Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-09-04
AN ARMISTICE HAS
Been AGREED UPON
Will Take Effect When ENJOYS
Sign the Treaty.
TREATY IS NOT YET COMPLETE

The Declaring OF an /Arm'stiee W."
Mark the Conclusion Of the Great
Russlan-Japansse War, Which Has
Been Going On For 10 Months.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. Am ar
mistice has been signed to take effect
after signature to the treaty.
II is now expected that the text OF
the treaty will be completed by to-
morrow night or Sunday. Full sum
maries. il not the actual text, will then
be cabIed to Toxic and ST. Petersburg
for the approval OF the respective gov
ernments aud by Tuesday or Wednes-
day 1T the latest, NJ. WtLe and Baron
Komura expect to receive final author
ity to afflx their signatures.
The subsequent exchange OF ratin'
cations by the two governments VIII
be simply a Formally. Mr.. Dennison
an MIR. DeMaartens will meet again
this afternoon. The conditions OF the
armistlce or rather complet suspen'
sion of hostllitics marking the conclu'
sion OF the war. will be arranged ex'
cept for minor details by the pleni'
potentiaries here. Technically, the
formal cessation Of hostllities to be
arranged today will be an armistice
lnasmuch as II is temporary, pending
the final exchange Of ratificatlons. 1t
will not provide for the ultimate re-
lease of the Russian and Japanese
prisoners OF war
An article covering the latter sub
ject will be included In the treaty. The
ceremony OF signing the treaty OF
Portsmouth" will be rs quiet and un'
destinations as possible. Both sides
desire to avoid any spectacular scenes.
Both realize that for different reasons
the treaty will not be popular in their
respective countries. In Japan espe.
cally there Is expected to be a great
popular cutlery.
I'VE know" said a member OF the
japanese mission today. that We are
going home to stones and perhaps TO
dynamite"
No arrangements looking To joint
farewell visit TO President Roosevelt
have been made or even suggested.
Baron Komura aud NJ Witte will 40
separately to Oyster hay TO express
thanks on behalf OF their respective
countries aud say "Goodby." NJ. Witte
expects TO sli Sept IL. on the Kaiser
Wilhelm H. he has already provision.
ally engaged suite 81 rooms on that
steamer Baron Komura has pro.
yisionally engaged a quite OF rooms
on steamer sailing from the Pacific
coast Sept 90. He and hts suite expect
TO leave New York Sept. IL.
The projected trips OF the missions
to the White mountains have practical.
ly been abandoned because OF lack Of
tame. The treaty Of Portsmouth Is
TO be given TO the world. There Is to
be no sAecret about Il. neither govern.
men having any reason 70 withhold L.
II provisions are therefore to be pub.
lished broadcast tsEIuAlly, bus not i'm.
mediatsly.
|. Mr.. Saio said 10 the Associated Press
today tha, u would not be given out
until the anal Publications had been
| exchanges By the soyerrigns Of tho
two countries.
The treaty wtll be sngrosscd on tho
treaty paper on The American state
department.. a peculiarly fine quality
Of hnSa parchment paper Two 81 the
caliErAphSrS q the state department
have been sent for 60 come here ani
30 Tho eagrOssiRG. Il "a Officially
stated Tia, President Roosevelt will
nOt come 20 Portsmouth 'a tc prrscn,
a The SiEung % the treaty