Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-31

Shortly before midnight Mr.. WHITE
gave absolutely no encouragement to
the idea that there would be a change
Of heart at st. Petersburg. Unless To-
kio was ready to recede further he ex-
pressed the opinion that all was over.
He used the following words to the
Associated Press:
II have received no telegram from
st. Petersburg which changes the sit
uation. Indeed, do not expect any.
I have not asked instructions, so that
l cannot receive any. If there is to be
a change It must come from the Japa-
nese side"
This would seem to indicate that the
presidents second effort had failed at
ST. Petersburg. What, II anything, he
has been able to do at Toxic, through
his interview with Baron Kaneko
Friday afternoon still remains mys-
terry.
Information received at q late bout
indicates that President Roosevelt's
efforts are not exhausted: that he is
still in communication with Toxic and
st. Petersburg. Saturdays meeting,
consequently, is not likely to prove de-
cisive. 1t will probably be perfume
tory and some pretext will probably
be found to adjourn over until Monday
or Tuesday.
At midnight no message had reached
Mr.. Witte from the president and 1t
was regarded as practically certain
that an adjournment would be taken
until Monday.
Agreement in Principle Reached.
st Petersburg, Aug. 26.-According
to information coming from q mem
Der Of the imperial family the Asso-
ciated press learns that dispatch was
sent to M. Witte which is considered
at Peterhof as Of being decided hope
for peace. The Slovo's Portsmouth
correspondent, reporting the arrival Of
an eagerly expected dispatch"
quotes M. Witte as saying that his en-
deavor to influence St Petersburg
was more successful than he expected.
The correspondent adds that there is
ground for hope, as an agreement In
principle has been reached and the
question now hinges on the amount OF
the sum. J..
Looking to Sycamore Hill.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 26.-Two emperors,
the one at st Petersburg and the other
at Toxic, are the determining factors
In the pending .naaca negotiations Al
though the negotiations temporarily
are suspended at Portsmouth they are
proceeding actively through President
Roosevelt at Sycamore HILL He Is In
practically constant communication
with the 81. Petersburg and Toxic
governments. BY both Of the warning
nations his good Offices have been
suRht and his efforts to bring their
plenipotentIaries into accord and thus
prevent q failure of the peace confer
ence are unremitting-
whether the negotiations now being
conducted through President Roosevelt
estimated cost OF the war; he sug-
gested that II an agreement could not
be reached. the fixing Of the price
should be left TO q board or commits
sion. The Japanese insisted upon In
sorting the sum. and thus made It i'm
possible, IN view Of the Russian decla-
ration, to accept It Emperor Nlcho.
las refused to go farther in addition to
the concessions already made than to
agree TO the cession Of half Of sakha-
lin.
According to a high Russian author
lily who has been in a position TO see
President Roosevelt's communication
proposing q compromise, II quite clear
" showed that the president eonsld-
cred that Japan's Victories gave her
the right to ask for an Indemnity, in
fact, II no IN name. and vas also en-
titled TO sakhalin. and that Der MILL
tary occupation Of salzhaiin gave her
the right to the island Tho preai-
dents friends. however. claim that
When the fun 4axt Of his uroDositinn