New-York tribune., 1905-07-23
PEACEFUL PORTSMOUTH,.
Quiet T0zcn Where Enjoys Hill
Meet PLANS for Their Comfort.

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what foundations of liberty the first beams 1i
this republic laid. Portsmouth. y r..
where the negotiations preliminary Io the sign
ing of peace treaty To be conducted is IN,
of the Oldest towns III New England. and It's
shady streets and handsome old houses give IL
4 dignity, feeling Of restfuness md an cyl
dence OF culture peculiarly characteristic OF .H.
earliest American settlements i'll the North. Il
is town of high intellectual ideals. II t-s
streets to be found museums, Libraries AMI
churches unusually large and numerous for ,
place OF such size For example. it has four
times as many books people. Although It's
population is hardly more than ten thousand.
yet il has two libraries with q total of -1,l~.
than forty thousand volumes
Portsmouth was settled in 1873. only --re
years later than Plymouth and thereir~.
more tLan two hundred ana eighty years -.
1t is situated on peninsula which juts out -..,
| the deep. commodious bay at the mouth of 81.
Piscataqua River. The Atlantic ocean is thr.r
miles away. About miles to The southeast
are the well known Isles Of Shoals. cluster ii
| eight barren. rocky islands, rising out Of -re
swelling bosom of the Atlantic. The Iargeet lre
| Appedore which has an area of 400 acres. AMI
! Star. which contains 100 acres There are la~re
hotels the islands. and accordingly the or
voys viii have ample opportunity to keep cool.
for they spend their nights in VII lswept
Eostleries if they do not care to sleep Co. board
the vessels provided for them by the -nited
States government.
/ Portsmouth also contains several bull gs OF
| historic interest. including the old OF
] Governors Wentworth and LangdoD d the
/ Portsmouth AthenRum.
I New-Hampshire's only port has long en- tho
/ site of a United States navy yard. l. in a
new building in this yard that the neg, lations
Will be held. The envoys viii be e. -eciaIly
free from interference here for the yard is on
an island Several of the famous frigates OF
! the United States Navy were built here. and
among them were the Ranger, of which John
Paul Jones was captain. and the Kearsarge.
The Constitution, the threatened destruction Of
which about seventy-fve years ago drew from
I Oliver Wendell Holmes those famous verses,
| "Old Ironsdes" was kept here at one time. The
| Spanish prisoners. including Admiral Cervera.
who were taken at Santiago were kept at Ports
mouth before being returned to Spain
The ENJOYS are Count Sergius Witte and Baron
Roman ROmanovitch Rosen. who represent Rus
sia, and Baron Jutaro Komura and hogoro
Takahira the Japanese penipOtentiaries.
NJ Witte the chief Russian envoy. is the lead
ing liberal statesman OF his country. For the
| last thirteen years he has been one of the strong
| est personalities in the bureaucracy, although
his political fortunes suffered a setback wheS
! he was compelled to resign Minister o.
J Finance, III august 1JOJ he Is ABOUT uitF-StA
| years old and has worked his way up from the
/ position OF an underpad railroad clerk. Prr-on-
ally he is 4 man OF huge stature, biz lin ed.
| muscular and more than six feet tall
| Baron Rosen Is the newly appointed Russian
I Ambassador to the United States. The baron
comes OF Swedish stock, his ancestors hat ing
! followed the banners of Gustavus AdOlphus in
/ the invasion OF Muscovy three hundred years
ago and settled in Lithuania The ROsens have
given Russia many distinguished generals. dip
lonats and writer's The baron himself is
| accomplished scholar. talented musician and
| linguist. c0nversant with half dozen languages.
Baron KOmura is the chief Japanese envoy.
He is the Foreign Minister Of Japan. eIu-
Gated in the United States and formerly was
| Japanese Minister at Washington. On leaving
| the United States Baron Komura went 70 81
Petersburg IS Minister of Japan. As Foreisn
| Minister he had long and delicate negotiations
with Baron Rosen then Russian Minister at
Toxic which eliminated in the great struggle
| which has resulted so dasastrous!y for Russia
| KOgoro Takahira is Japanese Minister TO tfe
| United States He was educated at the Imperial
| College at Toxic After occupying an obscure
position in the Foreign Office for about three
years. he was appointed attaehe of the legation
at Washington in 1873 Later he was advanced
| TO be secretary Of legation. and served some
| months as charge d'affaires. While he was Min
| lister tn ItaIy the Chino-Japanese War broke O1t.
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