The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-04
'Ip5 TREATY X IS COMPLETE Work on Historic DOCu-
 ment Finished. WILL BE SIGNED TODAY Env0yS are Anxious for the
 Final Act. Japanese Prove Great sticIIers for Phrnseology, Clinging Tenacious
 ly to Their Ideas-Witte
 and Komura Contrasted.

Portsmouth, N. H.. Sept. S.-The sew enteenth and concluding articles of the treaty provides that the exchange oi notifications shall occur within fifty days after its signature by the pleni- potentiaries.
 The Russian ratification will be com- municated to the Japanese Government by the French Minister at Tokio, and MT Meyer. the American Ambassador at St. Petersburg, will communicate the Japanese ratification to the Russian Government. If the Russians are ready the treaty will be signed tomorrow at o'clock, this date having been sug- gested by Baron Komura. Otherwise the treaty will be signed Tuesday morning.
 The plenipotentiaries have invited Governor McLane to witness the sigma ture of the treaty and he has been tell egraphed for. The Japanese hope to get away Tuesday and the Russians Tuesday or Wednesday.
 Portsmouth, Sept. 3.-From an official source the ASSOCldIe0 FESc iS AhAOA h'CN that the treaty Is completed. It con- Hists of a preamble and seventeen ar- ticles, the substance of all of which have been given In the Associated Press dispatches. There were still diff ferences about the wording of the pro- tocol of the last sitting, which must be signed before the treaty itself can be signed. The Japanese presented pro- tocoI to which the Russians took ex- ception. The differences, however, are expected to be strengthened before noon tomorrow and 1t seems possible that the treaty will be signed tomor- row.
 MT. DeMartens, who is anxious to get back to Russia, has engaged passage on LaLorraine, sailing from New York Thursday. and leaves here on Wednes- day.
 After being treated to every variety of weather the peace conference prom ises to end in the midst of a faEing n5rfhenster. Stree fast night tt has been blowing a gale. accompanied by torrents of rain. According to local traditions such northeasters continue for three days. so that it will probably last over the day on which the treaty Is signed. :-.a
 The plenipotentiaries and attaches of the two missions seem to be fully as anxious for the curtain to ring down on the final act of the drama as the little colony of newspaper correspond ents and summer guests who are wait ing to be "in at the death" The work Of expressing the treaty has already begun, MT. Rojestvensky doing the cali graphing work of the French and MT, Adashi of the English text. Contro- versies over the phraseology still con tinue and there were several confer ences today between Mr DeMartens and Mir Dennison, the differences being referred for settlement to the plenipo- tentiaries.
 The Japanese are proving great sticklers for words. They cling tena- ciously to their Ideas. Careful prep aration and methods have been the se- cret of their successes on land and sea and in their diplomatic. struggles at Portsmouth the same qualities have been displayed In the sittings of the conference Baron Komura always stat ed the Japanese position upon a given point briefly. but with great care, and when Nj. Witte, whose method was en- tirely different. would try to draw out his conditions. he would stick doggedly to the statement he had made.
 His Case in His Head.
 NJ Wltte. a man of affairs, re sourceful and talented as he Is ad- mitted to be, had his case in his head. He never brought any papers with him. He weighed the questions ln- stantly in his mind and stated his view quite bluntly, never asking for time to consider Baron Komura, on the other hand, could only with difficulty be led into the region of argument He stuck to the brief before him. Speaking always quite slowly, he would repeat over and over again what he had stated, as If he had learn ed his lesson by role. Several times NJ Witte would say:
 "Yes. I understand perfectly what you say. but what do you mean, what is the object?"
 Then Baron Komura would go back and re-state his proposition almost exactly as he had done originally Roth systems had their advantages By insisting, insisting, insisting Baron Komura would some times catch M Witte off his guard and provoke him Into statements which were always eagerly seized upon. As a final resort Baron Komura was always ready with written solution of a question and would produce 1t suddenly. saying:
 This is what we propose. What have you got to offer2"
 Then the value of preparation and foresightedress was apparent. M. Witte seldom had crystalized coun- ter-proposition to make. But on the other hand, when NJ Witte succeeded in leading his adversary into the realm of argument where previous prepara- ton availed nothing he had Baron Komura at a disadvantage Che of those present likened Baron Komura to horse In "blinkers"-as long as he was on the beaten road, with his work cut out ahead of him, he got along swimmingly; but the instant he was off the road Into the woods. with the 'bllnkers" removed, he appeared to be confused and lost and hastened back as speedily as possible to the road he had mentally traversed so of ten and with every foot of which he was familiar.
 Now. when the Japanese are still continuing their policy of insistence upon words of phrases. NJ Witte is showing considerable impatience. He Is extremely anxious to have the treaty finished and signed at the earliest mo- ment to preclude the possibility of pressure from the home governments upon minor points.
 Especially at St. Petersburg there is constant danger that instructions at the last moment may come to try to get this concession ar that conoss