The Archive · 1905

The Hitch in the

NEGOTIATIONS

Tokio, 22nd August.

The prevailing consensus of opinion here is that the tangled skein of.the negotiations is unwinding, but there is no dissentient voice in regard to the demands for the payment of an indemnity and the cession. of Saghalien. Stocks are going up here.—Our own correspondent.

London vit Bombay, 22nd August.

The "Times" correspondent ab Portsmouth N. H. says that a tele-m has been received tHere that the Czar held a Council, which finally decided that no further concessions' can be made.—Reuter.

A summary has been published of the peace protocols which were submitted to the Conference to-day.. I6 shows that both sides adhere to their positions regarding the payment of an indemnity. and the cession of Sughalien,—Reuter,

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