The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Preliminary Arrangements for Armstice Com pleted and Actual Work of Framing
 Treaty of Portsmouth" Begun.

the nature of a broad provision for mu- tual commercial privileges by which each country will secure from the oth- ! CT the benefit of the most favored na- ton" clause and the open door" The new treaty, therefore twill be a | wonderfully friendly document, of character almost to raise the suspicion that the two countries have not nego- | tiated peace but have ratified the basis of future alliance. There Is. howev- CT, no evidence, as rumored, that any secret clauses are to be appended to the present treaty.
 Before leaving the conference build | ing Fluctuations were exchanged with the President at oyster Bay. Both Baron Komura and M. Witte tele' | graphed.
 The former confined himself to ap- prising Mir. Roosevelt of the conditions upon which peace had been concluded. M. Witte frankly laid the tribute at 1 the Presidents feet. In his message he
 said:
 History will ascribe to you the glory" ana added the expression Of Russia's hearty appreciation of the Presidents generous initiative. MT l Roosevelt replied with words of thanks and congratulations.
 Then began the jubilation. M. Witte and Baron de Rosen returned to the hotel for luncheon. The Japanese had remained at the conference hall to lunch with MT. Peirce. The news that ueace had been concluded had preceded l the Russian plenipotentfaries and such scenes of wild rejoicing have never be- fore been witnessed in the State of New Hampshire as greeted them upon | their arrival at the hotel. M. Witte,
 dazed at the sudden and happy termi- nation of the conference, was fairly overpowered by the tremendous oVa- tion he received. He.n could only ex-
 press his gratitude by shaking the hands of everybody and in response to the volley of questions fired at him as to the terms. he murmured, We pay not a kopec and we get half of Sakha- lin." .~--. s~~ Witte's Victory. Later in hIs room, when he had par tially recovered himself he declared that he could not have dreamed of such a victory-for that he regards 1t as q diplomatic triumph of the first magnl- tude he makes no attempt to conceal And that Is the verdict here tonight. The Russians are overjoyed at the re- suit.
 we have had our Liaoyangs and Mukdens on land," they say. and our Tsushimas on sea. but the Japanese have their Portsmouth"
 Although NJ. Witte is not diploma tlSt, they deCldTe that ne ldS
 vred the Japanese, yielding one by one to the conditions until he forced them into a corner on the main Issue of in- demnity and left the mno escape except surrender or to convert the war Into a war to collect tribute. The Russians declared that automatically the Japa- nese made their colossal blunder when they agreed to consider the conditions seratim.
 rLa ToHa,asa corrasnopdeOts though they said little, plainly showed their dissatisfaction with the terms during the afternoon They stood aloof. silent in the midst of the general Jubilatlon. for as the afternoon advanced the ar was filled with the sounds of rejoicing: Bells were ringing in Portsmouth and in Newcastle and the fleet in the harbor was adding to the din with their sirens and bells One of the Japanese. how ever. gave the true note when he re- marked Tell me that the Mtkado haS approved it and I shall be satisfied.
 In that sentence is compressed the Spartan heroism of the Japanese nation and later, when Mir. Sato issued the ofn- cial explanations of the reasons that moved the Japanese plenipotentiaries and it showed that the Emperor had approved, there was a perceptible change Tn the feelings of the Japanese, Considerab ble disappointment continued +o be manifested Baron Komura, fol- lowing the rule he has set himself, de- clIned to make a statement, and Mr TakahIra would only say, when asked
 by the Associated Press to make statement: For the sake of humanity and civilization, and. as we believe, in the interest of both countries and the
 world. we have made peace.
 Despite the fact that neither of the
 Japanese plenipotentiarie will talk for
 nubucation. however, the Associated
 Press can present their line of reason- ing in the words of another:
 The Japanese View.
 The Russians may indulge in boast ings now. They may call 1t diplo- matic victory. but we are confident that upon calm consideration. the world will applaud our course. To yield upon the question of our demand for the ex- penses of the war was the only road to peace We had attained the objects
 of the war: we had established our predominant position in Korea: we had obtained the lease to Port Arthur and
 the adjacent territory; we had obtained the Chinese Eastern Railroad and the evacuation of Manchuria- We had even obtained important fishing rights along the Russia littoral. These covered the objects which we have kept steadily in
 view for nineteen months of bloody war IneSe oOJects insured thS lO-
 sumption of the great works of peace
 we had planned To have now set out selves a new Object-that of obtaining money of Russia to defray the expenses of the war-would have involved con-
 tinuation of the sacrifice of blood and treasure. At the end--What? We
 could not go to Moscow or St. Peters
 burg. The internal conditions in Rus
 sia had to be considered. Our very might have created COndi-
 tions which would make it impossible
 to secure indemnity.
 Besides. in the final analysis. there
 was the recognition of the fact that to
 obtain indemnity, a country must hold
 the other by the throat That is the
 lesson of history. We renounced such a purpose that our people might return to the peaceful work and that commerce