The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-07
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lized world and spoke for other powers
than the United States when he said:
1T is my most earnest hope and prayer
in the interest not only Of those two
great powers, but Of all civilized man
kind, that a Just and lasting peace shall
speedily be concluded between them
The answer to his appeal must come, If
at all, from Portsmouth.
President Not Over-Sanguine.
From his library windows and then
from the lawn outside, President Roose-.
velt lonely figure, watched his guests
depart. The world knows something, but
by no means all, Of what he has done to
bring about this meeting Of the belliger-.
ents in the hope of peace If he is like
others, his hope is not so high as it has
been understood to be, and also he knows
no more than Others Of the Japanese
terms 1t is pure conjecture, but I am
now inclined to think that the president
does know what Japan will demand. II
so-which, again, Is conjecture-he will be
less sanguine than formerly of the result.
, The Overwhelming sentiment of Ameri-
cans is for peace, but their confidence is
daily diminishing. The press is visibly
less confident today than yesterday even
after the ciyilities and cordialities of
Oyster Bay in the open air.
Diplomacy Misleading.
The diplomacy practiced on both sides,
perhaps. has unduly affected the Ameri-
can opinion. Not one published word is
official but 1t is supposed that some sort
of unofficial sanction belongs to it, AT
any rate Mr.. Sato says for the japanese
| that the prospects of peace are not bright
while Mr.. Briantchaninoff representing
| the newspaper supposed to be De Whites
organ, scouts the notion of an indemnity
or the surrender Of Saghalien. It remains
| true that the last authentic word on the
subjec: is M. de Whites denial that he
declared the conference is likely to break
| up or that peace Is improbable. i :
: President Roosevelt 8 speech to the
peace plenipotentiaries on board the
Mayfower is treated by the Londor
newspapers as the central feature of the
! Oyster Bay proceedings. There is little
. editorial comment on the subject of the
meeting of the delegates, but the head
lines, such as Roosevelt IS Magnifcen1
| Tact" show how the president IS par
in the affair is appreciated.
Berlin Is Hopeful. =.
By the Associated Press.
Berlin, Aug. 1.-THE doubts existing
in London and other European capital
over lie prospects Oh peace eX1SC mere
but in far milder form. The prevail
ing opinion is that. altho neither Russii
nor Japan is anywhere near the exhaus
ton Of its resources, yet peace is s.
necessary to both that each will be re
luctant to withdraw from the negotia
) f. lions, once they are begun, without at
I tanning peace. The utterances in tn
j, United States Of the plenipotentiarie
Or of persons presumed to be speaking
for them, are regarded as Conversations
"Reminiscences, suitable preliminarie
1 to strenuous negotiations, but as bein
far from forecasting the actual bushes
Of the conference. It is believed in off
cial quarters that each SIDE would fin
the other adhering to a stiff attitude i
the beginning and come close to tn
; breaking point, but that ultimately
common ground will be reached. I