The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Historic Meeting on MayfoHsT
is Made Pleasant BY Pres
ideni's Tact and Courtesy
ENJOYS SOON LEAVE FOR
PORTSMOUTH ON VESSELS
Baron Rosen and Baron komura Chat
Over Their Dishes as Though
They Had Been Life
long Friends


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Impressive In Its Simplicity.
The occasion was impressive. 1t was
attended not by pornp and ceremony but
by simplicity and franlxness charac-
teristic of the President and the people
of America. Due honor was paid the
Snests and their countries. The day was
deaf
,s
one OF the most peau,i1ui Vesseis Ok
the United states navy, on which the
formal reception of the Russian and Jap
anase nlenfnotentiaries toole ,lace hing
.
a',e''Vl - ~ - o''.el
BAY from Long islaha Sounu. quarter
| OF a mile away was the dispatch boat
| Dolphin the favorite cruising vessel Of
| several Presidente of Tho Jrritad statea
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| 'S" a' ~ "" sooiu 'ne eiu'se'
1aiVes.on was anehored IN Waiung 10
convoy the vessels bearing the envoys
to the seat of the Washington peace
conference At portsmoutb N IT
Mi f,a,, n n 60. .....s .
= i"i'' eoi'''''''iooi "a
the partiheht Oh the east ana Hear
Admiral j. b. Coghlan, commandant of
the Brooklyn navy yard respectively the
| representa- tives of the army aud NAVY or
the arh,tra.ia 4 ,., a., -
- "'n' aDo'io INC WAY
Ho"ei a. u .'V d. H.
fresident Roosevelt was expected to
board the Mayfower at | o'clock but
this morning changed hfs nlane In a.
! oordanoa ,.,tth NJ. .....-..-.'
| -. ~, 7 eee"' d iauhon
io"i 'he Nessei was sent 10 the west
pier Tor him at 1l:30 O'clock.
Truponet. sound E.,<,n
S'1 e'"sre'
| as, s 'he iauhch bearing the President and
| - ms ms peinant al hef lore passed
of that vessel dressed ship and and Im tbs
trumpeters sounded a fanfare
AQ Il
gangway to ascend the deck of the May
flower the first gun of the presidential
| salute OF twenty-one guns doomed its well
| come and the beautiful presidential PEN
| nant of blue and gold was broken out at
the mosthead. The President was greet
| ed by Commander Winslow as he reached
the deck. The President greeted cor
daily General Grant and Rear Admirais
| Coghlan and Sigsbee. Meantime tho
cruiser Tacoma with the japanese en-
voys and their suite on board had arrived
from New York, making the run In two
hours and three quarters The ship came
| to anchor at 12;30 o'clock about half q
| mile from the Mayfiower.
| Almost at the same time naval Yacht
! Sylph also came to anchor a short dis
tance from the Mayflower. Mr. Pierce,
who in the absence of Secretary Root.
was to represent the department of state
at the ceremonies, boarded the Mayfiower
about ten minutes after the arrival of
the President He and the President chat
ted a few minutes before II was renortad
to the President that the Japanese envovs
were about to come aboard the Mavfiower
Scarcely had the report been made when
d', IL US " i,'e 'hei sa,u'e ol
- 2 Us w 'ne weP.enipo.eii'aiies anu
'''e'i '"iso "e"' oFe' tue siue'
Receives Japanese Envoys.
At the bead of tho eanowa, co,,,,an
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VOWS. They were escorted 'immediatelv 70