The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-24
PROPOSITION MADE TO wITTE
THROUGH RosEN IS SENT TO
NICHOLAS.
is NOW UP TO THE MONARCHS
ULTIMATE DECISION OF ISSUE
PASSES OUT OF HANDS OF
THE ENJOYS.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. %. - The
chances of peace have undoubtedly
been improved by President Roose,
velt's action in stepping into the
breach in a last heroic endeavor to
induce the warning countries to com.
promise their "irreconcilable differ
ences," but the result is still in sus-
pense.
The ultimate decision of the issue
has de facto If not de jure passed
from the plenipotentiaries to their
principals, from Portsmouth to st.
Petersburg, and, perhaps, in a lesser
extent, to Toxic. Although there are
collateral
Evidences That Pressure
both by President Roosevelt and neu.
trail powers. including Japan's ally,
Great Britain, whose minister, Sir
Claude Macdonald, according to ad.
vices received here, had a long confer
ence yesterday afternoon with Mr..
K%atsura, the japanese premier, is still
being exerted at Toxic to induce Jap.
an to moderate her demands, there is
also reason to believe that President
Roosevelt was able at his interview
with Baron Rosen Saturday to practi.
cally communicate to the latter Jap.
ans irreducible minimum--what she
would yield, but the point beyond
which she would not go.
Is Up to Russia.
Whether an actual basis of com.
promise was proposed by the presi.
only thing that can be affirmed posi-.
lively is that if Russia refuses to act
upon the suggestion or proposition of
President Roosevelt the peace con.
ference will end in failure.
And in the Russian camp little en-.
couragement is given. Baron de
Rosen reached here after an all-night
ride from Oyster Bay shortly before
noon and Immediately went into con.
ference with Mr.. White. They re-
manned closeted together for almost
three hours, during which the whole
situation was reviewed. Baron de
Rosen communicated to his chief the
presidents message and it was
Transmitted to the Emperor,
together with Mr.. Whites recommend.
alton. No clue to the nature of this
recommendation has TRANSFERRED. But
it can be stated that Mr.. Witte, no
matter how he personally may view
the proposition, is distinctly pessimis.
tic as to the character of the response
which will come from st. Petersburg.
The Japanese, it is firmly believed,
cling to the substance if not the form
of this demand for remuneration for
"the cost Of the war;"
:, The Japanese, as usual, are very
reticent, and it is impossible to OBJ.
tain from them the least indication of
their view of the change in the stu.
alton produced by the presidents &C.
ton.
Arbitration Suggested.
The Associated Press is able to an.
nounce that the feature of the PROPOSE.
ton of President Roosevelt, communi.
Gated through Baron Rosen to Mr..
White and transmitted by the latter to
Emperor Nicholas, was based upon
the principle of arbitration. Whether
the proposal contemplates arbitration
of all the articles upon which the
plenipotentiaries have failed to agree
or only upon the question of indemni.
ty cannot be stated with positiveness,
but it is more than probable that it re.
lates only to indemnity, or to indem.
nifty and the cession of the island of
Sakhalin. Neither is it possible to
say whether the president has yet
made a similar proposition to Japan.