Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-08
THE PEACE TREATY SIGNED
WAR N THE FAR EAST ENDED
AT LAST.
Negotiations at Portsmouth, N. n"
Concluded Tussday-opsn Door in
Manehuria Providsd-othsr Provis.
ions Of Treaty.

The peace treaty between Russia
and Japan was signed AT Portsmouth,
N. H., at 3:47 o'clock Tuesday after
noon, September 8. NJ. Witte. the
Russian representative. signed first.
The preamble OF the treaty recites
that the two emperors have agreed on
a treaty of peace. Article ! stipulates
for the re-establishment OF peace ana
friendship between the sovereigns ana
subjects of the two empires. In ar
ticle 2 Russia recognizes Japan's pre-
ponderant interest In Korea. In arti-
Gle Russia and Japan agree to evac-
uate Manchuria. In article Russian
lease of Port Arthur and Dalny passes
to Japan. In article 8 Russia and
Japan agree that they will put no OBJ
stacles in the way of general measures
(alike for all nations) that China may
take for the development OF Manchu-
ria.
Article provides that the Manchu-
rian railway shall be operated Jointly
between Russia and Japan at Kouang
Teheng Use. The branch lines are
only for commercial and industrial
purposes. Japan acquires the mines
i'm connection with the branch line,
which falls TO her, but Russia retains
her rights by convention with emma
for the construction of her branch.
Article provides that both engage TO
make conjunction of the branch lines
at Kouang Teheng Use. Article pro-
vides that the branch lines snail De
worked with a view to assure COM
mercial traffic between them without
obstruction.
Article 9 provides that Russia cedes
to Japan South Saghalien with de-
pending islands to the fiftieth degree
of north latitude. Free navigation is
assured in the bays of LaPerouse ana
Tareare. Article 10 provides that Rus
sian colonists in South Saghalien
shall have the right to remain without
changing their nationality, but the
Japanese may force Russian convicts
to leave that territory. -,
Article IL declares that Russia will
give the japanese fishing rights in
Russian waters in the Sea of Japan,
the Sea of Okhotsk. and Behring sea.
Article IL enacts the commercial
treaty existing before the war be-
tween Russia and Japan, with the
favored nation clause.
Article 10 provides that prisoners of
war are to be restituted ON the pay
ment of the real cost of keeping the
same.
Article IA provides that the treaty
shall be drawn up in French and Eng
llish, with French evidence for the
Russians, and English for the Japan
csc. In any difficulty of Interpretation,
the French document shall be final
evidence,
! Article Is provides that the ratifica-
| ton of the treaty shall be counter
signed by two sovereigns within nifty
days after the signature. The French
and American embassies shall be in
termediaries to announce the ratinca-
| ton by telegraph.
There are two additional articles
the first of which provides that the
evacuation of Manchuria shall be COM
plete within eighteen months after the
signing of the treaty, and after tha'
time each party shall only be able to
leave as railway guards fifteen soldiers
per kilometer. CA kilometer equals
.6213.7 of mile.) The second provides
that the boundary between the Rus
sian and Japanese portions of sag
halien shall be definitely marked Off by
special photographic commission
An armistice between Russia and
japan was concluded Friday Septem-
Der /. to become operative only upon
the signature of the treaty by the
Observation-Disclosures and to continue until
the final exchange of notifications oil
the two emperors.