Warren sheaf., 1905-09-07
ARM|ST|CE SIGNED
JAPS Cause DELAY
CESSATION OF HosTILITIEs TO
TAKE PLACE AFTER TREATY
IS RATIFIED.
FORMAL END OF WAR
IS SOON TO FOLLOW

IS SOON TO FOLLOW
Text Of Portsmouth Agreement Will
Not Be Kept from the Public
Signing Is to Be Quiet and IN
ostentatious.
Portsmouth,. N. H., Sept. 2.-An
armlstice has been signed, to take
eHect after signature to the treaty.
The delay in cessation of hostilities
was due to refusal Of Japan to con-
sent to earlier time.
Japan has refused to consent to the
cessation of hostilities until the treaty
OF peace has been signed The Rus
sian plentpotentiaries, accompanied by
their secretaries, called on Baron Ko-
mura and Mr.. Takahira shortly after
noon Friday and were in conference
with them for half an hour. Japan
having indicated Thursday night
through Baron Komura her willing
ness for an armistice, Mr. Witte, sup
posed Friday that he would find them
ready to sign. Baron Komura ex-
planned that while his government was
ready to consent to an armistice, his
instructions were that this should not
take effect until after the signing Of
the treaty. The discussion lasted for
half an hour, the Russian position be-
Ing that Japan's contention was with
out precedent and that if the armis-
tice was not to take effect until the
signing of the treaty, it was practical
~ unnecessary. However, the Japan
ese were insistent and an agreement
was accordingly entered into, provid-
ing for an armistice which shall take
effect the moment the treaty is signed.
Mr.. Sato Explains Stand.
Mr.. Sato, in explanation of Japan's
insistence that the armistice shall not
go into effect until the treaty is signed,
said: "It is necessary that not only
the commanders in the field, but all
the commanders Of ships, shall ba
notified, and this necessarily requires
little time. Japan did not desire to
have the armistice 60 into effect until
the commanders on sea and land have
been notified, thus insuring the main
tenance of the agreement" It is pointed
out in Japanese circles that an armis-
tice has practically been in effect since
the conference began, and it is de-
clared that there is no ground for
anxiety for a clash before the sigma
ture of the treaty ...4
Text of Treaty Coming.
1t is now expected that the text OF
the peace treaty will be completed by
Saturday night or Sunday. Full sum-
maries, if not the actual text, will then
be cabled 70 Toxic and St. Petersburg
for the approval of the respective gov
ernments, and by Tuesday, or Wednes-
day at the latest, Mr.. Witte and Baron
Komura expect to receive final author
ity to aftix their signatures. The SUBJ
seQuent exchange of ratifications by
the two governments will be simply a
formality. The conditions Of the
armistice, or rather complete suspen-
sion Of hostilities marking the con-
clusion of the war, have been ar
ranged, except for minor details, by
the plenipotentiaries here. .s,..s.
Signing to Be Quiet.
The ceremony Of signing the Treaty
of Portsmouth will be as quiet and
transformations as possible. Both sides
desire to avoid any spectacular feat
ures. Both realize that for different
reasons, the treaty will MT be pop
ular in their respective countries. In
Japan especially there is expected to be
a great popular outcry. 1--WE know"
said a member of the Japanese mis-
sion Friday, that we are going home
to stones and perhaps dynamite" No
arrangements looking to a joint fare
we'll visit to President Roosevelt have
been made or even suggested. Baron
Komura and Mr.. Witte will 60 sep
arately to Oyster Bay to express
thanks on behalf of their respective
countries and say ''goOd-by." Mr..
Witte expects to sail September IL on
the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He has al
ready Professionally engaged a suite OF
rooms on that steamer. Baron Ko-
mura has Professionally engaged cabins
on a steamer sailing from the Pacific
coast September 20. He and his suite
expect to leave New York September
12. The projected trips of the mis-
sions to the White mountains have
practically been abandoned because OF
lack of time Il
No Secret About Agreement.
The Treaty of Portsmouth" is to
be given to the world There is to be
no secret about it, neither government
having any reason to withhold it. It's
provisions are therefore to be pub
lished broadcast textually, but not i'm
mediately Mr.. Sato said to the press
Friday that it would not be given out
until the final ratifications had been
exchanged by the sovereigns of the
two countries. The treaty will be
engrossed on the treaty paper of the
American sta,e department, q pecul-
iarly fine quality of linen parchment
paper. Two of the caligraphers Of the
state department have Leen sent fol