Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-03
WHITES MANIFESTO
Russian Peace Envoy Has Ar
 rived at New York.
JAPAN JOUR GALLANT ADVERSARY"
Czar Sent Him. Says Diplomat, Tn Response to Desire Expressed by Roosevelt For m erican Peo.
 pie That War Cease.

| PAe Ahat VI AT Scabcs 1 NEW YORK, Aug 3.--Sergius Witte,
 the Russian peace plenipotentiary. on i his arrival here emphatically denied
 having said that Japan's peace terms ! were intolerable. He also denied posi- ! lively that he had predicted that the l conference would break up In a week. NJ. Witte, who comes to America to ! attend the peace conference with Ja. pans representatives to be held soon
 nt Portsmouth, N. H.. was driven di- | rect from the pier to the Hotel St. Re- 1 gis, where he will remain. with Baron Rosen, his confrere until he starts for l the conference. After he was settled In magnificent suit at the hotel tho
 envoy gave out the following state l ment addressed to the American peo- pie:
 For the friendly greetings of the American newspapers upon my first
 visit to the hospitable shores of the
 United States l offer my heartfelt thanks. This kind attention touches
 me all the more profoundly because
 realize the vastness of the power wielded by the press of the United , States and admire the keen intelli- i gence with which if is uniformly di- rected. l am glad to be able to add
 that I also appreciate the ethical worth
 of the aims for the attainment of
 which that power Is so often and 50
 successfully employed. One of the mo-
 blest of these aims is the establish ment of peace and friendship among
 nations, and it Is to the pralseworthy
 efforts of the people of the United
 States in this direction that my visit to
 the new world is attributable.
 For it is in compliance with the
 American peoples desire for peace. of which President Roosevelt was the au. thorized exponent. that his majesty the czar has empowered me to come hither and ascertain the conditions
 which our gallant adversary deems necessary and adequate as basis for peace negotiations. I need hardly point out that it is my ardent desire that the two chlvalrous foes who first became acquainted on the field of bat 3 tie may have found in each others sterling qualities motives powerful enough to cultivate th3t acquaintance ship until it ripens into lasting friend. ship.
 Meanwhile. however. the terms of- fered must first he ascertained, weiRh- cd and judged admissible by Russia | before she can proceed to formal ne- eotiations
 Tt is in virtue of that sincere desire that his majesty the czar has unheeI- tatingly accepted the cordial invitation of your first citizen and genial leader. and if my mission should prove in all other respects barren and the endeavor to find s common basis for peace ne gotiations should fail for the time be- Ing. that signal proof of friendship given hy his majesty the czar and the Russian nation would still stand ouf es a memorable event. though I trust with far reaching and beneficial result to the two great peoples of the west and the east
 As NIT. Witte does not speak Eng fish he was not pressed for interyiewa but the members Of his party wers each approached for their views about the negotiations. Naturally on a sub ject Of such deliescr they were reti cent. but this much was sscertsined beyond doubt.
 M wItte is empowered. provided basis acceptable to Russia is obtained, 10 sign the treaty of Washington. his powers being equal in every way ts those handed to Baron Kornurs by the Japanese emperor. N. wiffe brings with him instructions prepared by biz emperor which outline the general pol icy which he is to follow.