Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
RESCRIPT BY MIKADO
IT ANNOUNCED PEACE AND
PRAISES ARMY AND PEOPLE.

The peace treaty with Russia went into
effect at Toxic yesterday and the text of
the treaty was published in the afternoon.
Accompanying it was an imperial rescrpt
announcing the conclusion of peace. The
official translation of the rescript follows:
1--WE have always deemed 1t a fundamen-
tai principle of our international policy to
maintain peace in the east, and thus assure
the security of our empire, and the promo
ton of this high object has therefore been
our constant AIM but last year, for rea-
sons dictated by the necessity of self-pres-
ervation, We unfortunately, were forced
into hostilities with Russia.
Since the war began our army and navy
have made adequate provision for home
defense and military preparations within
the empire itself, and have withstood hard
ships of all kinds during their campaigns
abroad, and thus have achieved glorious
success. Our civil officials, in concord with
our diet have diligently performed their
duties in furtherance of our will. All
measures for the prosecution of the war
and for the administration of domestic and
foreign affairs have been properly taken,
as the exigencies of the situation demand
ed. Our people, frugal, and prudent, have
cheerfully borne the heavy burden of ma
tional expenditure, and have generously
contributed to the war fund.- thus assisting
as with one will, in advancing the prestige
and maintaining the dignity of the state.
Credit for Result Of War.
1.-THE result is due in large measure to
the benign spirits of our ancestors, as well
as to the devotion to duty of our civil and
military officials. and the self-denyng pa
triotism of all people.
''After twenty months of war the posi-
ton of the empire has been strengthened
and the interests of the country advanced.
and, in so much as we have never wavered
in our desire for the maintenance of peace,
it is contrary to our will that hostilitieS
should be protracted and that our people
should unnecessarily be subjected to the
horrors of war.
when the President of the United States,
in the interests of peace and humanity,
suggested that the governments of Japan
and Russia should arrange terms Of peace
fully approaching his kindness and good
will, we accepted the suggestion, and at the
proper moment appointed plenipotentiaries
to confer with those of Russia.
Objects of War Secured.
1.-THE plenipotentiaries of the two coun-
tries. having met and conferred frequently,
the Russia plenipotentiaries have agreed to
the proposals OF our plenipotentiaries, which
were essential, having in view the objects
of the war and the maintenance of peace
in the east, thus manifesting the sincerity of
the terms agreed upon by the plenipoten-
tiaries, and, having found them in entire
conformity with our WILL We have accepted
and ratified them
Peace and glory having thus been secur-
ed, we are happy to invoke the blessing of
the benign spirits of our ancestors and to
be able to beQueath the fruits of these great
deeds to our posterity. 1t is our earnest
desire to share the glory with our people
and long enjoy the blessings of peace with
all nations.
Russia again is the friend of Japan, and
we sincerely desire that the relations of
good neighborhood, now re-established,
shall become both cordial and intimate.
To Advance in Peaceful Pursuits.
"In this age, when there is no delay in the
worlds progress, there should be no cessa-
ton of the effort to improve the admins
tration of the nations affairs, both inter
nal and external. While military efficiency
should be maintained in full vigor, even in
time of peace, an earnest endeavor should
be made to attain success in peaceful pur-
suits, SO that In equal measure with its
power, the prosperity of the country may be
maintained and its permanent progress in
sured.
I'VE strongly admonish our subjects
against manifestations of vainglorious pride,
and command them to attend to lawful
avocations, and to do all that lies in their
power to strengthen the empire"