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PEACE ENJOYS WILL MEET
Plsnipotentiariss to Be Introduced to Each
Other by the President
CEREMONY TAXES PLACE ON MAYFIowER
Buffet Luncheon VIII BE served, After
which the Delegations VIII
start for Ports
mouth.

morrow. The reception, which will be a
formal greeting to the representatives Of
the foreign powers by President Roosevelt
on behalf Of the United States government
will take place on the cruiser Mayfiower.
the finest vessel of its class in the navy.
1t will take place at 1870 p. m. and will
be attended by a notable demonstration in
honor Of the distinguished guests Of the
country who have been designated by their
emperors as their representatives to the |
Washington peace conference.
The president. State and Navy depart
ments will unite to extend a cordial greet |
ing to the plenipotentiaries and to facili- |
tate in every possible way their mission of |
peace. Every honor due to their rank will /
be paid to the ENJOYS and the cordiality OF |
the greeting by the president on behalf |
of the American people will leave nothing |
to be desired.
The Mayflower arrived here and cast /
anchor in the lower bay early this after
noon. 1t Is in command of Commander |
Cameron MGR. Winslow, the presidents
raval aide, and carries a full complement !
Of go men. Its interior furnishings are
beautiful, and it has been especially fitted
for this occasion.
1t Is expected that the Sylph, the presi
dents naval yacht with Assistant Secre- !
tary OF State Herbert II. d. Peirce. and
some OF the guests invited to the reception
OF the ENJOYS, will arrive tomorrow morn
ing. Secretary Peirce, who, in the absence
of Secretary Root, will represent the De-
partment of State, accompanied by his
guests. will go aboard the Mayfower prob
ably about noon. He will be accompanied
by Rear Admiral Charles d. Sigsbee as a
! representative of the navy, and Major Gen
! eral Frederick d. Grant. commander of
| the Department of the East, as a repre-
! sentative of the army
Leaving New York.
The Russian and Japanese plenpoten-
| tiaries and their suites will leave New
| York tomorrow morning, the Japanese at 8
| o'clock and the Russians at 10 o'clock. The
| departure will be from the foot of East
tTwenty-thlrd street. The ENJOYS and their
suites will make the trip to oyster Bay
| In sister cruisers. the Chattanooga and the
1 Tacoma, the Japanese on the former and
! the Russians on the latter. Thus they will
not meet until they reach here and are
! formally presented to the president of the
| United States. The cruisers are expected
, to arrive in the outer bay that bearing
| the jar anese ENJOYS about II :45 o'clock and
| that bearing the Russian plenipotentiaries
an hour later.
| President Roosevelt will go aboard the
! Mayfiower at l O'Clock. He will he greeted
with a presidential salute Of twenty-o
guns from the Mayfiower as he goes aboard
and his pennant will be broken out at the
| forepeaks. AS soon as his flag is displayed
the japanese plenipotentiaries, Baron Ju-
taro Komura, minister of foreign AFFAIRS,
! and Kogoro Takahira, minister of Japan
| 10 the United States, and their suite will
| proceed to the Mayfower in launches from
their cruiser. As they go over the side a
| ot,,ta oF nj will he fired in
their honor, the crew will dress ship and
they will be received on deck by Com
! mander Winslow and his officers in special
fun dress uniform. They will be escorted
! to the handsome main cabin where AS
sIstant Secretary Peirce will present the
envoys and each member of their suite to
the president. Such exchanges as may be
made at the time will be purely informal.
In turn the ENJOYS and other officials of the
special mission will be presented to the
guests OF the president on board the ship.
At the conclusion OF this ceremony the
Russian plenipotentiaries sergius Witte,
nresident of the committee OF ministers, and
Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador to
the United States, accompanied by their
suite. will board the Mayhower and in the
same formal manner be received and
presented to the president. The ENJOYS OF
the two powers will then be presented
formally to one another, when every effort
will be made by President Roosevelt and
Assistant Secretary Peirce TO render the
ceremony as natural and easy as possible
in order to eliminate any embarrassment.
Lunch on the Mayhower.
These ceremonies concluded a luncheon
, will be served. In order to aviod any un-
usual questions of precedence the luncheon
will be a buffet collation.. Thus will be
/ Mt "a
with the president The party in attendance
at the luncheon will number about twenty
, hve.
Shortly after the luncheon the president
, will take leave Of the envoys and will re-
turn to shore in a launch His pennant will
be lowered and another salute will be fired
as he leaves the ships side.
From the Maynower the Japanese ENJOYS
and their suites will be conveyed to the
dispatch boat Dolphin, which will be
anchored nearby, the Russian ENJOYS and
their suite remaining on the Mayhower
ON these ships the two sets of ENJOYS will
o. be conveyed TO Portsmouth, N. H., where
- the sessions Of the peace conference are
, 10 be held. Soon after the departure Of the
, ! guests the Mayhower and Dolphin will
4 ! weigh anchor and start on their journey
Il | conveyed by the cruiser Galveston.
e Witte at oyster Bay.
y President and Mrs. Roosevelt today infor
4 mally entertained Sergius Witte and Baror
d Rosen, the Russian emperor's plenipoten
n tiaries to the peace conference. The dis
5 tinguished visitors arrived in oyster Bay
y on the 1880 p. m. long Island railroad
d train from New York. They occupied OF
a the tourney a special car, which had beer
attached to the train for their exclusiv,
use.
The journey 10 oyster Bay was begu
directly after services in ST. Nicholas
4 cathedral In Ninety-seventh street. attends
by the plenipotentiaries. Prayers were OF
fered at the service for the ENJOYS person
ally and for the successful Accomplishment
OF their mission OF peace with all honor L
n their emperor and TO Russia.
s. NJ. witte and Baron Rosen, who had beei
le accompanied 20 the church service by Rus
10 sian General Lodygensky and by Vice Con
er sui General schillit made the trip TO Oyste
of Bay alone. Near them. however. were tw
T. New York Central once men. Detective
Downing and Foy. who had been detaile