The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-08-10
Big Crowd Which Had Gathered
at Portsmouth to Welcome
ENJOYS, Disappointed.
ETToGETHERToMoRRoW
NJ. Witte Spends Day Seeing Sights of
Boston and Will Depart for the
Rendezvous by Special
Train This Evening.

White, senior member of che Russian
peace mission, arrived In Portsmouth
by rail from Boston at 11:15 o'clock
Monday night and It Is expected that
the peace squadron having on board
the other men who will participate in
the coming conference will drop an
chors in the harbor by 10 o'clock Tues
day forenoon. The ceremony of for
mally welcoming the distinguished for
eigners to the state Of New Hampshire
Will be carried out in full during the
day, the program which was arranged
for today having been left practically
unchanged. At the Portsmouth navy
yard a wireless message was received
stating that the dispatch boat Dolphin
having on board the Japanese repre-N
sentatives was off Cape Cod, seventy
five miles distant, at dark. The yes
sci was steaming slowly.
AS soon as the converted yacht May
flower reaches the harbor M. White
will go on board The vessels will be
saluted by the navy yard guns, and
Rear Admiral w. w. Meade. the com
members of the state guard and a de-
tachment of marines will take part In
the exercises on land.
Is a Limit to Exa%ggeration.
On the way from Boston M. Witte
dictated a statement concerning dis
patches from Toxic. M. Whites state
1nent is as follows:
II ave read in the telegram from
Toxic that the Japanese captured 49,
900 Russian soldiers at the island Of
Sakhalin during the recent operations
there. Now, so far as I know, the
whole garrison in Sakhalin island con-
sists of no more than 1000. 1 do not
wish at all to minimize the successes
or bravery of the Japanese, but at the
On n a Tina oil t11n pn0r1a Of p,Iccjo 81 a \ n
myself cannot help being surprised at
the cables Which have reached US dur
ing the war from Tokio According to
them If all the Russian soldiers Who
have from time to time been reported
from Toxic as captured, killed, etc,
had in fact been killed or wounded by
the Japanese Russia would not pos
sess an army, and my trip to the
United States would be superfluous.
Reading these cables a we'll known
Russian proverb comes to my emo
I might translate it thus:
lone can exagserate, but there is a
limit to eXaggeration.'"
Newport Disappointed.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. There
was great disappointment today over
the delay in arrival Of Russian and
Japanese peace ENJOYS
News Of the ~postponement of func-
lions had not reached many citizens
of Portsmouth and it's environs. Con
sequently this section of New Hamp-
shire was astir early and every electric
line from the country was bringing
sightseers.
The "postponement necessitated hurry
orders to state troops which We're to
arrive here from all parts of the state.
Governor McLane was up at daylight
debating Geographic orders to troops
to remain away until tomorrow. In
formation was also dispatched to the
congressional delegation of the state.
They Sail from Newport.
Newport, r. L., Aug. THE yachts
Dolphin and Mayflower with onvoy
bearing Russian and Japanese COM
missioners en- route to Portsmouth.
sailed from this harbor today under
ideal conditions, the heavy fog Of yes
terday having been burned away by
the sun. With the exception of M.
WHITE, who is in Boston, members Of
the Russian and Japanese parties We're
on board their respective vessels.
Shortly after the departure of the
feet the Dolphin picked up the Wire
less station and sent a large number
of dispatches to be cabled to Japan.
Takes in the Sights.
Boston, Aug. lowing to inability
OF the squadron bearing peace pleni-
potentiaries to reach Portsmouth SOON
er thar Tuesday morning, White, senior
Russian plenipotentiary, tool opportu-
nifty to visit historic places 1t Boston
n Cambridge. He will leave this
evening by train for Portsmouth.
The Russians remained until !
oclock at Harvard, h accepted an
invitation on behalf of the university
TO take luncheon at the Colonial club.
Among the buildings visited by the
foreigners at Harvard was Agassiz
museum and hall in which the summer
school was in session. A class of young
women gave an exhibition Of
tics for the visitors. The Russians did
not visit Germanic museum. It was
announced that after luncheon WHITE
would return to Boston and proceed
to Magnolia by automobile later, and
would leave for Portsmouth at 9:45
p. m. in a special car attached to the
regular Portland express. over the
Boston and Maine railroad. The train
will arrive at Portsmouth at HE'S
p. m.
Germany Much Concerned.
Berlin, Aug. T.-Portsmouth, N. H., a.
place unknown and even unmarked on
some maps in common use, has sudden
ly become a spot on which the attention
Of the displonatic world is fixed. Not
only the foreign office but the bourse
and GREAT trading and financial houses
of Germany look forward with extreme
interest to the meeting of peace ENJOYS;
and numerous Russian enterprises, old
and new, financed by German credit.
wait on the result of the conferences.
Doubts existing in London and other
capitals over the prospects of peace
exist here, but In far milder form. The
prevailing opinion is that, although
neither Russia nor Japan is anywhere
near exhaustion of it's resources, yet
peace is SO necessary to both that each
will find the other adopting a stiff atti-
tude in the beginning and coming close
to the breaking point, but that ulti-
mately common ground viii be reached.
Not to Free SakhaIin convicts.
Toxic, Aug. THE disposition of the
convicts on Sakhalin island is now I'M
der consideration. They will PROBABLY
be taken to the Russian coast and be
transferred to Russian authorities. I'm
der pre-arrangement, Russian prisoners
of war on the island, 40.0 900 in all, are
being transported to Japan.
They Fortify the Amur.
Toxic, Aug. Tt is reported that the
Russians are vigorously fortifying the
mouth Of the Amur river. Mixed divis-
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