The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-11
PORTSMOUTH FOR PEACE TALK
ENJOYS TO MEET IN COOLER
PLACE THAN WASHINGTON.
New Hampshire Navy Yard Building VIII
Give the Desired SecluslOn- Russia IN
and japanese PienipOtentiarles Will
Isc Introduced by the President.

Bc Introduced by the President.
WASHINGTON, July lO-Tt was officially
announced at the State Department to-day
that Portsmouth, y. H., has been selected
as the meeting place of the peace pleni-
potentiaries Of Japan and Russia Inc
meeting will still he known as the Washing
ton conference. for Washington Is the noml-
nal place of meeting. but as announced al
the beginning. The peace ENJOYS Will hold
most OF their deliberations In the North
in order to escape the summer heat OF the
capital city.
1t Is expected that the Japanese pleni-
potentiarie will reach Seattle on the steam
ship Minnesota about July %, and they
will 90 directly to New York, arriving
there about July 2s. The Minnesota has
made only one round trip to the Orient,
but on her frat voyage from Yokohama to
Seattle she made the record time of four
teen days and some hours,
The building in which the peace pleni-
potentiares will meet ia known as the
equipment building OF the United States
navy yard ut Portsmouth. n. ii. 1t Is
situated on an island which is connected
with the mainland by a bridge leading to
Kittcry, Ne. The building is three stories
high, POO feet long and So feet wide. Its
situation insures exclusiveness, which will
be very much desired by the peace ENJOYS.
The plenipotentia rieS will hold their meet
ings in the equipment building, but they
will live in Portsmouth, where there are
number of good hotels.
1t was officially snnounoed to-day that
there will be no preliminary meeting of the
r,lp ia ri WASHINGTON.
The ENJOYS will go first to New York. and
will be conveyed from that city to Oyster
Bay aboard two cruisers, one for the Japa-
nese and one for the Russians. The repre-
sentatives of the two countries will then be
introduced to President Roosevelt, who in
turn will present the ENJOYS of Japan to
those of Russia. From Oyster Bay the peace
commissioners will be taken on the two
cruisers to Portsmouth. The Mayflower
and the Dolphin will be used for the trans
portation of the distinguished visitors
from New York to Oyster Bay and from
the latter place to Portsmouth,
The ENJOYS are expected to reach Oyster
Bay the first week In August. although the
date of their arrival and presentation Is
still indefinite.
Baron Rosen, the new Russian Ambassa
dor to the United States waited on the
Acting Secretary OF State to-day and ar
ranged for his trip to Oyster Bay. He will
leave here on Wednesday and meet the
President at Sycamore Hill on Thursday.
Assistant Secretary PIERCE of the State
Department will go to Portsmouth in few
days to put everything in order for the
meeting. Portsmouth is supplied with good
hotels, and the penipotentiaries will live in
Portsmouth and be carried to and from
the theater of their daily labors on the
despatch boats Dolphin and Mayflower.
Minister Takahira expects to go to Oyster
Bay soon to discuss with the President the
arrangements for the approaching con-
ference.
1t was said to-day that, in view Of the
rainy season and other conditions that
prevail in the war zone hostilities will be
practically suspended and that an armistice
Immediately will be unnecessary. There Is
a strong feeling here that one of the first
acts of the plenipotentiaries on assembling
at Portsmouth will be the signing Of a
protocol that will insure a suspension Of
hostilities pending the contamination Of
treaty of peace. There is no official con-
frmation, however. Of this opinion.
IL IL uIIihtIg lclV 'iide q Nhco'f
will be perfected before October, even il
the negotiations should be entirely success
full, and the plenipotentiaries will come to
Washington for the conclusion Of the work
PORTSMOUTH, n. H., July lo.-The Sc
lection of Portsmouth as the place for the
Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to
hold their peace conference is decidedly
pleasing to the residents Of this city and, in
fact, to the people of the entire State Judge
Page has extended an invitation to the
official representatives of Russia and Japan
and their attaches to be guests at the Hotel
Wentworth, Newcastle, and this is where
the distinguished party will stop during their
deliberations. Assistant Secretary Of State
Peirce and representatives OF the United
States Government will be accommodated
at the Hotel Rockingham in this city. The
Hotel Wentworth is about four miles from
the navy yard and the ENJOYS will make
the trip to and fro by steamer. The
navy yard telephone, telegraph and wire
less service will furnish every possible COM
municaton with the outside world. The
transatlantic cable station at Rye Beach
will also prove of value in case emergen-
cies arise making it necessary for the en-
VOWS to seek advice from their Governments.
Taken "a a whole, no better place could
be selected for the meeting Of the ENJOYS.