Show WITTE HOPES FOR PEACE Russias Ranking Plenipotentiary Lands In Washington Now York Clothed with plenary powers personally prepared and signed by his sovereign Serglus WItte Russias ranking plenipotentiary to ho Washington conference landed hero Wednesday from the Kaiser WIl helm dor Grosse as quietly and democratically demo-cratically as tho most humblo of his fellow passengers Ho was met by he Russian consul general who hnd come down tho harbor In a revenue cutter with a party of Russian con pals and vice consuls Soon after tho ship loft quarantine Mr Witte surrounded by a largo group of newspaper men who came down tho harbor on tho revenue cutter cut-ter and by as many of tho passengers nu could crowd around him called to his side Professor Do Martens a member mem-ber of his suite and handed to him n statement with tho direction that ho deliver It in English as the greeting of Mr Wit to on his arrival In this country Professor Do Martens read the greeting In a clear voice and at its conclusion Mr Wltte received a hearty ovation which evidently pleased him and which he acknowledged by several sev-eral bows and then walked away to another side of tho ship to look at the statute of Liberty |