The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-15
JEWS VISIT THE PRESIDENT.
REVISED KISHINEFF PETITION
PRESENTED TO HIM.
The Conference is Highly satisfactory
to Both President and His visitors
The Latter Are We'll Pleased with
tho Proposed Plan or Procedure.

OYSTER BAY, l.. l., July 14.-An important
step was taken to-day in the matter Of the
Jewish petition which this country purposes
TO send to Russia when Oscar s. Stratus and
Leo N. Levi OF New York and Simon Wolf
Of Washington. representing the societies
interested In the petition, had a conference
with President Roosevelt at Sycamore
Hill. The conference, 1t has been learned
on the best authority, was entirely salts
factory to the President, and the Jewish
representatives, according TO the same
high authority, were highly delighted with
the course Of procedure which the Ad-
ministration has decided to take in the
matter.
Just what that course is has not been
made known yet ard will not BE- made known
until the petition is in the haI.ds OF the
Government ard everything else Is in readi-
ness for the action to be taken,
Although there has been no announce
ment Of any change in the determination
of the Administration to forward the petit
ton to st. Petersburg il IL hinttd here that
there has been some alteration IN the plans
Of proc, dure which the Administration ma
marked out at first. No information about
the suppcs. d change in the plans Will be
given out h,rc at pr, sent, -,
II ia understood that statement VIII
be issued by the State Department as soon
as it is deemed practicable. disclosing the
steps which have been and VIII be taken
by this Government in the matter. puI
there are said to be good reasons now why
the plan should not be made public.
The petition in a modified form was
nresented to the President by the repre-
sentatives to-day. but signatures are being
taken vet and the document IN It's maj
form will not be turned 0verto TINS Govern
ment for several days. The President had
a modified form of the pe'l ION IN ms pos
session several weeks ago, but he referred
il TO the representatives OF the Jewish So
cieties TO he changed in several respects.
The one which he got to-day was the
revised petition. II was said TO he entirely
satisfactory. There is, IL is understood,
more Gentle names on the petition at
present than Jews" The societies repre-
apentatives left here on the o'clock train
They refused To discuss the results Of
the conference, but MIR, Levi, the chair
man of the committee. said
ave are well satisfied with the course
adopted by the Government. ! cannot tell
what that course is The petition will be-
in the possession of the President VIII Inn
ten DAYS. II will be signed by one hundred
men whose names are more prominently
associated with their citizenship a. Ameri-
cans than as Jews. We are doing every
thing in our power TO hasten matters. The
President was most considerate and We feel
that he also is d ing everything possible,
Mr.. Levi said also that the executive
committee had received official confirma-
ton of he report that the Russian Govern
ment was Furnishing severe y many Of those
who were responsible for the massacre,
Other visitors at Sycamore to-day were
DIR, Albert Shaw. editor of the Review Of