Show KOMURA PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO THE PRESIDENT minister Ta kahira and peace envoy discuss forthcoming negotiations with roosevelt will not re peat conversation oyster bay july at president roosevelt entertained at luncheon today baron jutaro komura minister of foreign affairs and kogoro Ta kahira minister to the united states the japanese envoys to the washington conference subsequently he had a long interview with them at which all phases of the approaching negotiations were considered neither the president nor his japanese visitors cared to discuss for publication the nature ot their conference except in the most general terms arrangements for the visit to nt roosevelt were made yesterday tho president expressed hie pleasure at the prospect of meeting again baron kennira Kon nira whom ho had known several years ago and who in addition Is A fellow graduate of harvard college baron komura find minister taka tura arrived here on the 1220 long island railroad to which had been attached a special chair car for their they were the only occupants of the car both entrances to which were guarded by railroad porters no one tas permitted to enter the car the visitors were met by confidential messengers of the president who escorted them to an open surry sent by tha president to convey them to sagamore HUL baron komura bowed gravely to the newspaper men who made them selves known but smilingly declined to talk minister takahara lra hands with one or two of hi newspaper friends but said there was nothing of importance he could say at that time the envoys were driven directly to sagamore hill attracting much attention as they passed through the village they remained with we president until and ahn were driven to the station minister takahara lra speaking for both baron komara and said they had a pleasant and satisfactory visit and talk with the president baron komura he said had desired to pay his respects to president roosevelt and on behalf of the to thank him for his efforts to bainte about in the far east this mission had been accomplished jn response to inquiries minister Ta kahira said it might be inferred that discussed tho pending peace negotiations but added it would not be proper tor me to give to you tho nature of the discussion cus sion I 1 could not da that the minister declined to say whether the subject of the terms japan proposed to make to the RUS lan aries was one of the matters considered si and would w t indicate whether there was a proba of the arrangement of an during the sitting of the con c while minister takahiro i was chatting with tho newspaper men baron komura stood on the pla form of hl car smiling interestedly A photographer asked the to pose an instant with baron kom ira on tho rear car platform but tw diplomat shook hu head emphatically and both he and the baron tho car rather the door was locked after them by the IM arter tha train left at for new york president roosevelt wh n interrogated this evening aboud the conference replied that it was a subject which he did not feel at lib arty to discuss for publication it ast 1st expected that soon after the arrival of M vitte the envoy of russia he too 1 all make a formal call on president loosevelt in advance of tho n to the president on august 5 0 the two set of and their suites tho president does not conceal hla deep interest in the con ference of the envoys but lea it bp understood that his interest will not lead him to interfere even by indirection tho work of the conference conf trence he had hoped that an early might be arranged between ihei contending armies in manchuria the conclusion of the work 0 theaon it is not unlikely that the subject of an armistice may be on of the first questions considered aster tho arrival of the envoys at portsmouth but thus tar no intimation of their possible action on that has been given the plenipotentiaries have full authority to negotiate a tani horary peace protocol but they will do so or not will depend largely upon the situation at tho im they begin their discussion p i st petersburg july formerly russian financial agent in london and now a member of alie bureau of press administration ia or the government a history of the revolutionary movement ax russia the work has now been brought up to the year |