The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
Making Strong Efforts to
Secure Peace.
CONFERS WITH ROSEN
Tie Russian Ambassador Departs
With Face lIIumined. Great Britain
France and Germany Backs the
President in His Efforts.
Hope Of Compromise.
(Bv the Associated Press.


Oyster Bay, n. ", Aug 19.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt is eXcrting his great
influence to prevent q rupture OF the
peace conference at Portsmouth. He
is engaged in supreme effort to in
duce the ENJOYS of the belligerents to
compromise their differences and
reach an agreement that will result
i'm "a just and lasting peace
In this effort he has the active and
cordial support of Great Britain,
France and Germany. Vast and
world wide pressure is being brought
to bear upon the governments at st.
Petersburg and Toxic, not to permit
the conference to fail of affirmative
result. 1t can be said that there is
ground for the hope that it will not
fai.
Baron De RoSen, Russian ambassa-
dor to the United States and second of
the Russian Emperor's ENJOYS to the
peace conference was with President
Roosevelt at an hour late this after
noon at Sycamore Hill. He came to
Oyster Bay by invitation of the Presi-
dent, not merely to discuss with him
the situation. but to have presented to
him by the President a proposition
which, it is E>oed, may resolve the
differences which have arisen between
the plenipotentiarieS of the two gov
ernments. After his conference with
the President, Baron De Rosen left
Immediately for his summer home at
Magnolia, Mass. where he and Mr.
White. the principal Russian envoy
expect to spend Sunday.
Tie Conference secret.
Neither President Roosevelt nor
~,
the most general terms. the details
or result Of their conference. The
ambassador will present the Presi-
dents proposition to Mr.. Witte to-
night and the likelihood is that it will
be transmitted to Emperor Nicholas.
On the result of it's consideration will
depend the fate of the peace confer
ence. 1t is not improbable that be-
fore the ENJOYS meet next Tuesday
morning, it may be known with some
degree of definiteness whether there is
to be peace in the Far East or con-
tinuance of the war. The President
has been in communication with the
great neutral powers to enlist their
support of a final effort to secure an
honorable peace. With King Ed
ward he communicated, because Great
Britain is a practical ally of apan, and
with President Loubet because France
many too was appealed to and EN-
peror William is exerting his influence
for peace.
Through Mr. Griscom, the Ameri-
can minister at Toxic. the President
also has been working, but it cannot
be ascertained whether his efforts have
been directed toward a reduction of
the demands of Japan or not. 1t is
Surmised, however, that he has urged
the Japanese government SO to
modify its terms as to render it easier
for Russia to acccde to them.
ROsen Comes Out Beaming.
At the conclusion Of his conference
with the President Baron de Rosen' s
face was wreathed in smiles and his
manner was quite genial, the inter
view evidently had been entirely sat
isfacto1y to him.
President Roosevelt said this even
ing that he could not discuss i'm any
way his conference with Ambassador
de Rosen.
1t is quite evident from the trend
of events to-day, which made Oyster
Bay for an hour the center of the
peace proceedings that the Russian
ENJOYS are now in possession of in
formation that will assist them ma
terially in concluding an agreement
with the japanese plenipotentiaries.