Show WHAT MR ROOSEVELT DID the precise part which president roosevelt took in bringing the peace negotiations to a successful conclusion remains in some doubt for the present but there seems no doubt that the task which he undertook was discharged with tact and good will says the denver news As host of the representatives of the contending powers the united states acting through its president could lean to the side of either of them only by gross breach of the amenities nor could it broach any proposition of its own with a view to assisting in obtaining an agreement we may assume therefore that whatever mediation the president undertook was by the wish of both of tanu anere were certain propositions which neither of them wished to make to the other but which both veip willing to consider if brought to their consideration by a third party acang in understanding with both of them the president was reported to have suggested that russia purchase tb northern half of the island of sak 1 n or a sum equal to the amount or 0 lly demanded by japan as in anly for the reason suggested above the impropriety of makin gany not previously agreed to by bobb parties we must believe that he dd not make such a proposition un convinced to the contrary we shall prefer to think that mr roosevelt did not commit a breach of the courtesy due bv this nation in equal measure to both its guests |