The sun., 1905-08-28
Put OF Meeting Of ENJOYS to
Tomorrow, Awaiting Mes.
sage From Toxic.
ROOSEVELT STILL At WORK.
Again Saves the Conference When
Failure Of the Negotiations
Seemed Certain.

Seemed Certain.
Minister Takafira Makes Request to Witte
That Meeting He Adjourned TO Tues-
day and saw New Proposals May Re
Made st That Time Russians Had Ex.
pected Next Session TO He the Last
-wItte Planned to Leave Portsm outh
Hope Of Agreement Now Not strsns.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.; Aug. 27--At tho
very moment when the peace conference
was about to end in failure President Rooee.
welt has stepped into the breach and caused
postponement Of what was generally
regarded as the final meeting. The mere
fact that through the Presidents efforts
the meeting hxed FOR tomorrow will net bs
held until Tuesday may not appear to be a
very important development, but 1t means
another twenty -four hours gained, and
every additional day that the conference
lasts affords reason for hope Of a successful
outcome.
1t was at the solicitation OF the Japanese
ENJOYS that the arrangement for the post
ponement of the next meeting was made.
They were impelled to this course by .
message from Baron Kaneko, the Japanese
financial agent in this country, who acted
in behalf of the President, with whom he
has had frequent conferences rec emily.
The purpose Of the President in requesting
that there be no session Of the plenipoten-
tiaries until Tuesday has not been disclosed
authoritatively, but there is reason to be-
lieve that he expects the Japanese Govern.
ment will send new instructions to Baron
Komufa and Mr.. Taxa hira, which may
have some effect upon the outcome Of the
negotiations.
Mr.. Tskahira. according to information
obtained from Russian sources, told Mr..
Witte this evening that response which
he and his colleague, Baron komura, were
expecting to a communication they had
sent to Toxic had not arrived, and 1t was
its receipt.
SURPRISE TO RUSSIANS.
When the conference adjourned yester-
day it was with the understanding that
the envoys should next assemble at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. The Russians did
not doubt that unless something unfore-
seen and entirely unexpected occurred
Mondays meeting would mark the ending
of the Portsmouth negotiations. So con-
vinced were they that there was not the
slightest prospect Of peace that they began
packing their trunks and making every
preparation for an early departure.
Mr.. Witte, it was learned, had decided
to leave Portsmouth not later than Tues-
day afternoon and, after ma king brief
visits to Chicago and Niagara Falls, sail
for Europe on Sept. s. In his mind not
vestige Of hope remained.
The commands OF the Car against the
payment Of an indemnity were imperativel
and the Russian envoy had not the slightest
ground for even suspecting that the Jap
anese would abandon their demand for
monetary compensation.
Mr.. Witte looked forward to to-morrow's
meeting reeignedly. convinced that it would
be formal procedure, devoted mainly to
drawing up q protocol Of disagreement.
The request OF the Japanese that there
should be a postponement Of the session
until Tuesday was therefore a total sur
prise.
Tonight the Russians seemingly are en-
Outraged by the faint hope that their ad-
versaries will submit new proposals which
may be acceptable to the Gar. The Japa-
nese, abandoning their usual retioence.
frankly admit that it was at their request
that the postponenent from Monday until
Tuesday was agreed upon and that they
were actuated in asking for It by q sense
Of courtesy to President Roosevelt, They
decline to say whether at the Tuesday
meeting they will submit new proposals. to
the Russian ENJOYS.
JAPANESE HNvoY's STATEMENT.
Mr. Takahira, who called upon Mr.. Witts
this evening while Baron Komura was alb
sent at dinner party, said in an interview
after he had left Mr.. Witte's apartments:
Il went to Mr.. Witte tonight and pro-
posed that tho conference should meet n
Tuesday afternoon instead Of on Monday
afternoon, and he consented. This action
was taken because We. thought that a. We
had been brought here to discuss terms Of
peace through the efforts Of the President
OF the United States it would be well to 20
slowly and cautiously before ending the
conference, out Of courtesy to him. Whether
Japan will have any new proposals to mako
when we meet on Tuesday am not pes.
pared to say yet.
But our reason for asking for . pose.
pooement was entirely apart {rom ~