Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-05

Such exchanges as may be made at
the time will be purely informal. In |
turn, the envoys and other officials of
the special mission will be presented |
to the guests of the president on
board.
At the conclusion of this ceremony
the Russian pIenipotentiaries, Sergius
Witte. president of the committee of
ministers end Baron Rosen, the Rus
sian ambassador to the United States,
accompanied by their suite, will board
the MayflOwer and in the same formal
manner he received and presented to
the president The enVOyS of the two
powers then Will be presented formally
to oneanother when every effort will
be made by the president and Assist
ant Secretary Peirce to render the GER
emOny as natural and easy as possible.
These ceremonies concluded, lunch
con viii be served and in order to
avoid any unusual questions of prece-
dence. the luncheon will be a buffet
collation.. This will avoid the seating
OF the guests at the table with the pres
ident. The party at the luncheon win
number about twenty-five.
Shortly after the luncheon President
Roosevelt will take leave of the ENJOYS
The pennant will be lowered, and an
other salute will be fired as he leaves
the ships side.
From the Mayflower the Japanese
ENJOYS and their suite will be con-
veyed to the dispatch boat Dolphin,
which viii be anchored near by. the
Russian envoys and their suite remain
ing on the MayflOwer. On these ships,
the two sets of ENJOYS will be convey
ed to Portsmouth, \. H. where the
sessions of the peace conference are
to be held. Soon after the departure
of the guests. the Mayflower and Dol
phin will weigh anchor and start on
their journey. conveyed by the cruiser
Galveston.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt to-
day informally entertained Sergius
Witte and Baron Rosen, the Russian
emperOr's plenipOtentiaries. TO the
peace conference The distinguished
visitors arrived in Oyster Bay on the
1890 D. m. Long Island railroad train
from New York. They occupied on
the journey, a special car which had
been attached to the train for their
exclusive use.
The journey to Oyster Bay was be-
gun directly after services in St.
Nicholas cathedral in 97th street, at
tended by the plenipotentiaries Prayers
were offered at the service for the en-
voys personally and for the successful
accomplishment Of their mission of
peace with all honor 10 their emperor
and to Russia. NJ. Witte and Baron
Rosen who had been ccompanied to
the church services by Russian Consul
General Leodgensky and by Vice Con-
sui General Schilling made the trip to
Oyster Bay alone. Near them. how
ever. were two New York Central de-
tectives who had been detailed to af-
ford each personal protection, and a
United States secret service operative,
who had been designated to act as the
personal guard OF NJ. Witte by the
United States government.
A number of residents of Oyster
Bay had assembled at the station to
see the Russian ENJOYS. AS they
aIighted from the train they We're con-
frOnted by a battery of cameras back
ed by d lot of enterprising phOtogra~
piers. Baron Rosen waved them aside
indicating evident dispIeasure. The en-
voys were led by messengers from the
presidents official household, and es-
corted by the officers, were directed to
a carriage which the president had
sent to the station to convey them to
Sycamore Hin.
Neither NJ. Witte nor Baron Rosen
would make any comment upon their
visit They entered the carriage in
waiting and, with Secret Service Oper-
atfve Burns on the front seat. were
driven rapidly to the presidents home
in time for luncheon. President Roose-
welt gave NJ. Witte, who was present
ed to him by Ambassador Rosen, a
most cordial reception, and they chat
ted informally and animatedly before
the luncheon was announced.
Soon after arriving at Sycamore
Hill. Baron Rosen entered to the pres
ident. a vigorous protest against the
actions of some of the photographers
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