Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13

Portsmouth, N. H., Special.-The
treaty of Portsmouth was signed Short
ly before 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
In the conference room of the navy
general store at the navy yard. The
firing Of national salute of 1S guns
was the signal which told the .-,eople
Of Portsmouth, Kittery and Newcastle
that the peace Of Portsmouth was an
accomplished fact, and the church bells
in the three towns were soon pealing
forth a joyful refrain.
For At minutes those outside the
conference room anxiously awaited the
signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed
to- the entrance of the peace building,
and waved his hand to the gunner a
few feet away and the opening shot OF
the salute rang out on the clear air OF
the soft September afternoon, pro-
claiming peace between Russia and ia
pan.
WITTE GRAsPs KOMURA'S HAND,
Up to the moment of signing the
treaty, no word had broken the silence
of the conference room. Throwing his
pen aside, Mr.. Witte, without a word,
reached across the table and grapsed
DE- tc
followed and the Russian and japanese
delegates remained for a moment in
silence, their right hands tightly clasp
ed across the conference table. The
war was over-Russia and Japan were
once more friends.
This simple ceremony rang through
and deeply impressed the attaches and
secretaries of the two missions, who,
with the invited witnesses, had formed
a large circle around the delegates sit
ting at the table.
Baron de Rosen was the first to break
!. the silence. Rising from his seat, the
ambassador looking at Baron Komura
and Mr. Takahira straight in the eye,
SAID dsasseR ,Words Whtsh on nesh shads sonlY
10 hear TO know that they came from
his heart. He began by saying that he
wished, on behalf of M. Witte, Rus
sia's first plenipotentiary, and in his
own. name, to say few words.
nosEN's EARNEST WORDS.
eve have just signed" continued the
ambassador, IAN act which will have
forever place in the annals of his
tory. AS negotiators on behalf of the
empire of Russia, as well as the empire
of Japan, we may with tranquil con-
science say that we have done all that
was in our power in order to bring
about the peace for which the whole
civilized world was longing. We earn
estly hope that friendly relations be-
tween the two empires will henceforth
be firmly established and we trust that
his excellency, Baron Komura, as Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs, and one OF the
leading statesmen Of his country, will
apply to the Strengthening Of these re-
lations, the wide experience and wise
craftsmanship he so conspicuously dis
played during these negotiations, which
have now been so auspiciously con-
cluded.'
BARON KoMURA's RESPONSE.
Baron Komura replied that he shared
entirely the views of Baron de Rosen.
The Treaty of Portsmouth which they
had just signed, he said, was in the
interest Of humanity and civilization
and he was happy to believe that it
would bring about firm, lasting peace
between the two neighboring empires.
He begged to assure the Russian pleni-
potentiaries that it would be his duty
as well as his pleasure to do everything
in his power to make the treaty in fact
what it processes to be in words-a
treaty of peace and amity.
Portsmouth, N. H., Specialize
peace opens with a preamble reciting
that his majesty, the Emperor and au-
tocrat of all the Russians, and his mai
esty, the Emperor of Japan, desiring
TO close the war now slIbsisting be-
twaen them and having appointed their
respective plenipotentiaries and fur
nished them with full powers, which
were found to be in form, have come to
an agreement on a treaty Of peace and
arranged as follows:
Article ! stipulates for the establish