Show KIND WORDS FOR NEWSPAPER MEN M Witte Acknowledged the Power I of the Press EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE RUSSIAN ENVOYS HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE Ports Aug Wite Witte at 1030 toni tonight ht received the news newspaper newspaper paper correspondents Hi His reception was simply a continuation on of the O ova ovation I ton tion he had been receiving al all day He HeI I addressed them as follows I Gentlemen Having heard that some I of you u are are leing leaving Por Portsmouth mout tomor tomorrow tomorrow row I asked you Jou to meet me here to tonight I night in order that I 1 might have hae the i pleasure ot of shaking hands with ou al all and thanking you cordially for for your II kind cooperation I if punctuality bp be bethe the politeness of monarchs impartial iY try is the courtesy of newspaper men and to my thinking one of the most valuable qualities the they possess And If yoU wi alow allow me to sa say so you OU gentlemen have hae manifested when I say you ou I men mean aU all her here Amer Amerlean lean and foreIgn a degree which provokes my unfeigned admiration Power of Press Recognized hI I belong to the nUI bet bel of oC statesmen who recognize the vas 1 power ot of the newspaper pre press iI lii general and the American brane bianch of i it itin in particular I remit mn qualified there therefore fore to guage arIght the value of the services you ou have haYe rendered to he cute cause of pece peace and in presenting to the world orld the various stages or of eve evo luton lution through which toe the peace negotiatIons passed before the they attained the for lor result Under conditions in which your c co cooperation opEra operation ton forms a certain part lart a work has been accomplished which I am not qualified to An Is sel sd darn dum u a good SJ critic I should like however to state that action my was in complete harmony with the tons lions which I received front from my Impe rial master was In fact the direct outcome of these instructions Tried to Do His Duty The primary duty of a man who undertakes any task I Is to discharge that task honorably and wel well and that thatIs ta Is what r se et myself to accomplish Whatever judgment the historian ma may pas pass upon the concrete result I shall myself with the that I endeavored to fulfill to the bet best of m my abit ability the mission confided to me meby meby by his t te the czar and sought t to further futher the highet highest interest or of my cun cunI coon I tr try an my people Front From whatever angle angie 0 of vision men m may iok look I passing events al all people aTe are one In holding holding that honesty in the discharge or ones duty and time the love JOe or of iones ones I country countr are 8 ito to speak the he salt or of human sovereignty I I Words Now gentlemen that are about to part I like to sa say that I 0 ove e you OU a debt of gratitude which I open openly ly acknowledge ad and were it possible would repay Since the day you ou first honored me wih with your pres presence pres presence ence on the steamer in which I reach d this country I 1 have hae ofen often wIshed to tel tell you ou this but various causes and main ly b the tho pressure of work work compelled me meto meto to put It of oft until now I fear that in inc inconsequence c consequence ot or some stress of work or orthe orthe the effects or of indisposition I ma may at times perhaps have ve spoken to you youless ou less freely Creely les less attentively les less ofen often than you ou would have liked I If so I Inow Inow now a apologize olo le frankly and a assure sure you that eve every such act misinterpreted m my intention which was to show how yoU l ta the due one h neit worker to another accept yourselves and convey to your s through out olit the State States t thank thanks and my best wishes wishes |