Show ROOSEVELT undismayed continues his efforts to secure peace agreement oyster bay aug 22 though president roosevelt has not relaxed in the least his efforts to bring the russian and japanese envoys into agreement a distinct lull in the negotiations was noticeable here today no visitors on business connected with the peace proceedings were expected I 1 assistant secretary of state pearce at portsmouth Is keeping the president advised of the developments in the situation there but the precise na ture of the information he transmits is not disclosed so long as the conference remains in session the president will hold himself in readiness to assist the envoys in any proper way to reach a successful conclusion of their mission he Is very much in earnest in the efforts he Is making now to clear the way to an agreement and it Is believed his strong feeling in the matter has impressed itself upon the minds of his conferees that the presidents earnestness took a practical turn in his conferences with ambassador de rosen and baron kaneko is beyond question but there are reasons for the belief that the full purport of his proposals has not yet appeared it is felt here that as an immediate break in the conference seems to have been averted there is yet hope of a success lH issue of the conference |