The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
MARKED sY SIMPLICITY AND
FRANKNEsS CHARACTERISTIC
OF NATION.
PROPOSES A NOTABLE TOAST
PRESIDENT EARNESTLY PRAYS
FOR JUST AND LASTING
PEACE.

Oyster Bay, Aug. s. History wal
made Saturday in Oyster Bay. Rus
slams and Japanese clasped hands and
greeted one another with an outward
evidence of cordially, and for the
first time since nations began to have
relations one with another, an execu'
tive of a great power received the en-
vOys of two b%elligerent countries on a
mission of peace.
President Roosevelt, on behalf OF
the United States and Its people, ex.
tended formal greetings to the repre-
s~entatives of Russia and japan, intro.
duced the plenipotentiaries to one an
other and entertained them at an elab.
crate luncheon, at which Russians
and Japanese fraterniZed with one
another as comrades rather than as
enemies.
Toast to Peace.
During the luncheon President
Roosevelt proposed a notable toast, in
which he expressed the earnest hope
and prayer, in the interest not only OF
these two great powers, but OF all civ
ilized mankind, that a just and lasting
peace may be speedily concluded be-
tween them" .
The occasion was impressive. 1t
was attended not by pomp and cere-
mony, but by a simplicity and frank
ness characteristic of the president
and the people of America.
Due honor was paid to the dis
tinguished guests of the president and
the country, and they were received
with all the dignity to which their ex-
allied rank entitled them.
After the ceremonies the Japanese
on the Dolphin, and the Russians on
the Mayfower, left for Portsmouth,
N. H.
Witte Leaves Mayfiower
Newport, R. l., Aug. s.. The con-
verified yacht Mayfower, with Mr..
White and Baron Rosen on boa"i. IT.
rived here late yesterday afternoon
and arrangements were made for Mr..
Witte to continue to Portsmouth, N.
H.. by train. The MayfOwer was ex-
pected hGre about IL a. IN. yesterday.
but was delayed by thick weather.
The dispatch boat Dolphin, which is
conveying the Japanese representa-
tives to Portsmouth, did not come into
the harbor, but anchored off Brenton's
Reef lightship. The commanders Of
both vessels expected to the
trip to Portsmouth last night.
Portsmouth Is Ready.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 8.-After
a day of activity in the navy yard, the
finishing touches in preparation for
the peace conference were made late
yesterday afternoon and everything is
now in readiness both on the inside
and the outside of the large new naval
stores building where the plenipOten-
tiaries are to be received Tuesday, and
where they are to hold their daily ses-
sions thereafter. The second floor of
the building is to be occupied by the
peace missions.
Every available Don in the hotel
where the missions are to be quar-
tered has been taken. The city Is
filled with a small army of newspaper
correspondents, representing, in addi-
ton to the press associations and the
great dailies of the United States,
journals in Europe and Japan.
Program Is Changed.
Newport, r. l., Aug. 8.-Instead of
arriving at Portsmouth on Monday,
the vessels placed at the disposal of
the Russian and japanese peace dele
cations will probably not reach that
city before Tuesday morning. The
ships arrived off Newport late yester-
day afternoon,d and the converte
yacht Mayiower, with Mr.. Witte and
Baron Rosen, came into port. After
a stay of nearly FIVE hours Mr.. Witte
left for Boston on a special train at
10 p. m. Baron Rosen returned to the
M~ayfower.