The Washington times., 1905-08-22

tativc statement from an incontestable
source.
''First-There viii be no arb5tration.
y press agency is responsible. for the
statement that there viii be, printed
all over America this morning 1t is
absolutely baseless. The agency as
serted that the President had proposed
arbitration. He has not proposed it in
any shape or form.
'Second-The President has not, as as
serted. tntervened in the present con
troversy. between Japan and Russia,
He did not send for Baron Rosen in or
der to intervene or in order to suggest
intervention. The President sent for
lsarOn ROSen settlement pour aVoir des
lenseignements, he had them. He did
rot consult with Baron ROSen concern
inS Intervention, He did not mention
the subject either when he asked him to
visit oyster Bay or during that hour
ana halfs conversation between
them.
Did Not Appeal to Powers.
,.Third-A fortiori t--e President had
not appealed in advance 10 the neutral
powers to support al appeal he never
intended making and did not make.
.-Fourth-The President did not send
through Baron Rosen any message or
communication of any kind whatever
10 the Russian government, nor even
to NJ Witte.
'Fifth-What really happened was
this, The President in the course of
conversation, and as ii were incident
allv, made suggestion to Baron Ro-
sen. He expressed the idea, to quote
textually. that it might be possible to
form commission of competent and
dtsintcrested men to examine the ques-
-le=,a ,sA Il
that the question OF amount or of any
ether details had not arisen In the con-
ference.
.'As l teIegraphed recently. there has
been no bargaining. Russia has never
asked Japan. How much will you take%
Japan has never said to Russia We
might agree on the amount if you
would accept the principle. 1t has been
discussed as q question of principle
only II is not therefore easy 10 see
what use experts could be- Nor do
was anything said about the equally
thOrny question Of Sakhalin-
Rosen Simply Listened.
At any rate. the President did not
press his suggestion. which remained
suggestion only Baron Rosen had no
authority to accept or reject it. He
listened. The President did not even
ask him TO communicate it to NJ. Witte,
still less TO the Russian government.
'Sixth-Baron Rosen did, in fact, com
nunicate It to Nj. Witte, who did not
communicate II 10 his government and
dees not intend TO. What was there
10 communicated NJ Witte has made
no reply to it and intends to make
mont.
= What is there TO reply TOT
''Seventh-It follows. and it is the abb
solute fact, that there is no change in
Fha haCafrSa Of Baron RaSHn-
visit to the President. The conference
will meet tomorrow at 3 ia the after
ful whether the protocols Will be ready.
If they are not ready there Will be an
other adjournment till Wednesday.
'LlghIh-OnCe more [ put the question
10 my Russian friend: Has anything
whateYer occurred to modify your de-
cjssCn and decision of your govern
ment. concerning ! a an n. II indsmiistyg he
Nothing can occur. The payment of
an indemnity or the reimbursement of
war expenses by US 70 Japan is, as 1t
has ever been, totally out OF the ques-
ton We shall not do IT, We under
stand that they will not withdraw their
demand. If they do not, you will see
the conference dissolve. There VIII be
no treaty and no peace
Arbitration Is Impossible
at is due To the President to say that
he is in no way responsible for all these
Wild rumOrS ana many inventions WHICH
are dispened by the foregoing statement
of plain. unvarnished fact. He has al
ways held himself bound by his original
invitation, with its pledge TO leave Japan
and Russia 10 negotiate with each 9th
er, directly and exclusively His pas
sionated esire for peace has led him just
as far as I have explained, and no far
ther.
He is an advocate Of arbitration, Iut
no man knows better what matters are
ft subjects of arbitration and wnat are
not He knew when he Iaua2hed mis-
original invitations to a conference that
arbitration was impossible, He has
heard 1t since from q source Wnt1n al
mits Of no dispute.
a Russian authority dismissed the
story When he first heard it with a sen
tence. 1t is idiotic. But il seemed to
the authors of this romance that it
might amuse the public during the in
terVsI between the sessions of the con-
ference. The President has not thought
it worth contradtcting.
A Japanese View.
The japanese view of the stories
about the Presidents Intervention does
not differ much from the Russian. The
Japanese authorities hold infexibIy
that there is no occasion for outside in
reference The condition Of the negc-
t!ato1s IL such that 40 good can De
done i'm thac way. We have shown
from the beginning a COnCiliatOry spirit
" = show it stlIl, We do not need to be
advised We are ready for peace. But
arbitration IS impossible. There is no
question Of an arbitTable nature
But / gather from an interesting
talk less reserved than usual, that the
.ar%Hese may stu have something -