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ptssllsntPM ENJOYS at Ease,
and Sends Them Hope.
fully 10 Farley.
TOAST 1ollAsTINe PEACE.
onaks 10 The Hope Of Civilized
Mankind isr End Of War.


to DRAIN Ineir Glasses Standing and
in Qtlence IN Response to Sentiments q
AAstty Hsquentiy Expressed In Few
words Introductions Made with
Ameriesa simplicity and Frankness-
japanese and Russiam Frateruize Like
Friends. ana All Praise United States
ana the President for Pertsm euth.
OYSTER BAT. Aug. 5.-President Roose-
volt greeted tho peace ENJOYS Of Russia
and Japan on board the yacht MayHower
here thk afternoon, and bade them god
speed on their mission Of peace.
When the Russians. Mr.. Witte, and
Baron Rosen. and the Japanese.
Baron Komura and Minister Tskahirs,
sailed Tor Portsmouth. N. H., after the con-
olusion Of the simple but effective CORE
monies Of Official presentation to the presi-
dent and to each other, they carried with
them these words Of the President, spoken
a. q toast:
Il drink TO tho welfare and prosperity Of
the sovereigns and the peoples OF the two
great nations whose representatives have
met ono another on this ship.
1T Is my most earnest hope and prayer
in the interest not only Of these two great
Powers. 81: o. al! civilized mankind that
just and lasting peace may speedily be con-
oluded between them
BY the Preddent's suggestion there was
no response! AL bowed and drank In
siisnce. The President stood with his
sysa And on the ENJOYS, and they regarded
him NTH the utmost seriousness and dsf-
ersncs. The ceremony Of to-day WAS for
the purpose Of formally presenting the
Minister Takahira, and tho ENJOYS Of Rus
sia, Sergius Witte and Baron dc Rosen,
to President Roosevelt. and of bringing
about the formal presentation Of the ENJOYS
to each other
The President went back to Sycamore
Hill with satisfaction reflected in his facs
and bearing. and the ENJOYS sailed for
Portsmouth,. The Japanese, on the Dolphin,
led the way, starting at O'Clock, and the
Russians, on the Mayhower, followed them
half an hour later. The cruiser Galveston
went with them as escort.
sTGsBEE IN CIVILIAN DRESS.
When the correspondents boarded the
Aayhower at ii:So in the morning. the decks,
newly holystoned, wers swarming with
3aokies In white, all busy and hustling in
their swirl, silent fashion. Now and then
4 command came from tho ofiicer Of tho deck
or from Lieut.. Phelps, the executive officer.
A launch Of provisions arrived and was
unloadsd. Admiral c. D. Sigsbee, who had
lost his baggage while on route to Oyster
Bay, was promenading In civilian clothes
ON the deck Of the Mayhower, whore he had
spent the night, gaily Haunting his comfort
In the faces Of tho fun uniformed officers
and the frock coated, pespiring correspon-
dents. Later Admiral Sigsbee found a uni
form somewhere and appeared in full dress
ct the ceremony.
Down below In the mess room prepa-
rAtions Of another sort were going on with
the same swiftness and silence. A score
or moro Of Cinnamon In spsokless white
vere setting the great round table. The
ships silvsr service shone brightly. A
whole parterre Of gladiolus seemed to grow
thiokly In the center OF the cloth and har-
monized we'll with the pink shades Of the
silver 'candelabra.
Suddenly all the Cinnamon vanished
and the table WAS set, and above most Of
tho jackiss disappeared and left the May
flower In perfect shipshape.
At II 30 Admiral Coghlan; commandant
Of the Brooklyn navy yard, and Gen. Fred
sriok Dent Grant. In command Of the De-
pArtment OF the Eat. arrived on the New
York harbor supervisors boat and came
aboard the Mayhower in q launch that was
cent for them. They both congratulated
Admiral Sigsbee on his comfortable APP
psasancs and wished they we're dressed
like him.
TIE PRESIDENT ARRIvEs.
sThe president's launch II coming, SIR
reported Executive of,ioer Phelps to Capt.
Winslow Of the Mayhower. The fanfare
Of baigle was heard - the launch shot
swiitly forward, fying the Presidents nag.
and tho sharp orders for manning the
starboard side rang out on deck. Cheers
and handclappins broke out from tho
many craft about the Mayhower. and at
1875 tho President, followed by ". Emlen
Roosevelt and Col. W. g. Bromwell, stepped
aboard. Aftsr acknowledging the naval
salute be shook hands with the officers and
guests while tle band Of the Maynower