The evening times., 1898-09-27
warm WELCOME TO PARIS
Peace Commissioners Greeted
by Ambassador Porter.
SPAIN'S DELEGATES ARRIVE
senior Montero Rios the Bearer of a
France-Conferences VIII he Held
at the Quay d'Orsay and VIII Be
Secret.

Paris. Sept. 27.-The members of the
United States Commission to negotiate
conditions of peace with the Commission
ers of the Spanish government arrived
in Paris last evening from London. The
Commissioners were met al the Care du
Nord by the United States ambassador
and the entire staff of the embassy. With:
out being denonstratiye, the reception of
the Commissioners was cordial, thorough
ly American in character, and, from the
grouping of the various important per-
sonages on the platform of the railway
station, almost imposing.
The train from Calais, which was sched-
uled TO arrive at o'clock. was twenty
minutes late, and so Gen. Porter and his
staff had 10 walt. Besides Gen. Porter
there were present Mr.. Henry Vignaud
nrst secretary of the embassy; Mr. Ed
gar Scott second secretary; Lieut.. Sims.
naval attach; Lieut. Baker. representing
the commission for the Exposition; Mr.
Edward L. Mclean United States con-
sui general; Col. Blanchard private sec
retary TO Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, and NJ.
Clause, of the Bureau des Affares
Etrangeres, representing the French gov
ernment.
The COMMISSIONER in Paris.
As soon as the train ran into the sta
tion the entire party moved forward, and
the wheels of the railway carriages had
hardly come to a standstill when the
doors flew open and the entire Peace
Commission party alighted as if by some
preconcerted signal.
Here We are in Paris at last" said a
young lady.
he firS. To ba
doris hand was Mrs. w. r. Day. Then
came her husband. Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
followed soon after, and then Senators
Davis, Gray and Frye
We have carriages waiting for you"
said Gen. Porter, and members of the
embassy staff will accompany each one of
the members of the Commission"
This thoughtful attention was evident
ly much appreciated by the visitors. who
We're driven away 10 the hotel in stylish
landaus without any delay.
We had good weather crossing over
the Channel" said one of the party land
at Calais We were well received and cared
for by the United States consul and the
railway officials In fact, there was not
a hitch throughout the entire journey TO
Paris, and we had special carriages
placed al our disposal by the railway
company"
After the Commission had dined at the
Hotel Continental, where they will stay for
the present. they gave strict orders that
no one representing the press should be
received under any circumstances. Judg-
ing from the heaps of luggage in the
courtyard OF the hotel, this was quite to
be expected.
Your correspondent was courteously re-
ceived by Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, who is
looking remarkably well. Mr. Reid OK
planned that under the circumstances no
one -ou expect the Commissioners 10
discuss the points of the forthcoming
meeting. Il will give you, however,"
said he, ''one phrase, which you may re-
peat if you like, since il expresses exact
ly our position.
The old definition of an ambassador,
you know. was that he sent to lie abroad
for the good of his country: well, we
have changed this a little, and at the
present time it is very clearly the duty
of an ambas ssador 10 hold his tongue
abroad for the good of his country.
Il think that is all 1 can say" con-
cluded AIR. Reid, laughing.
An attache of the Commission stated
that the meeting of the Joint Commission
would be held at the Quay d'orsay and
that the deliberations would be kept Sc
cret. 1t was hoped, he said, that the
Commissioners would not be called upon
to emphasize this point, and that their
deliberations would not be a subject for
hasty conjecture on the part of the press
in the absence Of official information.