The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-08
ormal End Of Bloodiest War
la the Worlds History
Has Come at Last. M
ARE TWO NEW ARTICLES
The First Provide. for the Evacuation
sof Manehuria Within Eighteen
Months and the Second Deals
with sakhaIin Island.

lily sbefQre O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.
IN thetconference room of the navy gem
erals store at the navy yard. The firing
Il 81 81 national salute of twenty-one guns
Was the signal which told the people OF
Portsmouth. Ktttery and Newcastle
that The peaceHOf Portsmouth was an
accomplished fact, and the church bells
IN the three towns were soon pealing
forth q Joyful refrain.
For forty-seven minutes those outside
thesconference room anxious1y awaited
the signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed
Sfo thesentrance of the peace building
waved his hand to a gunner a few
Sfeet away the opening shot OF the
8salNte rang out on the clear air of the
SBOft&September afternoon, proclaiming
$peace between Russia and Japan.
Three o'clock was the hour set for the
hIlalsessiongo OF the conference. An hour
before that9time a. heavy thunderstorm
was inSprogress. but as NJ. Witte and
Baron5SdakRosen left the hotel In an
automobile at 2s25 o'clock for the navy
KoMl1ra Mr.. Tahahira entered
their automobile twenty minutes later
sstheNsun suddenly shone, which called
Tor the following remark from Baron
1t Is q good Omen for eaces"
remark was cheered by the
crowd gatheredAto see h Japanese de-
part.
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49, ssa VI. yu Y Us. I'D sioc . WAen .he
psssIlislppoolusnHl ta srs snlerea me confer
They merely bowed to each other and
stOOkAtheir accustomed seats at the long
Etable%ssarOund which their negotiations
been%conducted. Instead of the
SS -. Var ~ SUING ll1 Ilent 70 tne pienlpo-
SSshliarie 10 g these chalrs We're
Gcaupied py the nal
MssVVitte sat atsthe centersof b table.
gn#nls rlghI was Baron De Rosen$ n
captain Oussine,gth latter
Ins8seat OF Mr.. de Martens who was
etalned. AT the hotel by inddsposition.
Ohm Whites left sat Nh. Pokotilon
and General Fermaloff.
Directly opposite N. Witte was Baron
lSonnlNr with MI. Takahira and Mr..
ssaNo On MS right an IEl NE. 2
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49, sa.lMs 1saslptNAss SNsssalsLs WI. IS alacoi Wit tie
1sssss e VI. " ILL., e ~ st.sa aIsasy n
80 SaASIsssa. s..Na = llsh .a. " iiaal prolo-
49, y lus IL L. s were llls
sy ~ a1a !n 81 q ING ~ missions ana
SlAe ln,gilea witnesses.
Ut l.e eilrNca ~ lnlru& assislail secre-
taIyNsg 3. ses.Le, as the persona repre-
senlalav OF president Admiral
s1 ~ ta o'a 111s..s1as q me navy yard;
MaydoWer::sthe governor OF New Hamp-
ehlresand the mayor Of Portsmouth.
SAs%sco as the delegates had taken
their eat Mr.: Sato left his cha
and went to Mr.. Whites side with b
coptesssof the treaty, which he
placed beforeA him. AZ the same time
- stha trantu hssanaas r. 80 Sop y.
81 tIagsal,a n,n1aent tha iTWso
s.aiacfad snay,a frn,,, ~ naItar ~ 49,
sfs HE andS sienad 4hai. rs nj ~
tina French ma tha,, ~ rSa Lna1;s,,
texfss@Tshe comics ,uera fhan signa5 h.,
sHarnn sRosen md M sralal,ira Ny =
Eafp returned ths IA anasa nnpies "a,
thes signatures 81 BaronsKomuira and
Mr. TakahiraS N MittEs.,S,s Raran :, sa
sRo5sen nffixed their sirna t1,ras 10 tie
Russian comics, and fhe treaty. If
Portsmouth was signed. HE cereIoo,s,
being comnieted At &. 50 o,clnck
cr.., L..a
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fhas siia,sna ~ ~ K 49, 49, aua, ~ paohsn
Ait ] no,l rsan,aaY & ~ as vsi tLs, VIII
ana p,a snsS fara,, nre,,sa 10y .apie
sT1sa ~, sfarsa. saiina.aS ~ e. i aug
.sians ana asess 4 IN .atns -. ~ ~,
amoYnes IN s;la,ea 9hair VIZ, ~
hands fishfiy cl3 syaa acrnss ~ talss.e
ferencefable. The war was over.
Russta and Japan were once more
friends.
THIS sin,plas cerer,onv ra,,g tr,,. .na
deeply Impressed the aftafsbes ana sec.
retarfess e Inc missions, who nitts
the invited witnesses. had formed ]
large circle around the delegafas s;t-
ting al the table.
Hold secre4 S.onf.rs,..
n 4ha oo,,e,,,sfon@o - 49, H.-
= ~ ~ 49, = aSN.t'aiN - hoiiufa =
sired d 80. see 1 Raroa .ly de R Rt1e sai ana nss f des
Japanese pler~ipotentiaries alone for a
Few minutes. The -four retired "a the
Russian Office. II were closeted for