Show PEACE conference WILL FAIL paris aug 22 A feeling of deep prevails concerning the crisis at portsmouth which officials expect will continue for some days pending the last desperate effort to avert a rupture the view ia official quarter a discouraging turn apparently patently ly as the result ot confidential advises advices through official russian sources the bourse today nt first showed surprising buoyancy russian fours opening at an advance of 25 centimes cen times but later discouraging advises advices from portsmouth for the first time dispelled the optimistic feeling ot the market and caused a general decline shortly before the close russians and other securities curi ties were heavily offered and the closing was weak this was in marked contrast to the steady sentiment of confidence heretofore prevailing financiers continue hopeful that president roosevelt will find a way to prevent a renewal of the war but at the same time they say that a continuance of the war will not seriously affect the market owing to the fact that russia has enough balance in paris from tho last loan to carry on operations for several months nevertheless the uncertainties of the situation havo produced a feeling of nervous apprehension throughout official financial and diplomatic quarters it is officially announced that the special cabinet council to be held thursday will be confined to topics concerning morocco abid the fixing ot tho date of abo reassembling of tho parliament the omission of any reference to the deaca negotiations is ominous of a growing disposition to hold aloof from profitless intervention the prevailing view among officials Is that president roosevelt having initiated the movement should cope with the difficulties without outside interference french journalists at portsmouth continue to quote M watte and other members of tho russian mission as declaring that a rupture Is inevitable dispatches from st petersburg reflect the same sentiment |