The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-06
TREATY OF PEACE IS SIGNED
 BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES

navigation is assured in the bays oi | LaPerouse and Tartare.
 | Article f0-This article recites the situation If Russian subjects on tns southern part of sakhaiin island ans stipulates that Russian colonists tners | shall be free and shall have the rish' | to remain without changing their na' tioualfty. Per contra, the Japanese government shall have the right te force Russian convicts to leave the | territory which Is ceded to her.
 | Fishing Rights.
 | Article fi--Russia engages herselI "a make an agreement with Japan, stvine to Japanese subjects the right 10 M nsn | in Russian territorial waters Of the sea \ of Japan. the Sea of Okhotsk and Behr- ! ing Sea
 Article 12-The two high contractins | parties engage themselves to renew l the commercial treaty existing between the two governments prior to the war | in all it's vfgor. with slight modinca- | tions in details and with most ia- | vored nation clause.
 | Article I3-Russia and Japan recip- rocally engage to restitute their pris- oners of war on paying the real cost l of keeping the same, such claim TOT | cost to be supported by documents, | Article 14--This peace treaty shall De l drawn up in two languages, French and | English. the French text oeing n,, svi- | dence for the Russians and the English | text for Japan. In case of difhculty or ! interpretation the French document to | be final evidence.
 | Article 15--The ratification of this l treaty shall be countersigned by the I soverefxns of the two states within | fifty days after it's signature. The I <tS k. e | he intermediates between the Japa- | nese and Russian governments to an- nounce by telegraph the ratification of ' the treaty.
 TWO additional articles are agreed to | as foilows:
 | Article i--The evacuation of Man churia by both armies shall be com plete within eighteen months from the | signing of the treaty. beginning wltn the retirement of troops or the nrst l fine. At the expiration of the eighteen monthe the two parties will only be able to leave guards for the railway, fifteen soldiers per kilcmetre
 l Article 2-The boundary which lim- It's the parts owned respectively by | Russia and Japan In the Sakhalin Is- land .shail be definitely marked en on the spot by a special limitographic commission.
 Three o'clock was the hour set for the final session of the conference. An hour before that time heavy ! thunderstorm was in progress but as I'M Witte and Baron de Rosen left tho hotel in an automobile at 2:25 for the navy yard, the rain stopped. When Baron Komura and Mrl Takahira en- tered their automobile twenty minutes later the sun suddenly shone, which called for the remark from Baron Komura. Tt is good omen for peace" This remark was chcered by
 The Russian plenipotentiaries reach- ed the var dat a quarter of three and lreceiyed an ambaeeadoeiai salute Of nineteen guns. The yard presented q | lively scene as the automobile bearing M. witte and Baron de Rosen dashed up to the conference building. On one side. in special full dress. were two ] companies of marines commended by Major Moses, who rendered the pre- | scribed honors as M witte and Baron gde Rosen passed their front. Grouped in front of the conference hall were a large number of correspondents who had been admitted to the navy yard I at the special request of M. Witte and | they gave him hearty cheer as he alighted from his automobile and was i greeted fin the vestibule by Mir Peirce l the third assistant secretary of State Admiral Mead, commandant of the yard. Commander Cameron McR. Wins low, commanding lne Mayflower, and the five midshipmen who were order | ed here for duty in connection with the peace conference. The midshipmer were Harrington. BagIey. Blackburn | InRersoll and Leary, and they ap- peared in special full dress uniform.
 ans Russians went at once to theil private offices adjoining the conference room to await the arrival of the Japa. until 8 o'clock.
 Reading the Copies.
 Baron Komura and Mir. Takahira | were also saluted with nineteen guns as they entered the navy yard. They were ushered at once 70 the Japanese oflces at the east of the conference I hall. Then the Russian secretaries i'm. i mediateIy came over and began the lcomparative reading Of the Russian and Japanese copies which required about twenty minutes Upon the com
 pletion of this task they prepared the
 two copies of the protocol of the final
 sitting. leaving only the exact hour tc
 be filled in.
 | ! It was just 3:45 when the plenipoten-
 tiaries entered the conference room from their respective offices They
 merely bowed to each other and took
 their accustomed seats at the long ta'
 ble around which their negotiation:
 have been conducted. Instead of tho
 secretaries sitting next to the pleni-
 potentiaries, however, these chairs
 were occupied by the remaining dele
 gates. M. Witte sat at the centre oi
 the table facing the window. On his
 right was Baron de Rosen and Captain
 Roussine, the latter occupying the seal
 of MT. De Martens, who was detained
 at his hotel by indisposition On M
 Witte's left sat MT. Pokotiloff and
 General Germalofr. Directly opposite
 M. wItte was Baron Komura, with Mir
 Takahira and MT. Sato on his right
 and Mir Dennison and MT. Yamaza or
 his left. At one end of the table sal
 Mir. Plancon, with the Russian origf'
 nals of the treaty in French and Eng
 fish and the final protocol. Grouped
 around the table were the other mem
 bers of the two missions and the in
 vited witnesses: Mir. Peirce, the ThlrC
 sonaI representative of the President
 Admiral Mead, commander of the navy
 yard; Captain Winsiow, commanding
 the Mayaower: the Governor of New
 Hampshire and the Mayor of Ports
 mouth.
 As soon as the delegates had taker
 their seats Mir Sato left his chair anC
 went to NJ Witte's side with the Jap
 anese copies of the treaty. which n'
 nlaced before him. At the same time
 MT. Plancon placed the Russian copie,
 of the treaty before Baron Komura
 Almost at the same moment the twC
 selected pens from the centre of thu
 table and signed their names, first tC