Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-25

| dorf-Astoria.
 The first move in this great diplo
 matic game will be the visit of the en voys to President Roosevelt at Oyster
 Bay. No one can tell exactly when thi.
 will occur. Any date announced fol 1 the visit is liable to be changed until
 both Baron Komura and NJ. witte gel on the ground
 | When all is In readiness for the trip
 the Russian peace embassy will be
 escorted aboard a protected cruiser
 and the Japanese embassy will be es
 corted aboard another cruiser, and the two parties will be taken to Oyster I Bay and set ashore at the private
 landing of the president near Sagamore Hill. It is at the presidents house
 that the representatives of the warning 1 powers will first come in contact with one another. The president will in. troduce them, and he will entertain
 them during the day that they are at Oyster Bay.
 When this function is over, the plen- ipotentiaries will be free to proceed
 on their way to Portsmouth, \. H., where their sessions will be held in
 the rooms being fitted up for them in
 the general store building at the navy
 yard. One of the parties will go on the
 yacht Maynower and the other on the dispatch boat Dolphin. They will be escorted by one of the cruisers on
 which they went to Oyster Bay and
 perhaps by both of the cruisers. Quarters have been engaged for the
 two parties at the Hotel Wentworth.
 large summer hotel, about six miles
 from the navy yard. The Russians
 will be located in one wing of the
 hotel. where seven suits of rooms
 have been reserved for them. and the
 Japanese will be In another wing.
 where seven suits have been engaged
 for them also The plenipotentiaries
 will go from the hotel to the na-y
 yard either by water or by automo-
 piles, as they may elect
 Elaborate preparations have been
 made to insure privacy for the peace
 negotiators. When they are holding
 their sessions they will be under the
 guardianship of the United States
 navy, and no civilians will be allowed
 in the navy yard. All the time they are in this country they will be under the protection of this government. They will be the guests of the presi- dent of the United States Most of the expenses of the entertainment will be paid out of the contingent expenses of the state department. and 1t has been estimated that the cost will be at least $50.0oo. An offer has been received from the state of New Hampshire to pay the hotel expenses of the two par ties. and this may be accepted.
 The peace envoys and their suits constitute very distinguished party. They are nearly all men who have played the far eastern game for their respective governments. They are all men who have won distinction in diplo- macy and in the affairs of their re- epecflve governments.
 Take the Russian party. for instance. It is a very imposing array of talent and brain force. The ranking plenl- potentiary is NJ. Sergius witte. who for many years has been one of the most masterful men in the Russian empire By many he is regarded as the fore most statesman in Russia.
 Baron de Rosen was the Russian minister 10 Tokyo at the outbreak of the present war. having been appointed in 1893. It was he who conducted the negotiations between Russia and Japan over the matters in dispute which wvre suddenly cut short by the Japanese at tack on the Russian navy ofY Chemul- DO and Port Arthur. He is therefore an expert on the situation In the far east. and especially on the questions which led 10 the war.
 In NJ. witte's party are several dis law he will have Profess or De Martens. who is one of the great est authorities on the laws of nations in Europe and has frequently figured in international disputes. He is pro lessor of international lav at the Uni versify of St. Petersburg Then there will be NJ siiipof. the director of the treasury department: Major Yermlef. the Russian military sttache al London: M ssmoiioH of the foreign ofsce: NJ Plsncon. vho was formerly Russian charge d'af- faire< at Pekinx snd is very veIl versed in the infricaciee of the far east: M Koro.o~ftz. formerly secretary of ! the Russian legation st Pekine. snd M of the foreign ofsce In ad- dition 10 those vho are coming o1 the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse with l NJ. Write it is expected that N Pokoti- 1 IoS. the Russian nfnisser at Pekine: I Captain Rousetne. who hss been on . 1gty at vlsdfvoetok. and NJ Rou.ov- .ky. the REssisn financial agent at Loniof- viii also t~ added fo the peace 7arty of the car
 The Jspeoese peace party Is 1o; BeSs It Es h>zded hy Baron Iufa-o Kouurs- ~ho ls st the head o< h. yaps1e~e fsr.irn ofce- B.rou No rurs wa. the Japanese oAcisI rho vss ezGed 10 te ions sod deEcste ~ifh Barvn de Rosen ]