Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 2 | Witte Hopes for Peace

WITTE HOPES FOR PEACE russia s ranking plenipotentiary lands in washington new york clothed with plenary powers personally prepared and signed by his sovereign sergius witte russia s ranking plenipotentiary to the washington conference landed here wednesday from the kaiser wll helm der grosse as quietly and demo cratl cally as the most humble of his fellow passengers he was met by the hussian consul general who had come down the harbor in a revenue cutter with a party of russian con euls and vice consuls soon after the ship left quarantine mr witte surrounded by a large group of newspaper men who came down the harbor on the revenue cut ter and by as many of the passengers as could crowd around him called to bis side professor de martens a mem her of his suite and handed to him a statement with the direction that he deliver it in english as the greeting of mr witte on his arrival in this country professor de martens read the greeting in a clear voice and at its conclusion mr witte received a hearty ovation which evidently pleased him and which he acknowledged by sev eral bows and then walked away to another side of the ship to look at the statute of liberty