The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-08-26
HAS GIVEN UP ALL SHE WILL
MORE SHE CANNOT YIELD WITH
DIGNITY AND HONOR SAYS
NICHOLAS.
PRESIDENTS CLEVER PLAN
WOULD SATISFY JAPAN AND EN-
ABLE RUSSIA TO KEEP
HER FACE.

Portsmouth, n. H., Aug. "a. = A
long cable message from st. Peters
burg which is believed to be the Rus
sian reply, arrived about 10 o'clock
last night and Mr.. Whites secretaries
Immediately began deciphering it.
Considerable excitement was appar-
ent in the annex where the Russian
Headquarters are located. Sheet by
sheet the translation was taken to Mr..
Whites room. The rumor is that it is
refusal-a non possimus, a reitera-
ton of the Russian position that she
has given ample proof of her desire
for peace in the articles already ac-
cepted, and more she could not yield
with dignity and honor.
Presidents Ingenious Scheme.
The Associated Press is now in a
position to reveal substantially the
suggestion of President Roosevelt for
breaking the existing deadlock in the
peace negotiations and rescuing the
conference from failure His solution
would ingeniously permit the satisfac-
ton of the japanese demands for re
endorsement for the cost Of the war
and at the same time enable Russia to
face the world with the declaration
that she had not coded foot of ter
ritory or paid a kopeck of war tribute
to the victor. Tersely stated, it con-
sists in an agreement by Russia to
Repurchase Possession
of either all or half of the island of
Sakhalin, now in the military occupa-
ton of Japan, for sum, the amount
of which if the two countries cannot
agree, shall be decided by some meth
cd Of arbitration hereinafter to be de-
termined. The purchase money, to-
gether with the sum Japan would OBJ
tain from the cession of the Chinese
Eastern railroad and the maintenance
of the Russian prisoners in Japan,
would. it is estimated, about equal the
amount claimed by Japan as her bill
for the cost of the war. 1t seems
practically certain, though this cannot
be affirmed positively, that the presi-
dent yesterday was able to give Mr..
Witte
Substantial Assurance
that Japan would be willing to accept
such a compromise This is apparent
ly supported by the authoritative Jap
anese statement made to the Associa-
ted Press last night in the reply to
question as to whether Japan had not
decided to make substantial conces-
sions:
SIT all depends upon Russia
It was the presidents message to
Mr.. White which caused the sensation
of the day. Early in the morning had
come the official announcement that
the meeting of the conference which
was to have been held yesterday had
been postponed until to-day at $3.50
O'Clock. The public reason assigned
was that the protocols for submission
at the sitting had not been completed.
But a few hours later the
True Reason Leaked Out.
J. L. McGrew, one of the stenogra-
piers attached to the executive Offices
at Oyster Bay, had arrived with COM
from the president for the
Russian plenipotendaries. Mr.. Witte
and Baron de Rosen quietly slipped
over to the conference building at the
navy yard to receive the message from
Assistant Secretary PIERCE. The most
elaborate precautions had been taken
to insure secrecy, but it leaked out
through a ''tip" from New York which
reached the Associated Press.
From 1920 until ITO Mr.. Witte
and Baron de Rosen remained at the
conference building with Mr.. PIERCE
All those present decline to make any
statements regarding what transpired
at the navy yard, even
Refusing to Admit
that any Importance attached to the
matter.
Mr. McGrew took the 1925 train to
Oyster Bay. He carried dress suit
case which probably contained the re-
ply to the president
The general disposition was to re-
gard yesterdays swift and kaleido-
scopic developments as materially
Frightening the chances Of the success
of the presidents heroic endeavor to
save the peace conference from fail
ure. But it was realized that all, as
before, depended upon the attitude of
Emperor Nicholas and his advisors.