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Show RUSSIANS AND JAPS CLASP HANDS Oyster Hay. Saturday was n great day in Oyster Hay. Russians nnd Japancso Jap-ancso clasped hands and greeted ono another with all outward evidences of cordiality nnd for tho first tlmo slnco nations began to hnvo relations ono with nnothor, nn exccutlvo of a great power received tho envoys of two belligerent bel-ligerent countries on a mission of peace. Prosldcnt Iloosovelt, on behalf of tho United States and Its people, extended ex-tended formal greetings to tho representatives repre-sentatives of Russia and Japan, Introduced Intro-duced tho plenipotentiaries to ono another an-other and entertained them at nn elaborate elab-orate luncheon, at which Russians and Japancso fraternized with ono nnothcr as comrades rather than ns enemies. During the luncheon President Roosovclt proposed a notnblo toast, In which ho expressed tho "earliest hopo and prayer In the interest not only of theso two great powors, but of all civ-Ulzcd civ-Ulzcd mankind, thnt a Just and lasting pcaco may speedily bo concluded botween bo-tween them." Tho occasion was impresslvo. It was attended not only by pomp and ceremony, but by a simplicity nnd frankness characteristic of tho president presi-dent and peoplo of America. Duo honor was paid tho distinguished distin-guished guests of tho president and of tho country, and they received nil dignity to which their exalted rank' entitled them. |