The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-05
Camera MEN ANNOYED
THE RUSSIAN ENJOYS
CONFRONTED By 4 BATTERY ON
LEAVING TRAIN At 0YS-
TER BAT.

Baron Rosen Waves Them Aside With
Evident DispIeasure-COmplain to
the President Who Ordered Secret
Service Men to Try and Avert the An-
nOyance on the Return of the PIeni-
pOtentiaries - Succeed in Avoiding
J0stIing-M. Witte ConceIves the
Highest Opinion of MIR. Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 4.-President and
Mrs. Roosevelt to-day informally enter
tanned Sergius Witte and Baron Rosen,
the Russian emperor's plenipotentiaries
to the peace conference. The distin-
guished visitors arrived in Oyster Bay
on the 1920 p. m. Long Island railroad
train from New York. They went di-
rectly to the East Thirty-fourth street
from st. Nicholas Cathedral, where
they attended a special service. Pray
ers We're offered at the service for the
ENJOYS personally, and for the sue
cessful accomplishment of their mission
of peace with all honor to their EN-
peror and Russia.
NJ. Witte and Baron Rosen, who had
been accompanied to the church service
by Russian Consul General Lodygensky
and by Vice Consul General Schilling,
made the trip to Oyster Bay accompa-
MED only by two railroad detectives
and a secret service man.
Many residents of Oyster Bay assem-
bled at the station to see the Russian
ENJOYS. AS they alighted from the
train, they were confronted by bat
terry of cameras. Baron Rosen waved
them aside, indicating evident displeas.
ure, The ENJOYS were met by messen-
gers from the president and directed to
a carriage which President Roosevelt
had sent to the station to convey them
to Sycamore Hill.
Neither NJ. Witte nor Baron Rosen
would make any comment on their vis-
it. They were driven rapidly to the
presidents home in time for luncheon.
President Roosevelt gave NJ. Witte, who
was presented to him by ambassador
Rosen, most cordial greeting, and
they chatted informally before the lun-
cheon was announced. ..-.
Soon after arriving at Sagamore Hill,
Baron Rosen entered to the president a
vigorous protest against the actions of
some of the photographers at the rail-
road station. He did not conceal his
annoyance at their efforts to obtain
pictures. The president called two Sc
cret service officers ana gave directions
that the annoyance his guests had been
subjected to on their arrival should be
averted, if possible, when they return
to New York. While some pictures
were taken at the station on their re-
turn the ENJOYS were subjected to no
jostling or inconvenience. 1t was the
desire of NJ. Witte to pay his respects
to President Roosevelt before the form
al reception of the ENJOYS tomorrow.
That his visit was of some significance
is, perhaps, beyond doubt, but positive
assurance is given that it did not diff.
fer materially from that of Baron Ko-
mura last week. The subject of the
pending peace negotiations was dis
cussed generally, but beyond that no
statement concerning the conference
was made. Neither the president nor
NJ. Witte cared to make any announce
ment about it for publication
NJ. Witte and Baron Rosen left on
the APO p. m. train for New York, oc-
cupying their special car alone as on
the journey to oyster Bay.