Show ROOSEVELT THE manthe boston herald Is somewhat concerned over the question who inaugurated augu rated ahe peace conference be russia and japan it has been said ahe negotiations were started by me czar through emperor william the basis of the boston curiosity Is found in the fact that a berlin correspondent spon dent ot a new york newspaper deported congressman mcnary as saying that emperor william told congressman bartholdt that ho had been asked by the czar to request president roosevelt to take the lead in oringen orin gln about a peace conference that Is alaj to this the butle intermountain inter mountain makes fitting comment by saying herc Is not the slightest suggestion in that long distance roundabout round about route ol 01 information that tho emperor had made any such request to the president or any other intimation thai the german ruler was continuing the part of a minor character in a hypocritical performance when he sent ions to president roosevelt or that having done so he would have shown the political sagacity of a ward politician by bragging of the diplomatic exploitation to a congressman from missouri received and entertained for a moment with other americans by the kaiser as a courtesy to americas diplomatic representative in berlin there Is nothing to disprove the feori 0 f a rumor cultivated by the paper excepting the official communications and incidents preliminary to the peace conference and the belief ot the civilized world that president roosevelt inaugurated the work without the prompting or aid of anybody in any other country this belief Is somewhat strongly confirmed by the fact that hypocrisy and intrigue are no faults of the roosevelt character whatever other it may carry the ways of diplomacy are devious and they frequently are moro devious in dodging results than in accomplishing them there is abundant reason for tho suspicion ahat the german emperor has nothing to show his people as a consequence of the war or tha pence beyond the glory to the man who Is found holding the sack it Is easily conceivable that he will hesitate to discourage a diversion which might minimize the advantages of the american situation as related to tho peace proceedings and it is quite possible that a democratic editor with 1908 in mind might dream dreams but war between the united states and japan will not be one of the results |