The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-09-05
TREATY NEARLY
READY TO SIGN
Work of Engrossing the Document
Now Under Way.
THE ARMIES TO BE WITHDRAWN

Agree Not to Fortify Sakhalin-The
Mikado Thanks President Roosevelt
For Securing Peace.
Portsmouth. y. IT,. Sept i.-The
Treat, of Portsmouth has been com
plef.l and is uDw being cngrossed IN
French auI English and viii probably
Dee sieu,d today or tomorrow. 1t con
sist of articles. preceded by short
preamble
IT.. articles relating to the non-tor'
r.a.lf..u oi tAr island OF Sakhalin
and D., Puou.r Straits. ami Tine cylc-
nat..a uf Sian hIria were settled.
Both ra-u. bind themselves not To
lortuy th, stand l.a Peronse is TO
he "oau" anal Japan agNos not 10
crccl vork. to command the strait
The article relating 20 the evacna
tion of NuclWia provides ih1i the
troou. inuDuatclyupon The exchange
of final randruious. are to bee with.
drawn Respectively TO the lines oi
Nul.d,u ana uarbm The number OBJ
"raflroaI a.ards" in ordinary times rs
limited. hut uroys Jon is made Tor the
diepatcl ,s troops tor tine protection
of the uu. lu case OF disorder upon
condition uat they are Immediately
Withdrawn when ihc.r mission Is IN.
is.Dd
The alar.I.t stories that have gone
ont arc iar, moou,hne. The peace
OFF Portsmouth 0i.i Dee an accomplished
fact TAc. can and viii boz no per
n..r.qt Haar.em. Details are
being settled and details are impor-
tant. but no detail is important enough
fo cause. "A rupture 10 is not deemed
rossihi. here that there can be
lroak. although some of the Russians
and some of tho Japanese shake th'ir
heads and say a treaty lis not signed
until 10 i- signed.
The Russians and the Japanese are
both scokiu. for every advantage. ne
nervousness over the outcome is not
real however neither Russians nor
Iapanrsc can AFFORD o. break now ana
neither viii.
Tho Observation-Disclosures and the a..
tach,s ot the two missions seem TO be
uuv as anxious for the curtain 10
ring down On The final act OF the
drama ~. fhc little colony OF newspa
n,r CORRESPONDENTS and summer guests
who are waiting to be "in at the
death Tia. WORK of cugrossins the
treaty. has already begun. Mr RoJcSt
y.nsi.v daluc thc caligraphic work OF
Oh. French and Nr Adash OF the
English toxt. Controversies over the
,bra.aoI,., still continue. and there
voro several conferences between Mr..
De Martens ami Nr. Dennison. differ
oncos being referred for adjustment 10
tho princ.rals. The Japanese are prov
inc great -frNer- for words They
clino t,uaciously to their ideas Care
r,l nronarafiou and methods have
loon mo secret of their successes on
r,,d and saa and i'm their diplomatic
str.,oolcs NJ Portsmouth the same
qualities have been displayed
In .thn sittiurs of the conference
Baron Komura always stated the Jap
anose po-ition upon given point
briefly but wiih great care and when
Mr. Wittc whose method was entirely
different would try 20 draw ont eX-
rlanations no would stick dOggclly 10
,ba statement ne had made. Mr.. Witte,
a man of affairs rcsourcclul and tai
ortod as he is admitted 10 be, had his
case I'm his head He never brought
any napors with him. He met every
thing which came mp in an off-hand
way woiqhiue II instantly i'm his mind.
arolvzine # arguing the logic pro and
oor o,d etatinc his yicw quite bmntly.
novor asking for time TO consider
poron Eowura ON the other hand
oo,,ld with the greatest difficulty be
induced IN enter into the region OF ar
o,mcnt He stuck 10 the brief before
b,, Snoal,inr ALWAYS quit. slowly.
no would ropeat over and over again
,,.tot a., had stated as # he had learn
- htr loeson bv rote Several times
~ VIZ. ,.orl1 saw. "Yos 7 under.
a,an5 n.rr,,,iv What Won say. but
,.ha, do ,or moan What is vour real
ohio,, %" Tho, Raron Komura would
49, ho,p and restate his proposition
olr,os, evoctIv as he had done origl-
Ill. uctb sY.t.ms had their advan-
1900 p,. i,,istipo insisting insist
90 ~. I.o,,,,ro would sometimes
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I Us, W. ''''' .aina 81 rronoration and
f Nv" c.as annoront Mr.
~, - -. hod ,r,.s,olli7od conn.
" I''e 9 9e','''i, 80 ,nai,o put on the
~ hand ,yb.rovor Mr. W,tte suc.
- g. ioadirc bis adversary into
49, roa,r, Of orgnmnot whore nrevious
.ts 10 bo1