WAR APPENDIX
| 7. | Mr. Witte spends day in Boston, going to Portsmouth at night. Mayflower and Dolphin sail from Newport. |
| Russia decides on issuance of $10,000,000 internal loan. | |
| 8. | Peace envoys received by United States and New Hampshire authorities, and installed at Hotel Wentworth. |
| Russians reported fortifying mouth of the Amur River. | |
| Japanese land at Imperator, on Siberian coast. |
| 9. | Peace missions meet at Portsmouth. Mr. Witte presents his credentials, but Baron Komura's are not at hand; he summarizes them verbally. |
| Czar approves remodelled scheme for popular assembly. | |
| 10. | Credentials of peace plenipotentiaries formally exchanged and found satisfactory. Mr. Witte's powers said to be unlimited; Baron Komura's not so full. |
| Japanese envoys present to Russian mission a set of twelve conditions or principles essential to peace treaty. | |
| Japanese warships sent to Kamchatka and Okhotsk. | |
| 12. | Russian envoys make reply to Japanese terms; supposed to refuse indemnity and cession of Sakhalin. |
| Japanese, in reply, propose verbal discussion of conditions, one at a time. | |
| 14. | Conference agrees upon Article I, supposed to provide for recognizing Japan's preponderance in Korea; Article II, providing for evacuation of Manchuria by both belligerents, mutual pledge to respect territorial integrity of China and maintain the "open door"; Article III, providing for the restoration of Chinese rule in Manchuria. |
| Mr. Witte receives delegation of Jewish bankers and others. | |
| 15. | Conference agrees on Article IV, concerning Russian lease of the Liao-Tung; discusses and records views on Article V, the cession of Sakhalin, and lays it aside for later reference. Agree on Article VI. |
| Congress of peasants at Moscow passes resolutions demanding reforms | |
| 16. | Conference agrees on Articles VII and VIII, giving |
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