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VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1.1905. NO. 2G
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PEACE COMES AT LAST.
Japan Sacrifices Her Claims
for Indemnity.
PEACE SURPRISES DE WITTE.
Japan Wins Everything She Went
to War for. and More too. Rus
sia Is Driven Out of Manchu
ria?Port Arthur Goes to
Japan and She Also
Gets Valuable Flshlna
Rights In Russian
Waters.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 29.?
Peace between Russia and .Japan
came today, and came with the
bewildering swiftness of a whirl
wind.
A treaty of peace without _a
single question of importance in
dispute is now under considera
tion.
At Tokio and St. Petersburg
terms of an armistice are being
considered.
Within a short time two great
armies that of Japan, numbering
perhaps 600,000 men, and that j
of Russia, numbering perhaps
500 000 men?will be marching
home, both with flviuf? colors.
Japan brought peace by making
concessions the magnitude of
which were never dreamed of.
Under instructions from the
Mikado himself the Japanese
envoys offered to withdraw ab
solutely the demand for a war;
indemnity or remuneration for j
the war and to yield back to
Russia half of the island of Sak
halin.
With such a change of front,
amounting almost to magna
nimity, peace became an accom-!
plished tact.
Until the envoys began the dis- ,
cussion at what the Russians be
lieved would be the last meeting
of the conference there was no
information as to what lengths ,
the Mikado had instructed his
representatives to go into in or- ,
der to insure peace.
That the instructions were of
the most sweeping character the |
early developments of the dis- (
cussion showed. It had been
surmised that Japan would still 1
insist on the payment of money i,
under some other form than the j
remuneration of the war. Rut'
Japanese instructions wereabso- j
lute to forego all idea of indem- (
nity and be satisfied with the; |
actual results accomplished in
the acquiring of Korea, Manchu- ,
ria and Sakhalin, and to exercise |
magnanimity as to the latter. ,
Russia bad a proposition to j ]
make at the outset which was in (
reply to the last offer made by |,
Japan to recede from a demand ,
for straight remuneration and ,
to return to Russia the island on i
payment of $600,000,000. There
was some discussion of thiscoun- \
ter-proposal. What it was the J t
envoys declined to say. Itisun-J]
derstood. however, to be that of (
no indemnity and cession of half i
of Sakhalin. It was in the nature |
of an ultimatum. In the lan- ,
guage of Mr. Sato, of the J apa- ,
nese staff. "What does it mat- \
ter? What is the use of plucking |
a dead carcass?"
Thus when the Russia counter- ,
proposal was submitted the two ,
nations were exactly #600,000,- (
000 apart, and an immeasura- ,
ble distance separated them on ,
the recognition of the principle (
of paying for the war. i
Then came the dramatic event (
of the session. The two parties ,
were divided by a seemingly im
passable abyss. Japan took a t
step that crossed it in an instant. ,
Baron Komura said he had re- i
ceived instructions from his Im- |
perial Master to waive all claims .
to indemnity and remuneration
for the war and to offer to the
Russians half the island in dis
? pute.
M. Witte sat in silent amaze- (
ment for several seconds after (
the words of Baron Komura (
were repeated to him. He could i
not realize that the end had c
come, and so fortunately for I
both nations. He bad been ex- (
pecting from Japan an insistence s
on terms which he could never (
accept, aud instead the envoys
of his country's enemy were offer
ing to do exactly what Russia
wanted.
"It seemed incredible," said M.
Witte this afternoon. "For
some time I could not credijt my
sense of hearing. Then it dawn
ed on me with the effect of a
thunderclap that pence bad
come.
"I don't believe any other man
in my place would have dared to
hope for the possibility of peace
on the condit ions to which we i
have just agreed. From all sides,
from President Roosevelt down
to my own friends in Russia, I
received up to the last moment, j
even this morning, urgent repre
sent ations that something should
be paid to Japan."
The terms under which peace
has been agreed to arelimitec) to
the logical accomplishments of
the war. Japan wins at every
point except that of exacting of
Russia tribute such as is exacted
of a thoroughly beaten foe.
The reason for this is that Rus
sia still had a large and well
equipped army in tne Held, and
could have fought for years to
come, and Japan realized that
she was in the position before
the world of coercing Russia to
Eay her money, not because she
ad conquered her, but because
of Russia's internal troubles.
Under the terms of the treaty
to be signed and to be known as
"the Treaty of Portsmouth"
the "prepondering influence'' of
Japan in Korea is recognized by
Russia and Japan will hold un
disputed sway over that country
and practically make it a part
of her empire. This was the im
mediate cause of the war. Rus
sia gets a concession by which
she will receive the "favored
nation" treatment.
Russia evacuates Manchuria
aud abandons her dreams of ex
tending her empire to the very
doors of Japan.
Japan is also to withdraw from
Manchuria, and in the treaty will
be a pledge to observe the open
door and the integrity of China. |
Manchuria was the main cause
of the war, and Japan will have
whatever privileges she can ob
tain from China, and those, it is
believed, will not be difficult to
obtain.
Japan becomes possessed of
the Russian leases on the Liao
tung peninsula, including the
railroad, Port Arthur and Palny.
All the con sessions under which
Russian inffuence was fastened
on that peninsula will be trans
ferred to Japan.
Japan also becomes possessed
of the Eastern Chinese railroad
from Port Arthur to a point
called Quancboutze, about 150
miles south of Harbin. This will,
of course, necessitate an arrange
ment between Japan and China
whereby the concession under
which the Russians built the road
will be transferred to Japan.
The agreement under which
the road was built aud operated
was that China should buy the
road back from Russia and the
stockholders in 36 years from
the date of opening traffic, on i
payment of the valueof thestock
ind all the charges. If China i
lid not buy back, then the road (
would revert to China in80years
from the opening of the road.
These concessions will now go to
lapan. If a plau which has been
much discussed for the transfer
>f the road to an international
syndicate should be put into
jperation by Japan the Mikado's
Glovernmeut probably would
reap a very large sum, which
rould be applied to the expenses ,
jf the war
Japan also obtains fishing
?ights along theSiberian littoral i
which have been denied for many
rears and which will include the j
sealing piivileges. This is a very
valuable right.?Baltimore Sun.
hot Oil Cheap.
He may well think, he has got i
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ligestion, is still able to perfectly
?estore his health. Nothing will
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GENERAL NEWS.
Some of the Events That Are Tak
ing Place All Over the
World.
Nine persons lost their lives by
a cloudburst in Rbade Canyon,
Col.
I The Secret Service the last year
has arrested 385 alleged coun
terfeiters and accomplices.
A young man in Huntington,i
W. Va., shot and killed his sweet
' hewrt and himself last Monday.
The Kentucky farm of 110
acres on which Lincoln was born
I has been sold ftl auction for
#3,600.
! The American steamer Peconic
sank off the coast of 1 lorida
Monday and 20 of her crew of 22
men were drowned.
Edwin S. Holmes, charged with
conspiracy to defraud the Gov
eroment in the cotton leak
dent, surrendered Monday and
was released in f 10.000 bail.
Troops have been ordered to
the mines of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company in anticipa
tion of trouble when operations
are resumed with non-union men.
Cable reports from Minister
Rockhill, at Peking, declare that
the Chinese are tiring oi the boy
cott ageinst American goods,
and that Shanghai is opposing
vigorously its continuance.
In a letter praising the work
of the Public School Athletic
League and General Wingate, its
president, President Roosevelt
has accepted the office of hon
orary vice-president of the
league.
Edwin S. Holmes,.Ir , theform
er associate statistician of the
Agricultural Department, has
been indicted in VV ashington tor
conspiracy to defmud the gov-,,
erument in connection with the
cotton leak
Codorus creek, which runs
through York, Pa., rose higher i
than at any time since 1889 and
a number of persons endangered
by the flood had to be rescued ,
on rafts. Railroad traffic was i
also seriously interrupted. i
The President went out on the i
submarine boat Plunger in Oys ?
ter Ray last Friday and was on
board while several dives were '
made, one lasting fifty minutes,
he expressed himself as greatly
pleased with the work of the ves
gel.
A detachment of marines and
sailors from the German cruiser (
Russard surprised about
insurgent natives, half of whom
were armed with rifles, near ^
Kowoni, German East Africa,
August 25. The Germans killed (
7.3 of the insurgents and drove
many others into the river Riflji,
where they were drowned.
Guests at Farewell Party. j
Selina, August 29.?Misses j
Annie L. and 8arah K. Stancell, (
who have been attending the j
manual training department at
Chautauqua, N. Y., have re- :
turned. They were guests at a
delightful "Farewell 1 arty,
given at Chautauqua on the
thirteenth, and added much to
the pleasure of the occasion. (
Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, of Albe- (
male, N. 0., was also present. ,
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Dr. Atkinson Enjoys an Outing.
Washington, 1) C.,?Dr. W. H. j
Atkinson has returned from his (
vacation trip to Niagara Falls
and surrounding country very
much refreshed by his outing. Dr. 1
Atkinson is a native of Jobuston
County, North Carolina, who
has won distinction in his pro- ,
fession ih Washington City,
where he enjoys quite a large (
practice.
? i
Attacked by a Mob
and beaten, in a labor riot, until i
covered with sores, a Chicago
street cai conducter applied
Rucklen's Arnica calve, and was i
Boon sound and well. "I use it
in mv family," writes G.J. Welch,
of Tekonsha, Mich, "and find n
perfect." Simply great for < uis
and burns. Only 25c at Hood
Bros, drug store.
CHIEF EVENTS OF WAR
Russo-Japanese Conflict Lasts
527 Days.
FIRST BLOW AT PORT ARTHUR
Series of VlctorlesCrowns Japanese
Arms with no Important Rever
ses. Battles of Yalu. Klnchan,
Tt'llssu, Motien Pass, and
Llaoyang Followed In
Succession ? Rout
at /Vlukden,
Japan broke Off diplomatic r&i
lations with Russia on February
7, 1004, after being convinced
that further negotiations regard
ing the integrity of China in
Manchuria and Korea and re
spective spheres of influence in
those countries were useless.
The first blow fell next day.
Admiral Togo, in command of
the first Japanese fleet, reached
Port Arthur, sent in his torpedo
boats and destroyers, and, dur
ing the night and early morning,
sank the cruiser Pallada and
drove the battleships Retvizan
and Tsarevitch aground in a
badly damaged condition. The
Russians were completely taken
by surprise.
From . that time a series of
victories crowned the Japanese
arms. Port Arthur was effectual
ly blockaded, and the entrance
almost wholly blocked by sunk- .
en mercbaut steamers On April
13 Admiral Togo decoyed the
Rusfeian flagship Petropavlovsk!
over mines that had been plan
ted and the warship was sunk in
three minutes. Admiral Makar
off, commanding the Russian
tieet and 700 of his officers and j
crew went down with her. The
famous Russian war artist,
Verestchagin, was among the
lost. Grand Duke Cyril was
saved.
The Japanese continued to
bombard Port Arthur, and in
June the Russian tieet attempted
several times to escape. In these
attempts the Russian fleet was
almost annihilated or driven
disabled to neutral ports. With
the capture of Port Arthur later
on, the Russian sea power in the
far East was reduced temporarily
to zero.
The sailing of Admiral Rojest
venskv's vast fieet and his subse
quent complete defeat in the bat
tle of the Sea of J apan are oc
currences of so comparatively
recent date as to necessitate no
review of that memorable but
one-sided conflict.
On land the Japanese were
uniformly victorious in the im
portant battles. Victories at the
Yalu, Kinchau, Telissu, Motien
Pass, and Liao Yang followed in
rapid succession. In all these
battles the fanatical bravery of
the Japanese won over the slow
but stubborn Russians. The
battle of Liao Yang was the
largest of the war to that time.
Half a million men, about equal
ly divided, and 1,300 guns were
engaged, and for a week the
desperate fighting went on. Gen.
Kuroki had the Japanese tight,
sttemptingaflankingmovement: t
Gen. Oku held the center, and c
Gen. Nodzu the left. All were ?
under command of F ield Marshal c
Oyama, Japan's greatest soldier. ^
Gen. Kuropatkin clung to his *
strong position with desperation, i
bringing up all his reserves. The 1
slaughter was dreadful and the "
Japanese attack continuous.
I inall.v, on the night of Sep- '
teuuber 4, Gen. Kuropatkin said t
he could hold out on longer and t
withdrew his weary army across t
the Taitse River, leaving Liao f
Yang in flames. Conservative k
estimates of the casualties were: t
Russians, 16,000; Japanese, 12,
000. The Japanese captured
many Russian guns and some 1
supplies. I
The siege of Port Arthur was a
long and bloody one, but the
Japanese finally triumphed afrer j
a total loss in killed uud woun- l
ded estimated at 111,000 men. j I
The Japanese capturen upward l
of 80.000 men and immense
quautites of guns, small arms, c
ammunition. , I
After the fall of Port Arthur,
Marshal Oyama bad been draw
ing his troops into position for
the battle of Mukden, which, it
was realized, would be the great
land engagement of the war.
The forces engaged were three
armies of Kussiaus, numbering
376 battalions of infautry, 171
batteries of artillery, 178 sotnias
of calvary, numbering 300,000
rifles, 31,000 gunners, with 1,
3(58 guns and 20,700 sabers, an
aggregate of 361,500 men. It
is difficult to speak with accuracy
of the Japanese numbers, which
comprised sixteen divisions, A
division may comprise anything
from 10,000 to 30,000 men. It
may be_assumed that they aver
aged 25,000, making the Japa
nese army 400,000. The total
forces engaged stand at the
enormous figure of 761,500.
The five armies engaged for
nineteen days, fighting over a
front of 100 miles. The Russians
left some 30,000 dead. They had
over 100,000 wounded and lost
50,000 prisoners, with enormous
quantities of foodstuffs and war
material. The Japanese casual
ties totaled 50,000.
Gen. Kuropatkin was recalled
the next day. Gen. Lmevitch
succeeded him, but no important
engagement had been fought up
to the signing of the treaty of
peace.
The war has lasted 527 days.
Its estimated cost to Russia is
is very close to fl.900j000.000,
to Japan $1,400,000,000. The
Russian Ipsses in killed and
wounded and prisoners were
120,000; Japanese Josses, 170,
1)00. Russia lost by capture or
Sinking in battle 73 ships and
the Japanese 12 The value of
Russian ships was $150,000,000
iud the Japanese $15,000,000.
Washington Post.
BENSON NEWS.
Mr. Ira Creech, of Kenly, was
n town last Sunday and Mon
iay.
Miss Daisy Hardee, of Upper
lohnston, was the guest of Mrs.
1. C. Stancil last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stancil, of
Raleigh, and Miss Sarah Stancil,
>f Wake couuty, spent last week
n town with relatives.
The Benson Graded School
loutinues to grow, new students
:oming in every day. We be
ieve that with the tine faculty of
eachers, and the large and
ommodious buildings erected,
hat no school in this section of
?he State offers better advan
tages than does the Benson
iraded School.
Messrs J. C. Stancil and J. H.
lose have recently purchased the
urniture and undertakers busi
iess of Mr. R. F. Smith and will
:ontinue the business at the
lame stand on Main Street.
J ess re. Stancil and Rose are
>oth well known to the public
ind are fine business men,
therefore we predict for them
nuch success. The style of the
lew firm will be Rose & Stancil.
So i/o n.
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k. Brown, of Beunettsville, S. C.,
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tnd became a mere wreck of her
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POLENTA NEWS.
Misses Mary and Lucy Sanders,
of Smithtteld, are on a visit to re
latives in this section.
Misses Klla and Corrinna Mial,
of Wake county, are on a visit
to friends in the Preston section.
Mrs. Robert Parrish, of the
Smithtteld section, spent Sunday
visiting kindred in this com
munity.
j Miss Lucile Ellington, of Clay
'ton, after speudmg a few days
ftt Mr. U. B. Smith's, returned
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. W. M. Sanders and chil
dren, who for the past several
weeks, have been out at the
White Oak Farm, will return to
their home in Smithtteld the
first of next week.
Dr. Ralph Stevens leaves us for
Raleigh this week. He has been
with us only about two months,
1 but during that time he has in
gratiated himself into the good
will of us all, and we had hoped
he would not leave us, but he
thinks it best to accept the flat
tering offer made to him by Dr.
Hubert Royster, of Raleigh, and
whilst we reluctantly part with
him, we wish for him great suc
1 cess in the field to which he goes.
The picnic at Barbour's Bridge
last Friday was largely attended
and enjoyed by all present. Three
games of base ball were plaved
during the day, viz: Polenta
against Wilson's Mills, resulting
19 to 5 in favor of Wilson's
Mills In this game the batting
for Wilson's Mills did the work.
Then came the second game be
tween Wilson's Mills and Centre
Cross, resulting in victory for
Centre Cross, 8 to 3. In the
evening Myatt's 8chool played
against Baptist Centre which re
sulted in favor ol Myatt's School
G to 5. The playing of Harris
and Brock well, of Raleigh, for
Wilson's Mills is said to have
been very me, especially did
they show off well in the first
game.
Last Friday Mr. H. T. Gar
rard gave his annual dinner at
his home near Leachburg, and
like all previous ones, it was a
success in every particular, all
pronouncing it par excellence.
About two hundred were present
and all seemed to enjoy the oc
casion. The table groaned be
neath the substantials and de
licacies of the season and after
every one had partaken, there
was enough left to have fed an
other suctt crowd, thus demon
strating the fact that Henry
Garrard never does things by
halves; also that he is ever on
the alert as to the enjoyment of
his guests. Dinner over the
crowd assembled to the front
porch and several after dinner
talks were made by Mr. J. P.
Edmondson, Senator W hitaker,
of Wake, and this scribe, lauda
tory as to Mr. Garrard's unstint
ed hospitality, and expressing
thanks to Mr. Garrard, and Mr.
Booker Wood and good wife in
contributing so much to the
pleasure of those present. Late
in the evening the crowd gather
ed in the parlor, and was favor
ed with some as fine music as
we ever listened to. In fact with
Mrs. Venie Hardee atthe piano,
Messrs. C. H. Holland and Lon
Coats with the violin afltt Mr.
John Hardee with the guitar,
the music was simply grand,
hard to be excelled. Late in the
evening the crowd began to dis
perse to their homes, all hoping
for the return of many more
such occasions, and all wishiug
for Mr. Garrard a long, prosper
ous ,happy life.
Typo.
(The remainder of Polenta
News will be published uext
week.) [Hp.]
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