Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-13
WITTE ON WAY HOME
A FAREWELL CALL UPON THE
JAPANESE ENvoYa
Baron Komura Too Ill to See Them.
Final Assurances to Messra
Seligman and Strauss.

dispatch from New York last night
says. The Russian commissioners who sue
cessfuily concluded treaty of peace with
the ENJOYS of Japan at Portsmouth. N H.
started on the return to st. Petersburg to-
day. The party. headed by Sergius witte
The chief Russian plenipotentiary, sailed on
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm III at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon.
Before leaving the city NJ witte and
Baron Kosen made farewell call upon the
Japanese diplomats who expect to leave
for home later in the week. Baron Komura
was unable to see the Russians, because OF
his illness. but through Minister Takahira
he sent them cordial message OF farewell.
Mr.. Takahira and other members OF the
Japanese party entertained the Russians
tor half an hour. In addition to NJ. White
the party sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm II
included Gregory Wilenkn. financial agent
States.
Before leaving the hotel NJ White shook
hands with some of the hotel attaches with
whom he had been brought into contact
Big Crowd Present
A big crowd had gathered at the dock OF
the Kaiser Wilhelm In Hoboken to see NJ
Witte and there was much cheering and
handclapping as he went up the gangplank
to which he bowed Acknowledgements. He
received the newspaper men cordially In his
rooms on board the steamer. and through
Baron RoSen made a statement to those
whom he had met thanking them and say
ing that never in his life before had 1t
been so forcibly~ impressed upon him that
the pen is mightier than the sword"
He then shook hands with all OF them and
said goodbye
Shortly before the ship sailed Major
Lynch of the United Societies of New York
and forty members of the Irish Club of
New York rpCaiypi by M White. Each
member of the Irish Club presented to the
peace ENJOYS tiny Russian. American and
Irish flags Major Lynch said to M. Witte
I'VE take this opportunity of thanking
country which has been a friend of our
adopted country in time OF need.
When the bugle sounded for all visitors
to go ashore NJ. Witte and Baron Rosen
embraced and kissed each other bood-bye.
As the ship drew out into the stream the
Irish delegation and others on the deck
cheered Justify. and M White lifted his hat
Before NJ. witte left his hotel for the
steamer today he had a conference with
Isaac n. Seligman and Oscar Straus OF this
city and Adolph Kraus of Chicago.
Mr.. Seligman said after the conference:
Emancipation Of Jews
m. White allowed us to foresee the
emancipation of the Jews in Russia and
their participation in the government of the
empire in the same degree and proportion
tflat Otner huSSldn SuD1eCls are aAioWSu W
participate.
M White made no official pledges en-
gaging his government: he spoke for him
self as an individual. but IL Is well known
that while at present he Is not In power
he soon will be. With him at the helm the
Jews in Russia will again enjoy civic and
national recognition. We have M. Whites
word for II that as far he himself may
b. able everything Will be done TO give the
Jews of Russia their full constitutional
rights.
''Discrimina ton prejudlclal to them, the
Injustice of which he admits freely. will be
ended and they will be placed on an equal
fcCting with the rest of the emperors sub
jects.'
Mr. Seigman was asked If the subject
o. a loan to Russia, to be made by a syn
dictate of Jewish fnanciers, had been
preached but he replied in the negative.
The matter of a loan" said he, was
not even suggested. NJ. White al the time
of our first conference with him at Ports
mouth had expressed a desire to confer
with us further on the question of the per
secution of Jews in Russia, and the visit
Messrs Straus. Kraus and 1 paid him this
morning in compliance with this ex-
pressed wish of his.
I'VE continued the discussion of economi-
cal conditions in Russia where We had left
Off citing inequalities in the laws and re-
strictions particularly affecting the Jews
and suggested their abolition and repeal.
It may say that we left M. White i'm
pressed with the belief that the reforms
urged by us will be put in effect and that
at no very distant day the Jews of Russia
will enjoy equal rights with all other Rus
sian subjects"