Show N NEWS RECEIVED AT A OYSTER BAY President Roosevelt Highly Pleased at t tile Happy Outcome NEVER ABANDONED HOPE L LOVER LL LLOVER OVER TH E ORLD S STER BAY Au Aug his l ii O brar at at Sagamore Hill President Roosevelt shorty shortly before 1 this his t afternoon the announce announcement ment m ent that the Russian ald aid Japanese pl p at Portsmouth had reached r an agreement and would pro proceed ced e at once to conclude the terms OJ OJa of a treaty o of notice The announcement wa was expected to today toay day d ay Time The presIdent p at no time during the he t td pending had aban abandoned d hope hop of a successful tul issue of the he t conference but he had bad realized mOre cearly clearly than any other one man manin mann in I n the world time the enormous which confronted the envoys In their d Task Seemed Hopeless s While he has not for Cor a moment re relaxed axed l his ornet earnest efforts to the conferees c to continue their discussions wih with a vIew to securing a bash basl of agreement he had felt CeU for tor torte hours that the task he had set for In the interest of humanity amid nd civilization was wel well nigh hope hopeless less I es S The he presidents final appeals to St Petersburg and to Toki had been made 10 No had been receIved from f rom the Orient but from Peterhof palace alace p had come In Emperor own o wn words a kopeck of indemnity not a verat ot of Did Not Despair The situation look looked d black Indeed The president however did not de despaIr despair Wih With the final terms of the Japanese government as soon as they should be received from Japans em emperor emperor he had determined to seek seel the aid or of Emperor ot of Germ Germiny ny In support of his proposition that the powers submit theIr points of difference to the ot of an Ii im impartial partial tribunal Arbitration In one form or another had been the pres presIdents presidents solution of the ever since the thc differences seemingly Ir irreconcilable I reconcilable by the envoys had arisen To this Japan had acceded I With the powerful influence of the German emperor at Peterhof enlisted I ii was hoped that the ground of ob objection might be cut from b beneath the feet of Emperor Nicholas ThIs was wan to be President supreme efort effort to insure a just ad and I lasting peace I Welcome News Received i The presidents thought ot of this final appeal was Interrupted b by the tinkle of the ben ot of the telephone on his desk desk lIr Mr Loeb the secretary of the president who was engaged wih with hIm at the moment on the peace Deace ne negotiations answered the cl call What he eagerly InquIred as the them m message sage was given him The mes was He manifested so mu h excitement and incredulity that the president In t is i it I It Is announced by the Associated Press In an bulletin from Portsmouth replied Secretary Loeb that the have agreed on aU all points of difference and wU will proceed at once to negotiate a treaty of peace Had Doubts at First That i is exclaimed the president But as a doubt passed through his minds mind uDo Do you think it Is authentic hI It Is a perfectly statement Mr Loeb responded Good od Good the president de declared dared Time The joyful tidings Son soon spread through the Roosevel Roosevelt The president did not conceal his profound gratification at the successful issue of the peace conference the Initiative of i which had come from him and lila his feeling of at the 1 permeated tle the entre entire f Sag Sagamore I am amore re HUt Hill It I w s 8 joyful family party ar that assembled a few afterward arund te time hospitable board of President Roosevelt S Officially I omia Official co rm ton of tidings reached the president at 22 clock In a cipher dispatch from mouth By authority and at time the re re request quest of Bau I te the chief en enoy Soy oy of Japan the stated The of Japan apan have I withdrawn their claim for tor reimburse ment of oC war warrn and an agree agreement ment has reache reached gS as to time the par pal partition of Uie e Island of Sakhalin Al All Allmain main points have been set ted tied The wi will now proceed with the dIscussion of Press Report Report Eagerly Read Short Shortly ar after r the rec thIs rues mes message sage the ful full Associated Prese report of tIme the conventions at h in incident I to the announcement of the news Including 11 M Wittes statement of oC the adjustment of the dIfficulties by the congress was was r ce at the executive tive offices and carried b by r a special messenger to t President Roosevel Roosevelt at athis athis his home He red read the account wih with deep Interest While tIme the president did not s ek to conceal his profound gratification that I time the conference hiS hs reached an agree asree meat ment lie he sai said he was obliged under the circumstances to refrain from any formal expression regarding the work I until he should have been Informed Culy fully as ae to details I It cn can be stated however that lie feels that the successful Issue ot of the conference Is a great great triumph fot for humanity and Such public expression as he may make regarding the work of the conference wm will bo be announced after he shun shall have bad ad opportunity carefully to consider i it Joy at Oyster Bay Throughout this little bayside village among the friends and neighbors ot of otte te the president his hi Interest st In al all the pro proceedings proceedings at has been keen agreement wont went through the town wih with magical rapidIty Business practically was suspended for Cor a time the people assembled in groups here and there to discuss time the unexpected news I Is h here rp as likely that the frt first important work of the conferees now that a general genera agreement has been reached on the points of dlf difference wi will be te the foring forming of a protocol declaring an armistice and provIding for the re return return turn of prisoners The negotiatIon of a treaty of neace Deace a a subject ot of gae grave concern to both powers and to the civilized world generally wl will be watched with profound interest 4 t tle tho th bors th in inte te the Wahington Wan the pleat Henl or of both Russia n Japan wU will be received by President Roo Roose Roosevelt velt eU either at Sagamore HUI Hi or at the White House At that there ances wi will probably be some notable uter utter utterances Throughout the late afternoon and evening messages of oC congratulation by bythe the score poured in upon tle president president from people both in America and Eur Europe ope The Set great part he ha has played in inthe I the bringing bout about ot of the success ot of the conference and In ting thc I Interest interests of oC civilization Ia 19 reco recognized I throughout Ule world Vor Id as I I indicated n d by the cordiality and wide Vt ranga ue c pv y 1 i ored ered b th a s s 1 None Noile or of thoU messages f S public y |