Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-04
PROGRAM FOR
ENJOYS READY
PIERCE MASTER
OF CEREMONIES
OYSTER BAY THE RENDEZVOUS
President VIII Formally Present the
Plenlpotentlsries to Each Other,
Preserving Throughout the
strletest Neutralltles
OYSTER BAY THE RENDEZVOUS
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.--Acting for the
president, Third Assistant Secretary Of
State Pelrce today communicated to
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador,
and Mr.. Takahlra, the Japanese minis
ter, the official program for the formal
presentation to the president of the
Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries
to the Washington conference. This
program has for weeks been a subject
of much study on the part of the pres
ident and Mr.. Peirce. AS the presi-
dents representative Mr.. Peirce will
accompany Baron Komura and Mr..
Takahira and their suite to the pier
of the New York Yacht club at East
Twenty-third street at o'clock Sun
day morning There the delegation Will
board the protected cruiser Tacoma,
commanding, and the vessel will i'm
mediately start for Oyster Bay.
Half an hour later Mr.. Peirce will
perform a similar ceremony for M.
plenipotentiaries and their suite, who
will go aboard the protected cruiser
Chattanooga, Commander R. F. Nichol-
son commanding.
Mr.. Peirce will board the converted
yacht Sylph, which, steaming rapidly
ahead, will take position at the front
of the column. Arriving at oyster Bay
about noon, the peace squadron" will
anchor, its arrival being loudly her
aided by the firing of an ambassadorial
salute of nineteen guns.
The japanese plenipotentiaries will
come on board the Mayfiower and be
presented by Assistant Secretary
Peirce. Half an hour later the Russian
ENJOYS will come aboard and be pre-
sented. Immediately the president will
formally present the Russian and Jap
anese plenipotentiaries to each other.
A buffet luncheon in the cabin Of the
Mayfower will follow. At it's conclu-
sion the Japanese mission will take
leave of the president and board the
Dolphin. Mr.. Peirce will go aboard the
cruiser Galveston and the president
will then take leave Of the Russian
mission and go ashore, again receiving
salute of twenty-one guns.
Steam Slowly to Portsmouth
Under convoy of the cruiser Calves
ton, Commander Cutler commanding,
with Mr.. Peirce aboard, the Russians
on the Mayfower and the Japanese on
the Dolphin will sail for Portsmouth.
The squadron will steam slowly, so as
not to arrive there before 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
DESTROYS of being strictly neutral in
all the arrangements for the presenta-
tion, it was decided at the outset by the
Washington government that the prcsi-
dent would recognize no precedence
based on successes in the present war.
Because Baron Komura was presented
at Sycamore Hill almost week before
Mr.. Witte arrived in this country, Ii
was decided that for this reason Baron
K Komura must take precedence ovel
M. Witte. This, however, will be rec
ognized only in the half hours differ
ence in the time of the presentation of
the two missions.
NJ. Witte spent several hours today
sightseeing from an automobile about
New York His trip included both the
Riverside Drive on the West Side and
districts of the lower East Side, where
many of his countrymen live. The
stock exchange was visited by the Rus
sian plenipotentiary, who, unrecog-
nized by the members on the floor,
viewed the proceedings from the visi-
tors gallery.
The Times tomorrow will say: When
the Russian and Japanese envoys be-
gin their conference at Portsmouth next
week on day yet to be fixed the first
action of M. Witte, after the prelimin-
aries are over, will be to ask for an
outline of the Japanese terms as a
basis Of discussion. Upon the reply to
this request will depend the contin-
uance of the negotiations.
This is the explanation Of the appar-
emily radical utterances of the Russian
peace commissioner since his appoint
ment, and it is also the explanation of
his Reputation of the way in which
these utterances have been interpreted
and extended.