The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
STRIVING 10
EFFECT PEACE
SUPREME EFFORT rs MADE TO
END THE WAR.
COMPROMISE BEING URGED
St. Petersburg and also Toxic are
Most Earnestly Appealed to Not
to Permit the Portsmouth Confer
ence End in Failure.

Oyster Bay.-President Roosevelt
exerting every particle Of his great
| influence to prevent a rupture Of the
peace conference at Portsmouth. He
S engaged in a supreme effort to in
luce the ENJOYS Of the belligerent gov
srnments to compromise their differ
snces and reach an agreement that
will result in just and lasting peace.
In this effort he has the active andy
cordial support of Great Britain,
France and Germany. Tremendous
and worldwide pressure is being.
brought to bear on the governmental
at st. Petersburg and Toxic not 10
permit the Washington conference
20 fail Of affirmative result. 1t can
De said that there is good ground for
the hope that it will not fail.
Baron Rosen, Russian ambassador
TO the United States and second Of
The Russian emperor's ENJOYS to the
peace conference, was with President
Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill. He came
TO Oyster Bay by an invitation of the
president, not merely TO discuss with
him the situation but to have pre-
sented to him by the president a pro-
position, which it is hoped may re-
move the differences which have arts
en- between the plenipotentiaries Of
the two governments.
Neither President Roosevelt or
Baron Rosen would discuss, even in
the most general terms, the details
or result of their conference The
ambassador will present the presi--
dents proposition to NJ Witte and the
likelihood is that it will be transmitted
to Emperor Nicholas. y
On the result of its consideration
will depend the fate Of the peace con-
/ ference.
Until the present time, President
Roosevelt has refrained from any ac-
ton, even by indirection, that might
be construed as Interference by the
plenipotentiaries. He announced at
the beginning of the negotiations that
neither by word nor act, would he par
ticipate in the proceedings of the con-
ference, although he made it clear to
the ENJOYS of both Russia and Japan
that he would be ready at any time
to assist them in proper way in
the work in which they had been des-
ignated by their respective emperors
to undertake.
In anticipation, however, of failure,
of the ENJOYS to agree on certain Of
the articles which they had agreed
to consider and in expectation that he
might be appealed to by one side or
the other before the conclusion of the
conference, the president has been in
conference with the great neutralS
powers. His purpose was to enlist
their support of final effort to Sc,
cure an honorable peace. With King
Edward he communicated because
Great Britain is practically an ally
Of Japan and with President Loubet,
because France is the nearest friend
of Russia. Germany, too, was appeal
ed to and Emperor William is exert
ing his influence for peace.
Through Mr.. Griscom, our ministe,
at Toxic, the president has also been
working, but it cannot be ascertained
whether his efforts have been direct
ed toward a reduction of the demands
of Japan or not. 1t is surmised, how
ever, that he has urged the japanese
government so to modify its terms az
to render it easier for Russia to ac-
cede to them.
Baron Kaneko, confidential repre-
sentative of the japanese government
in this country, has been keeping IN
close touch with President Roosevelt
since the peace negotiations were in
their incipiency. For the fourth time
in as many weeks and for the second
time within week, he was in coz
ference with the president.
It is quite evident from the trend
of events which made Oyster Bay the1
center of the peace negotiation, that
the Russian ENJOYS now are in posses
sion of information that will assist
them materially in concluding an a
greement with the Japanee plenipoten-
tiaries.
1t would be futile to speculate as to
the nature of the information or as
to their character submitted to Baron
de Rosen. But it can be said that if
the conferees, after comforting with
their governments, are able to proceed
with their labors next Tuesday with
out rupture it will be due to the f.
nal effort made by President Roose-
yelt.