The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-06-15
ALL PRAISE ROOSEVELT.
His Delicate and Shrewd Diplomacy
Shown in Engineering Peace Move
Meets Hearty Approval.

A st. petersburg dispatch says: Ihe
text of President Roosevelt's personal
appeal to the sovereigns of the war
ring countries to arrange a meeting
Of the plenipotentiaries for the pur-
pose Of agreeing on terms of peace,
which arrived Saturday morning, rent
the veil, and for the skeEics at St.
Petersburg who refused to believe
President Roosevelt's efforts to bring
the belligerents together could sue
ceed, it came like bomb shell. Pres
ident Roosevelt's "sole purpose to
bring about meeting has been
achieved and now it is merely a
question of whether the results will
be the peace for which the whole
civilized world will pray -:
It is a diplomatic triumph of the
first magnitude and the diplomats
could make no attempt to conceal
their admiration of the new world
brand of diplomacy which acts while
the remainder Of the world thinks.
A London dispatch says: The kee!.
est interest is manifested In President
Roosevelt's note endeavoring to bring
Japan and: Russia to an understand
ing. While the British government
is not taking any active part In the
negotiations, it is giving the most
cordial support to the president, Of
whose actions in the matter it has
been kept fully Informed. Diplomatic
and official circles speak in the high
est terms Of the. diplomatic manner
in which the president handled the
matter and fully accord with what
they considered to be the only way
in which the difficulty could be over
come. The United States, not being
involved in any way, could take &C
tion, but even they could do no more
than endeavor to start direct negotia-
tions between the beHigerents.
A special from Paris is as follows:
President Roosevelt's success in open
ing a way for peace negotiations be-
tween Russia and Japan is the alb
sorbing theme and France has forgot
ten her own troubles with Germany
over Morocco to join in enthusiastic
approval Of the American initial. Por-
traits Of President Roosevelt, Ambas-
sador Meyer, Minister Takahira and
Ambassador Cassini appear in all the
journals, with pictures OF the white
house as the scene Of the historic orr
gin Of the peace movement.
Without exception, comment on
President Roosevelt's action is favor
able with the expression Of a slight
sense Of disappointment that France,
as the ally Of Russia, has not taken
a more prominent part in efecting tie
Baron Rosen, the new Russian am
bassador to the United States, who ar
rived. In Paris Saturday night, on his
way to washington, and whose name
is mentioned as the probable Russian
peace plenipotentiary, said:
II have arranged to sail for the
United States June % with my fam
lily. In the meantime I am renewing
here.
"I observed in the press the use
Of my name as the probable peace
plenipotentiary, but that wholly is
without my authority or knowledge"
Beyond this Baron Rosen would not
discuss the question Of peace or war
or the part he might take in the ne
gotiations. The departure Of the am
bassador from St. Petersburg appears
to have been before Russia reached
final determination to accept the
American proposition. Should he be
delegated to act as plenipotentiary it
will be month before he arrives at