Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-04
WITTE TO OYSTER BAY
President will Entertain Russian Envoy at
Luncheon Today,
RECEPTION WILL Be INFORMAL
Arrangements Made for Presentation
of All ENJOYS to the Presi-
dent Saturday at
Noon.

OYSTER BAY, L. l., Aug. S.-President
| Roosevelt will receive informally tomorrow
! sergius White, the principal envoy Of the
| emperor Of Russia to the Washington peace
! conference. Baron Rosen, the Russian am
| bassadur and associate envoy, will accom-
| pany NJ. Wtte to oyster Bay. They will
| be guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
at luncheon. 1t is not expected any other
visitors will be received by the president
| during the day.
President Roosevelt received several nota-
BILE men at Sycamore Hill today, among
! them being Sir Mortimer Durand, the Brit
ish minister to Venezuela. Ambassador
| Durand made this engagement with the
president to discuss with him a question
pending between the United States and
| Great Britain.
| Sir Mortimer, at the conclusion of his In
terview with the president, said that being
| in New York from Lenox to meet his son
! who is TO arrive from England next Satur-
} day, he embraced the opportunity to see
! the president about some pending matters
| of not very great importance, but which
had to be looked after
! Il wish you would make 1t clear" he
said, that 1 did not come here to partici-
pate in the peace negotiations That is no
! affair of mine. There really was no news
| in the matters the president and 1 dis
| cussed."
Ambassador Durand returned to New
York on the 4:2O p. m. Long Island rail-
road train.
Accompanied by Minister Russell, Judge
Calhoun called to consider his mission to
Venezuela, which is, in brief, to inquire
into the relation between the government
at Venezuela and European governments
with a view to ascertaining whether they
are in any way prejudiclal to the interest
| of the United States. He also will make
an investigation of the asphalt contro-
versy.
Neither Judge Calhoun nor Minister Rus
sell at the conclusion Of their visit, cared
to discuss the object of their mission to
the president.
Reception for All Peace ENJOYS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Acting for the
president Third Assistant Secretary Pelrce
today communicated to Baron Rosen, the
Russian ambassador, and Mr. Takahira,
the Japanese minister the official program
for the formal presentation to the presi-
dent of the Russian and japanese plenipo-
tentiaries to the Washington conference
This program has for weeks been sub
ject of much study on the part Of the pres
ident and Mr.. Peirce.
Peirce will accompany Baron Komura and
Mr.. Takahira and their suite to the pier
of the New York Yacht club, at East TWEEN.
ty-Third street, at o'clock Saturday morn.
ing where the delegation will board the
, protected cruiser Tacoma, Commander
Reginald F. Nicholson commanding, anC
the vessel will start for Oyster Bay.
Half an bour later Mr.. Peirce will per
! form a similar ceremony for Mr.. White anC
Baron Rosen, the Russian plenipotentiarie'
and their suite, will go aboard the protected
cruiser Chattanooga, Commander Alexan
J der Sharp commanding.
Mr.. Peirce will then board the converted
yacht Sylph which, steaming rapidly ahead
: will take position at the front OF the col
I umn.
Arriving at Oyster Bay about noon, the
! peace squadron" will anchor, its arriva
being loudly heralded by the firing OF ar
= ambassadors salute of nineteen guns.
The Japanese plenipotentiaries will come
on board the Mayfower from the Tacoma
e and be presented by Assistant Secretary
g Peirce.
Half an hour later the Russian ENJOYS
e will come aboard and be presented. Imme
diately the president will formally present
the Russian and japanese plenipotentiarte'
= to each other.
y Luncheon on the MayhOwer.
d A buffet luncheon in the cabin of thu
: Mayhower will follow. At its conclusion
v the Japanese mission will take leave o.
the president and board the Dolphin. Mr.
Peirce will go aboard the cruiser Galveston
i and the president will then take leave o
!. the Russian mission and go ashore, agaiI
e receiving a salute OF twenty-one guns.
I Under convoy of the cruiser Galveston
4 Commander Cutler commanding, with Mr.
s Peirce aboard the Russians on the May
3 flower and the japanese on the Dolphin
= will sail for Portsmouth. The squadron will
5 steam slowly, so as not to arrive Their
n, before 10 o'clock Monday morning
: DESTROYS of being strictly neutral in al
a the arrangements for the presentation, /
i was decided at the outset by the Washing
ton government that the president woul'
h recognize no precedence based on successes
a In the present war Because Baron Komur;
n was presented at Sycamore Hill almost
4 week before M witte arrived In thi
10 country II was decided that for this rea
Q son Baron Komura must take precedence
q over NJ Witte. This, however. will be rec
9 ognized only in the half hours difference
g In the time OF the presentation Of the tw
a missions.
n WItte Has an Active Day.
"a Mr.. White had an active day To-Day. II
n has already seen more of New York thaI
;, most visitors see In week. Accompanie
q by Mr. Will1enlne, Russia's financial agen
/. at washington, Mr.. Witte left his hote
n at o'clock in an automobile on rid
- through Central park. Then he visite
> Grants tomb and the Stock exchange
J. From there he went to the top of one o
"a the towering downtown buildings to get
:, birdseye view of the city. This quite en-
le chanted him.
IS Mr.. Witte then went into the subway an
n took an express train uptown. Back dow
ID into Houston street he went In the auto
ID mobile, through the Chinese, Jewish Rus
~ sian and Italian quarters
A. II was about / o'clock when Mr.. White an
e Mr.. wlkenline went TO an uptown cafe 70
n luncheon.
er Russian Press on Pence.
IA ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. S.-6:45 p. m
The press generally continues 10 avoi
trenching OF che ground to be covered
the peace negotiations, though the svie
of which neither hopes nor wishes for peac'
d, predicts that the pourparlers will resu
ID in nothing but empty and idle talk.
a The Moscow Gazette, an apostle OF ur
Id compromising reaction. declares that th
IN dispatch OF NJ. Witte TO the United State
OF is a disgrace and holds that the only COZ