Tokio, 21st August.
Baron Rosen talked with President Roosevelt on Saturday for an hour and three-quarters, and returned Portsmouth on Sunday morning. He was immediately closeted with Mr. de Witte. 7 The " Kokumin's" correspondent Portsmouth, N.H, wires that President Roosevelt's proposition might possibly not carry much weight, but a general survey of the situation shows that the crisis, is gradually melting,.and that peace is not altogether hopeless, 'The foreign correspondent at Portsmouth of the " Osaka Mainichi" says that the President is using his good offices only, and is not' attempting to force the belligerents to make peace,—Our own correspondent.
London vii. Bombay, 21st August:
Baron Rosen conferred for an hour with President Roosevelt. It is known that the President, before inviting' Baron Rosen, secured: the active and cordial support of Great Britain, France, and Germany, and also communicated with the Mikado.
—Reuter.
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