The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-08
WHITES DAY OF SIGHTSEEING.
Tours BOSTON AND PAYS a VISIT
TO HARVARD.
Takes Night Train for the Scene OF the
Peace Observation-Disclosures Making
Sc Statement That Russia Must Prepare
to COntinue War visits Baroness ROscn

| Takes Nlsnt IRAN TOR the Scene Oi tH'
Peace Conference Denies Making
| .s Statement That Russia Must Prepare
| to COntinue War visits Baroness ROscr
Boston, Mass. Aug. This has been q
day Of pleasure for Sergins Witte, the Rus
sian peace envoy. While his suite and the
japanese peace commission we're pokine
their way around Cape Cod IN two Gov
eminent vessels, he and Gregory Wiin'
ken, financial agent of the Russian
Embassy, were leisurely looking about
Boston and Cambridge in Zig auto
mobile. Late this afternoon Mr.. Witte
went to Magnolia, called at the Russian
Embassy and paid his respects to Baroness
Rosen, wife Of the Russian Ambassador
Tonight Mr.. witte and his party started
for Portsmouth. n. H., on the 9:45 train
over the Boston and Maine Railroad.
One Of the first things Mr. Witte did this
morning was to authorize DR.. L. j. Dillon
of the London Telegraph to announce to the
reporters that he had not said that there
was no chance Of peace between Russia
and Japan as the result of the approaching
conference.
1T was published last Friday said
DR.. Dillon, that Mr.. Witte had made this
statement to a st. Petersburg correspond
ent: Gable your paper that Russia must
be prepared to continue the war
This statement" continued DR.. Dillon,
Il understand was published all over the
country and was cabled across the water
Now / want to deny that statement. The
only ST. Petersburg correspondent to
whom Mr.. Witte has spoken at all happens
to be myself. He made no such state
ment to me. and am the only st. Peters
burg correspondent who is travelling with
Mr.. Witte, and l have sent out no such
statement. 1t is false.
The presence of Mr., Witte was made
known by the morning newspapers and
attracted a considerable crowd around
the Hotel Tourane entrance as early as
o O'Clock. This crowd constantly grew
until by the time an automobile touring
car drew up at the fremont street door,
ready to take the envoy on his run about
town, there must have been 500 persons, all
jostling to be near when he should come
forth.
He was an hour behind the appointed
time in getting started, but at 1o40 O'Clock
he came out of the hotel clad in loose
fitting sack suit of light gray with broad.
soft brimmed straw hat, and carrying a
substantial walking stick. With him came
MIR. Wilinken, and the two stepped inn
mediately into the big car and started
Off through the business district. No
Secret Service man and no special guide
went with them. They were personally
conducted by their chauffeur, Frank Gately.
And the chauffeur Was equal 10 the &C.
casion. He drove them through the
shopping and wholesale districts, rast
the Custom House and Chamber of Com
mercc to State street and then rast the
Old State House. within view of the court
houses and other historical places. Next,
the party saw the State House, ana ethen
went through Beacon street and Common
wealth avenue over the Harvard Bridge to
Cambridge. - -.
There the chauffeur was in doubt as to
the location of President Eiot's house, but
on being informed by newspaper man
he drove into Quincy street. Even then
he made the mistake of driving up to Prof
Palmer's door first. When eventually he
drew up at President, Eliot's front steps
it was only to find the house closed.
This was where a college guide would
have saved the Ambassador slight en-
barrassment. But all the while President
Eliot's private secretary, jerome d. Greene,
was waiting at University Hall in response
to previous arrangement. When the auto
proceeded thither, Mr. Greene promptly
greeted the Ambassador and welcomed
him and his secretary to the faculty room,
where they spent some time in conversation
and in looking at the pictures.
From this point Mr.. Greene went with the
Ambassador on tour of the college grounds.
They went first to the law school, where the
party aiighted aud went through the various
lecture rooms. Mr.. Greene found that the
Ambassador could speak little, ..En glish.
SO the conversation had to be carried en in
French -,',. = .
Leaving the hail. they went acros to
the gymnasium building, where DR. .Sirgent's
summer school gyinndsts were engaged
in their morning exercises, and after wander
ing about the lawn ana listening to explana-
tons about the other buildings in sight,
the visitors took the automobile again
for the big museum on Oxford street,
where they alighted and viewed the collec-
ton of glass flowers an d other notable
exhibits.
The cares of State with which Mr.. Witte
is now encumt cred did not prevent him
from enjoying his automobile ride to and
al out the university. The trip was restful
and pleasant to him, after his travel and
official duties Of the last few days; and it
came as an agreeable vacation before his
important work at Portsmouth. AS he
listened to Secretary Greene's explanations
and stroled through the college building,
he expressed himself as pleased with all
he raw and deeply impressed with the
size and importance of the university and
its work. He was interested in the fact
that the facilities offered by the institution
do not lie idle during the summer, Lut are
used by the great school of teachers and
others, part of whom he saw in the gym
n ssium classes. The preliminary hasty
tour Of loston f. business district also inter-
ested him greatly.
Leaving the museum shortly after noon,
I he party drove past Memorial Hall, the
Museum, the Architectural Luild-
ings, and Their structures of interest, and
drew up at the Colonial Club on Quincy
street at al out half past H. Here the
visitors were received by the cluL presi-
dent; George H. Cox and were entertained |