Poor Little JapAugust 22, 1905 Witte of Russia saws at the branch that he and Czar Nicholas sit on o
Poor Little JapAugust 22, 1905 Witte of Russia saws at the branch that he and Czar Nicholas sit on of the Peace Conference Tree. Komura of Japan looks on. The caption reads “It looks as tho the czar would insist on cutting him off.” The czar of Russia was refusing to pay any war indemnity or cede any territory to Japan in peace negotiations, despite Japan having effectively won the war. See Also: Russo-Japanese War; Nicholas IIFrom Hennepin County Library Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6786 -- source link
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