The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-08-07
ENJOYS OF PEACE.
Fog Drives Russian ofiolais
Into Newport
"uHMEiRSESIHOPEn
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Aii sss tis-sa at. ssisstss
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t'olfRAiut fii. \. ~ Aas g.-rhs
I.naur rngugs - iihssia ani ispan.
aiih lsriT suite, arrived hrIr tiis
Hlasning ~ sissisi aftahsrfsrai Iils
rssfs Representatives erIr mrt -
iirli~Fi d i'rins, shH - a. IhiHi as
sisiani srsFrlsF4 ~ Stale "a iiar rail-
Hsah siaihsi, sila natr4ui liirin "a
Iie iiuli MraiauTth in an auiainn-
Ids. Nwahs MF, i'sins siaaks ilas'
elsa fnrHiii
Tho naigrFtrsi farhl MAJ aafF, win
a. MiIe aiai iiana iiassH pa issaF'L
sains b. f,ss TaH ihia NraisIt. h- T.
and arrangements erir niadr &C. A
Miiis a. g,niinnr iiis iuaflrf 10 i'gits.
HlonIh ~ iIain.
Iiar iaisshusr FHtNs erfu sisa sri-
n,,ia~i afd nsrHtrd .. thr'f nsnins Ia
ih- Hotel Wrhianith. eiirTp issih
hiississas srr lnartussi- Ihr ~ is
niif,i piih = silaii arms - nrusi.sprf
r,siruslsiiaianiss FslFusrniinss b. aiii'
tian b. tiiu i4rss Associations ahd ila
sfrst daiiias e tir tniiri STATES.
iuuuais iH i.nr4,r std taian,
uir isFsn nra havai siafus hniiiins
piisfv ihr rirnii.aisniiaFias viii holi
ibrif srssluns 10 cpinpir's Ia st.E1 de-
Iii
th- s-roni nsaf - ihs huiiiihs is o.
o. norurirsi - iiis p-aru misstrns
Tho rssnfrrsnru rshm IL IA thr rrnifs
a.. H..saafaa..r ..... a.. ss.afa. -ssEsr.a....
Adiuinins u "a unr sid- Il = snii -
ihrrv sparisns F,srns. ahirh have isrra
assisnssi a. ihs iaianas- rnvufs On
ih- "ih~r si,ir - = n-~1'iipn Fssnn, del
isairsi a. tii- representatives - tho
Iniisd S'ai-s Fsysfumsii. hsygni
fiiis h. . suii - ihry-s Fgoins Zoe Sac
nsr - to- ilussiau mlssiun.
The -ntnts sew sr-a'ly Impressed
w.ii The pr,ssisirHt's toast ga board %"
Mas 10 said
'-Uvnii-nrn. prppase q 'nasi q
whirh thrnp wiii b. ~ answer nni
Nhirh ! ssh yuu % dfink ~ sii.n"r.
standing drink g. ih- welfare ani
prosperity ~ thr sptrrfsus ani pup
piss ~ tho two great nations wins.
representative. tnys met one another
ga THE ship. II l. ms mrsi earnest
hoi,- aud prayer iu TIE interest " not
uniy ihr.r two great powers. bui ~ ail
mankind. that q jnsi gnd lasting peace
may speedily bc cuucludci briNc'n
them
THIS was %. sentiment Of President
Roosevelt. delivered h. the dining ~.
loun o. the Maynowcr 60 the peace ca.
voys who have come 20 this country
upon his Invitation 10 determine A. 20
whether they can end the war now
raging between their two nations.
Their. was no mistaklng the earnest.
ness and sincerity ~ purpose with
which the president spoke these words
Every one In the little group. even
those who did not understand the Ian.
gting. he spoke. WAS deeply Impressed
not alone with the momentousncss ~
the occasion. hut each wopl seemed
Co impress more thoroughly upon each
mind the fact that they had n great
duty TO perform and that this man was
pointing the way.
With this sentiment the president
left them. II was scene that will
never be- forgotten 10y those who wit
messed II. ON one side the huge Rus.
sian. NJ witte. and on the other side
Baron komura. the dlmlnutive Japa-
ncsc. both so typical OF the countries
they represent.
IL was a new role that this new
world was playing. For the first time
In It's history the United States was
trying TO make peace between two ma.
lions centuries older than itself, who
had slain each other by the thousands
and the tens OF thousands.
The eyes OF the whole civilized world
were directed upon this scene In the
saloon Of the Mayfiower because here
was being attempted something that
no other nation in the world dared at
tempt.