The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-08-31
CAR OF RUSSIA
PAYS PRESIDENT
GREAT TRIBUTE
Thanks Roosevelt for
Bringing Peace Nego-
tiations to Issue.
SENDS GENERALIZATION
In Meantime the Enjoys at
Portsmouth Are Waiting
For Official Sanction.
SENDS CONCENTRATION

OYSTER BAY. n. T.. Aug. A--The
following message OF consratnlation has
been received by the President:
Petershor, Alexandra, Aug. q.
To President Roosevelt:
Accept my congratulations and warm
est thanks for having brought the peace
negotiations to successful conclusion.
owing 70 your personal energetic ef-
forts. My country win gratefully rec
ognize the great part you have plaFed
in the Portsmouth peace conference
-NICHOLAS.
Official Sanction Needed
Though this message Is significant. an
official sanction must be obtained be-
fore the protocol Of that meeting can
be signed, or final action taken upon
the treaty which is now being drafted
In other words. although the plenipo-
tentiaries Of the beilieerent nations
have. as they expressed 1t, met in fun
accord on all questions" yet their work
VIII come 10 naught unless these mes
sages OF approval come This makes
clear the apparent nervousness Of the
members OF the two commissions. and
corroborases the inference that the Gar
has notified NJ. Witte OF the existence
OF a widespread belief IN court circles
in Russia that General Linevitch should
have been permitted 10 try issues with
Field Marshal Oyama near Hardin be-
fore peace terms are finally determined
upon
May Sign at Sycamore Hill
PORTSMOUTH. Aug. sl--There is
report that the treaty win be signed
at Sycamore Hill in compliment TO the
President.
Mr. Takahira. the japanese minister
is confined 10 his room today He Is
not seriously iii. but the tension Of the
past three reeks has been too much
for him
There ic no conceaiing the fact that
nervousness exists While ii is be.
lleved that the two. governments VIII
respond shortly, maybe before this day
draws TO a close, the danger of delay
in approving and signing the protocol
Of Tuesdays peace agreement meeting
but hopeful that his war enemies may
not triumph It emphasizes the utter
ance of the President at Oyster Bay.
yesterday, when he remarked; w nistle
softly, we are getting into thin timber,
but we are not yet out OF the woods
witte to the Gar.
1t also adds a greater significance to
NJ. Whites message OF notification TO
the Gar, when he concluded:
your orders all our intelligence and our
Russian hearts. We beg your majesty
mercifully TO forgive that we have been
unable to do more"
a significant feature in this connec-
ton is the postponement OF todays
meeting of the treaty drafters from
$50 a m to D. m
All information vouchsafed Is that this
action was taken upon the request Of
the japanese counselor.
Secretaries Are Busy.
preparation of the rough draft OF the
treaty of peace than was at first
thought would be necessary, although
the counselors or Russia and Japan,
and the three secretaries from each
mission who are aiding them. are Ia
boring all day and far into the night
II Is announced that the draft may not
be ready to submit to the ENJOYS them
selves before Tuesday.
Aside from the general desire OF the
ENJOYS to complete their work here
and sail for home is the fact that off,
cial New Hampshire is manifesting Q
strong determination not only TO have
the signing of the treaty a ceremonious
event, with President Roosevelt as an
invited guest, but wishes the pleasure
OF entertaining the ENJOYS for four days
in the White mountains
The people of the State felt proud
the day Portsmouth was selected as ths
place of meeting. Each day the magni-
tude of the conference and its far
reaching effects have been brought
more forcibly home to them They
realize, however. that without the cul-
minating act the notoriety of their
meeting here would be but evanescent
and so they are straining every effort,
from Governor McLane and his council
down. TO have the signatures attached
10 the convention in the conference room
at the Navy Yard, and by that means
iEdelibly stamp upon the pages Of tbs
worlds history the record Of the Treaty
o. Portsmouth
To this end Senator Burnham has
gone 20 oyster Bay TO talk with Presi-
Gent Roosevelt on the subjects OF sign
ing the treaty and the trip 10 the White
mountains. He will invite him TO Join
in the latter party and endeavOr 10 i'm
having the treaty signed on the spot
where the differences between the BEL
/ ngerent nations were harmonized and
the treaty drafted. If the President 9s
! the United States wishes to stand higher
in the estimation of the people Of this
/ does now. he has only 10 permit him.
self to be made the central figure Ia
an event which will center the eyes OF
the world upon this little seaside city
The mountain trip does not, however,
appeaI 10 Nj. Witte, who announces that
he has engaged his passage home for
| September T. What spare time there ID
between the signing of the treaty and
( that date. he desires to spend in visiting
\ Niagara Fails and Chicago. But the en-