by Russia to get a loan in America has been. made there dependent on the solution of the Jewish question in chancellor Prince Biilow -has stated semi-officially that Germany will oppose no settlement of the question as to the Tae R. MI S. Empress of Japan_teft' Vancouver for Japan and China on Monday afternoon, the 14th instant.
Tue N.-D. L. S. Preussen left Hongkong on Wednesday, the 16th inst. at 3 p-m., and is expected -to arrive at Woosung to-morrow at a.m, 'Tue Commercial Press have sent us No. LY of the " War Album" published by Kinkodo & Ca. Tokio. It is' very handsomely bound in a cover decorated future head of Norway which is desired in gold and colours, and contains a large by the Norwegians.
The " Vorwiirts," the leading socialistic paper, asserts that owing to a personal conflict between H. M. the Kaiser and King Edward, Germany was about to declare war on England at the end of 1904 and that for this purpose the German fleet number of pictures in tints, some from photographs, of the battles of Mukden and Tsushima. It is a volume of deep interest, and its interest will increase as the present war becomes historical, "when peace has healed the present gaping wounds."
At the Russian Consular Court yester-__ day morning, before L. Boriudiaui, Esq.," Vice-Consul, two sailors from a: Russian transport were charged with having been acuuk and disorderly in Whangpoo Road on the 16th instant, and with damaging property to the valne- of $3. After hearing the statement of Inspector Bourke and the evidence of two Sikh constables, His Honour ordered the defendants to be confined on board their ship for. two weeks, We have received Hongkong papers to the 12th inst.—The trafic receipts of the Britis North Borneo Railway in May last were $4,300, andthe expenditure chargeable to revenue $3,300.—The late Julius Stinde, humorist, was the author of the celebrated Buchholtz books.—A. telegram to the Calcutta " Englishman," dated the 27th ult., reports the wreck of a North German liner-in a fog, off Guernsey. No lives.wore lost.—H. Mf. cruisers Amphitrite and Thetis, from China, are being recommissioned with nucleus crows for the Sheerness-Chatham reserve.—T'ho M. M.S. Tourane, which. left here with the French mail on the 24st ult.. broke one of her propellers while going up to Saigon, and had to be detained.thero, her mails and passengers being sent on by the El-Kantara, the fine new cargo boat that was here recently.
Tue " Jumping Cat," whose expression is worthy of one of Louis Wain's pots, is the most happily chosen, subject anion the pictures in this week's " Eastern Sketch." The. Ringmaster" is a lifelike portrait, but the boars are, perhaps intentionally, rather curious specimens. Hi 8. is the artist. "A very old subject is troated once again by H. H. in "Phings we soo when we go cutin our motor ear," but the Arawing of the goittle old compradore is so clover that we like the picture better even than the same artist's " Good Friends," who greet us on page one. The "Alhambra" is answerable for a third picture from H. H., a little hastily done, and there is a whole pageful of fancy sketches from the same facile pencil apropos of the Bandmann Company's isit. "L." gives us "A Shanghai Maid," type, and also a portrait of H.S., and Angus Morrison portrays a local institution on the last page. There is alor of in_the number, but the letterpress is not quite up to standard on the whole.
'Tue 'Japan' Chronicle" says that the following telegram, to be taken with all reserve, reached Tokio on thy 12th from Washington:
"Baron Komura landed the pence tennis in writing.to the: Russian plenipotentiaties and the meeting was then ad-joomed pending' reply, The reply will probably bs made on Monday. So far as can be ascertained, the terms proposed by Baron Komura are as follows "1—The payment of ai corapensation for Japan's war expenditure. The amount is nov-given-"9.—'the cession of Sayhalien-"3-—'The transfer to Japan of the lease of Port Arthur Lrvops fron Manchuria, "5,—The rcouguitiun of Japan's suzer-dainty over Corea.
6—The cession of the live of the Chinese Eastern Railway as far as Harbin.
"7.—The surrender of the Russian warships now interned in neutral ports, ~8,—A restriction upon the strength of the Russian naval force maintained u thio Far East.
"9.—The cession of fishing rights along the Siberian Coast north of Viadivostock."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.