Show russian people receive him with enthusiasm st petersburg sept 28 1026 a m M watte the senior russian peace plenipotentiary returned to st peters lurg today and the enthusiastic welcome accorded by the waiting crowds ully demonstrated the great popularity of the statesman and public appreciation of the services he has rendered ills country at portsmouth cheer followed cheer as the plenipotentiary alighted from train and when later sir witto replied in an intensely patriotic strain to fhe address of welcome popular enthusiasm found full ventin a brief speech reply tag toia welcoming address M witte clearly that he was deeply touched by tha with which he was received when he left st petersburg in july a small delegation of officials accompanied him to the railroad station to bid him farewell there was no public demonstration today thera were seven or eight times as many boffl ceals despite the very early hour ot the trains arrival and an enthusiastic crowd of five to six hundred people were present among the officials present wore baron nolde general secretary of the of commerce general Durno tr adjutant to the minister of the interior M sky former finance minister and now director of tbt international commeria com merca bank M kotlenko Koto enko privy cownsellor conns ellor and chairman of the press roford committee and maaia other prominent officials who hart been M wittes colleagues or subordinates the had collected where M witte would descend from the train and when ha appeared thay broke out into long and loud cheers to which M watte bowed acknowledge meota the spokesman kesmar then advanced and read the address of welcome all in the meanwhile standing bareheaded the address road you have accomplished your difficult garft and the nation s grateful to you you have alven taft credit for your success to emperor nicholas president Roos emperor IM lliam of germany and to the pesa 1 iyo hatel hat el forgotten only yourself we however fully appreciate your services to your country the tree you planted at tha washington homestead at mt verain will serve a a mark of the token of the union between the two nations you have done much for ourselves and for those who are absent we will once more shout a hurrah when the cheer had died away M witte who seemed deeply moved bv the sincerity of the welcome advanced a few steps and delivered his reply he said 1 I was so little prepared tor this kind of a reception that I 1 must ask your pardon for the incoherence of my words I 1 have performed my autv well because I 1 have strictly obeyed his Maje instructions because th world is weary of this blood v war because all classes of society from president roosevelt down were in sympathy with my and your cause because I 1 was true to my country and her and your interests M last word was followed by further loud and hearty cheering after which slowly advancing toward the entrance he shook hands with the deliverer of tha welcoming address and his friends or former colleagues the crowd followed close toward the door where an open carriage was in wait ing aa soon as M watte was seated the coachman started ills team and as he drove away the crowd broke out into a succession of loud cheers misunderstood SIGNALS steamer crashed into a pier at full speed new york sopt SS rTh rough a nus understanding of signals the trinidad steamship companas comp anys steamer grenada crashed into her pier at full while trying to maho the dock bodai the pier was almost demolished number of longshoremen ware in juiced five so badly that they wen taken to a hospital part of the r was knocked over on top of the bars molt haven which was moored there the captain of tho barge and his bif were burled under a alle of i but were rescued only slightly ui aured the superintendent of tho bifi and several doc also aci buried beneath piles of debris bis were taken out only slightly hurt |