The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-24

The entire second floor will be given over to the plenipotentiaries and as much more of the building as needed. Indeed the whole building, which has never been occupied, will be turned over for, their use.
 A marine. guard will be in attend ance throughout the session, and there
 will be telegraph offices near at hand and telephones that the envoys may keep in close. touch with their govern ments and with Oyster Bay.
 Two states will share the honor of
 being connected with the great meet ing, for each day the plenipotentiaries will come from Newcastle, N. H., to Llttery, Me, for their meetings. But the scene of the contact will invariably be on the Maine side of the river. In
 the arrangements at the Wentworth, care has been taken that each mission may have the privilege of absolute seclusion at all times. Although prac- 1 tically identical. in furnishings and
 general desirability, the quarters for the Russian and Japanese envoys are in opposite wings of the hotel. Each suite has it's private dining room and reception rooms and each it's private entrance. Both command excellent views of the ocean, all of the rooms facing on the ocean side, and the
 suites set aside for the chiefs of the two missions open on to wide veran-
 das which will be exclusively for their use. .-
 The envoys will be taken to the navy
 yard, when the weather is fair, in launches to be supplied by the navy.
 Automobiles and carriages will fake them around through Portsmouth. a
 distance of about five miles, when the
 weather is not propitious or when they prefer this trip to the ride by water. It is not expected that the sessions will commence much before two o'clock in the afternoon, if that early,
 as the arrangements provide for noon- l day breakfast for the Russian mission. These details, however, and the num- Der Of sessions each day will of course be left entirely to the plenipotentiaries, the arrangements by the Washington | government being confined entirely to the fitting up of comfortable and suit able quarters and providing adequate protection from intrusion and every possible facility for the personal com fort of the envoys.
 | From an authoritative source it is l learned that both missions expect that
 the question of an armistice will be the ] first subject preached after the confer ence is convened. The Japanese will in-
 sist that this be for a limited period and will, it is believed, suggest that one
 month in their opinion will furnish ade- quate time for the conference to com- plete it's work. The signing of the
 truce will, it is expected, form the first chapter of the negotiations.
 Throughout Portsmouth and the vi- cinity the keenest interest is displayed in the conference and the people are
 taking much pride in the arrangements. The outlook is that the plenipotentia- ries will have far more invitations for excursions and entertainments than 1t will be possible for them to accept. Among the first official entertainments | insident to conference will be the din-
 ner to be given to the plenipotentiaries i by the assistant secretary of state and
 Mrs. Pierce at whose disposal the Niles cottage at Newcastle has been placed | by it's owner for the summer. The cot 1 tage is only a few minutes walk from the Wentworth and is admirably adapt ed for entertaining. It is probable that
 the governor of New Hampshire will be
 the host at luncheon for the two mis-
 sions soon after their arrival
 l Other official functions in their honor
 will occur at the navy yard with Ad-
 miral Mead as host and on board the ! May1ower and Dolphin, which it is ex- pected will remain in this vicinity
 throughout the conference for the use
 of the envoys.