The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-08-05

ASSISTANT SECRETARY PIERCE.
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people isft nsihinE 10 ~ desired
The esvasiua vas unique iu that for
tis nsi tims IN thr worlds history
ni.n q The yellow rae-. pFs'ssai"i 90 the
president today. viii dictate terms %
p-sr- 20 men % the white race tuiqu-
also In that foT the firsi time In Amer.
ira q p~ac, confrrrncc IL inausuraJ,i
between two foreign nations. one %
Europe. the other u Asia.
Assistant Ssrr~iafy 81 state Herbert
a. y. rcircs IN the absence Of s.'re-
tary Roo; DID a.. huaor~ for the Do.
partmenf - state lie wa. arrpmpa.
MED by Rcar Admiral Chari-s II. sis..
b-c as = representative u the navy
aud Major g.ncrai Frsi.rick u.
Grant. COMMANDER ~ the department.
81 the casi. n n representative ~ the
army.
III. Russian and Iapanes. plenipo.
ientiarirs and their suits left New
York this morning
A. the presidents representative.
T-hiri Assistant Secretary 81 State
P-lrce accompanied Baron komura
and Mr.. Takahira and their suit O. the
pier II the New York Yacht club NJ y
o'clock this morning. where the iclegH.
ton boarded the protected cruiser Ia.
coma. and the vessel steamed away for
oyster Hay.
An hour later Mr.. Peirce performed
n similar ceremony for NJ White and
Baron Roscn. the Russian plenlpoten-
iinries. and their suits. who went
aboard the protected cruiser Chatta.
nooga for their trip to oyster Bay. Mr..
Pcirce then boarded the converted
yacht Sylph. which. steaming rapidly
ahead. pissed the two wnrshlps Taco
ma and Chattanooga and took position
nj the front Of the column.
Arriving at Oyster Bay. the peace
squadron" anchored. lis arrival being
loudly heraldcd by the firing Of nm am
bnssadorial salute Of nineteen guns for
each mission from the Galveston. May
flower and Dolphin. which were In
waiting 10 convey the plenipotentiaries
10 Portsmouth. Mr.. pcirce on leaving
the Syph boarded the Mayfower and
awaited the arrival of the president.
The president boarded the Maynower
Mt O'clock He was given the presi-
dental salute Of twenty-one guns from
all the vessels In the harbor. and as
soon as his flag WINS broken ont on the
Mayfiower the japanese plenipotentia-
rles were conveyed on board and were
presented to the president by Assistant
Secretary PIERCE.
Half an hour later the Russian en-
voys arrived on board the Mayfiower
and were presented to Mr.. Roosevelt.
Immediately the president formally
presented the Russian and Japanese
plenpotentinries to each other.
This was the historic moment. as the
representatives Of the two hostile ma
lions. engaged in death struggle In
the far east, bowed to one another
with all the courtesy of kings cham
berlains, the ENJOYS involuntarily
showing the difference between the
east and the west the Russians bend
ing stifiy with slight inclination, the
japanese making the sweeping bow Of
the orient.
A buffet luncheon in the cabin of the
NIayfower followed. At its conclusion
the japanese mission took leave of the
president and boarded the Dolphin.
Mr.. PIERCE went aboard the cruiser
Galveston, and the president then took
leave Of the Russian mission and went
ashore again receiving a salute of
twenty-one guns.
Under convoy of the cruiser, with
Mr.. PIERCE aboard, the Russians on
the Mayfower and the Japanese on the
Dolphin sailed for Portsmouth The
squadron steamed slowly, so as to ar
rive there about 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
DESTROYS Of being strictly neutral In
all the arrangements for the presenta-