The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-10
.OUR WASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES
LATE NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR
NATIONS CAPITOL
PEACE ENJOYS ASSEMBLE
Japanese and Russian Plenipotentia-
ries Meet for First Time on Presi-
dents Yacht. Expense Of Fever
Fight.

Sla VINO nave come TO thfS country 10
enter into conferences looking 10 the
negotiations of treaty of peace were
formally introduced to each other by
President Roosevelt en- board the
Mayfower at Oyster Bay. When both
peace commissioners had been receiv-
ed and formally presented to each
other they were entertained at lun-
cheon on the MayAower. At luncheon
the president proposed the following
toast:
"Gensdemen, I propose toast TO
which there will be answer and to
which / ask you in silence standing:
81 drink to the welfare and pros
perity of the sovereigns and peoples
of the two great nations whose repre-
sentatives have met one another on
this ship. 1t is my most earnest hope
and prayer in the interest Of not only
these two great powers, but Of all
mankind, that a Just and lasting peace
may speedily be concluded between
them"
In anticipation of the arrival Of the
peace ENJOYS. Oyster Bay assumed
an activity that has not been apparent
since the naval review off this harbor
two years ago.
The harbor was filed, and on the
shore every available point Of vantage
was occupied. At noon the president
arrived at thepier, where hehad driven
from Sycamore Hill. He was met at
the pier by Rear Admiral Coghlan
and Commander Winslow, Of the
yacht Mayfower. The trip from the
pier 10 the Mayfower was made
through hundreds Of pleasure craft,
from which cheers rolled forth as the
launch passed, the president doffing
his hat as he stood in the launch.
Passing the Dolphin, the crew dressed
ship, the bugle sounded salute and
then the Mayfower was reached.
From stem to stern the sailors had
dressed ship, and as the president
went over the side the president s flag
was broken out at the main trucks and
national salute was fired.
It was just few minutes before
this that the warship, with the Jap
anese peace commission aboard, ar
rived and anchored astern Of the May
flower. She too, took up the firing Of
the national salute as the bugles ana
drums on the Mayfower sounded and
the band played the Star Spangled
Banner.
After the president had been greet
ed by the officers and guests aboard
the Mayfower, preparations were
made by the japanese commission to
go aboard. Soon afterward the Jap
anese party embarked in launches and
proceeded to the Mayfower A salute
OF 19 guns was fired in honor of the
japanese. AS the ENJOYS boarded the
Mayhower they were greeted by Com
mander Winslow and were escorted 20
the wardroom Of the Mayfower, where
hey were presented to the president.
In the meantime the warship bearing
the Russian plenipotentiaries had ar
rived and dropped anchor in the har-
Dor.
Authentic information has come to
che administration that WI Ting
Fang, the former Chinese minister to
this country, has been put in sole
charge OF the negotiations looking to
the renewal Of the exclusion treaty
between this country and China. His
authority is reported to be direct from
the throne, and in the treaty negotia-
tions he is for the time being the SUI
perlor Of Sir Chentung Liang Cneng,
the present Chinese minister. It had
been previously intimated in dispatch
es from the East that WI Ting Fang
was behind the present boycotting a
commercial discord that would re-
dound to the benefit of China when
new treaty was signed. His ruse, if
such it be, is apparently in fair way
Of success.
Attorney General Moody telegraph
ed the United States district attor-
neys at Madison, Wis, Milwaukee,
Wis, st. Paul, Mimi, Fargo, N. D.,
Helena, Mont, Boise, Ida, Spokane
and Seattle, Wash, and Portland, Ore.
to investigate the facts as to Interrupt
tion of the telegraph service on the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
in view of the government 8 duty, to
keep unobstructed the avenues Of in
terstate commerce.
A hitch has occurred in the plans OF
the Isthmian Canal Commission to
employ 5000 foreign laborers on the
canal, and it is said that there is q
possibility that the plan would be Civ
en- up. Members Of the commission
refused to explain the trouble. The
commission some time apo decided RI