Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-20
Russians at oyster Bay.

oyster Bay, l.. l., August ia rep
tesentatiye of the Russian peace plen
ipotentiaries at Portsmouth, n. H, will
arrive here late today or tomorrow to-
confer with President Roosevelt. The
identity Of the representative is not
disclosed.
His mission will be to consult the
president with a view to bringing
about an agreement between the Rus
sian and japanese ENJOYS that will
prevent a final rupture between the
two sets of plenipotentiariNS. TAe
representative will come to Oyster Bay
by direct invitation of the president,
which was transmitted to M. Witte|
last night after he had conference
with Baron Kaneko who came here
late yesterday as a representative OF
the japanese government. Neither the
president nor Baron Kaneko would
disclose any of the details of their con-
ference, but after the baron left at 6
o'clock an important message was sent
to Herbert D. Pierce, assistant secre'
tary of state. While details of these
communications are lacking, it is
known they represented an earnest
effort on the part of the president to
bring the ENJOYS into an agreement
that would be satisfactory to both bel
Mgerent governments. Whether the
president urge that concessions be
made by either side or suggested any
other means by which an agreement
might be reached, is not known. At
any rate, the communications from the
president sustained an invitation for
a representative Russian to visit him
at Sycamore Hill as soon as convent
ent in order that the subject might
be considered fully.
The envoy to the president proba-
bly, will make the journey to Saga
more Hill in part by rail and in part
by water.
The naval yacht Sylph is expected
to meet him at some point on the low
er New England coast and convoy him
direct to Sycamore Hill.
While messages are being exchanged
today between Oyster Bay and Ports
mouth on the subject, the time of the
arrival of the envoy is not known.
If England will now bring pressure
to bear, as it is definitely stated she
is now prepared to do, the situation
may be saved.
AS an indication of intervention by
President Roosevelt came the depart
ure early today of Baron Rosen, the
Russian ambassador for Oyster Bay.
He left here on the forenoon train
and had arranged to take the 10
| O'Clock Shore Line express over the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
| railroad from Eoston. In connection
with his trip special arrangements
were made for the train to stop at
| New Rochelle, to meet the Sylph and
| proceeded to Oyster Bay arriving there
some time this afternoon. He will
| dine with the president and probably
return to Magnolia either late tonight
or tomorrow morning. He went by
direct invitation of the president COM
municated to him early this morning
by Assistant Secretary Pierce and so
careful was he to conceal his move
ments that before he left, the official
| announcement was authorized that he
was going to Magnolia. His change
of plan was not communicated to the
Japanese until telegram was received
here from Boston saying that Baron
Rosen had boarded the Bay State linn
tied for New York at 10 o'clock.
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