The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-04
THANKSGIVING NEAR
Peace ENJOYS Will Sign by Tuesday at
the Latest.
New York Sun Special Service.

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New York Sun Special Service.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 4.-Thc
Peace pea eo treaty is complete The Language
been settled. Nothing is is left for t the
ENJOYS to do, but wait for the copies
that are being made by the clerks Of
the Russian and Japanese suites. If the
clerks work rapidly the treaty will be
signed late this afternoon. If they arc
slow, it will not be possible to sign it
before Tuesday morning. No one ex
poets a delay later than that. 49, Fl. T..
The ceremonies incident to the sign
ing will be simple. None but the Of
fetal members Of the japanese and Rus
sian parties will be present, except
Admiral Meade, commandment Of the
Portsmouth navy yard, the captains of
| whatever American warships are in
Portsmouth harbor and H. H. D. Peirce,
| of the state department, the man who
the president during the negotiations.
The signing will be done on the sec
ond floor Of the navy yard building,
where peace was agreed upon. Each
envoy has to sign the French and Eng
lish copies, Of which there will be two
each. That is all. Then the formal
adieu will be made.
Plans Of ENJOYS. q"
The Russians intend to leave as soon
as possible after the treaty is signed.
The japanese are in not SO great a
hurry. Baron Komura has had a notice
posted that he will be pleased to meet
the guests Of the Hotel Wentworth and
others at half past tonight, in
company with Minister Takahira.
Mr. Wittte will 20 to New York on a
| oil tro1 &c, n !,
dinner in New York at the Metropoli-
tan club and he wants to go to Niagara
Falls and Chicago. He expects to sail
| Tuesday week for Russia.
The Japanese will leave here later and
take. their time in getting to the Pacific
coast. They will sail about Sept. 20.
Bogus summaries Of the treaty have
been sent out and bogus attempts to
print its text have been made. The
ENJOYS are so careful to protect that
text that they would not avail them.
selves of the services of the expert pen.
men sent from the state department to
engross the treaty, but turned it over to
M. Rojestvensky and M. Atchaiai to
make fair copies. The official copies
of treaty win be minus the fourishes
; of the engrosser. They will simply be
treaty consists of fifteen clauses or ap
proximately 1000 words.
The Arlnistice.
The armistice will take effect as soor
as the treaty is signed. Under the
terms of the treaty notifications must
be exchanged within fifty days.
The parchment on which the treaty
is being written was furnished by tn
United States state department. It i
, bordered by a red line about an inch il
\ from the edge. When Mr.. Witte say
= this parchment he refused to accept it
, but he finally had to take it, as it is tn
= only, parchment, apparently, in New
Hampshire. 80 -.,, -. -.
ID The notice Of ratification will b
+ given in this way: When the empero
: Of Japan ratifes the treaty the Frencl
: minister at Toxic will be Informed an
! he in turn will notify the Russian gov
Il ernment When the car has rattle,
the treaty he will inform the American
ambassador at st. Petersburg, and h
will notify the emperor of Japan. Bot
\ Of these notifications will be made b.
} kilograms.
The prisoners of the two nations ar
to be carried home by their respectiv
r governments. The North Germa
D Lloyd line has ten ships ready now t
a take back the Russians who are hel
a captives in Japan. These ships wi
s carry 1000 prisoners each. There ar
9 $4,000 to $4,000 Russian prisoners i
i Japan. g..