The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-15
Church Bells Peal Forth the JOY
full News of Peace.
THEY SHAKE HANDS,
AS the Treaty Is Signed Russla's En-.
voys Extend the Hand OF Friend
ship Which is Grasped by the
Japan's Representative.
A Secret Conference.
A Secret Conference.

IA oSNbNs
A dispatch from Portsn outh, N. H.,
says the treaty Of Portsmouth was
signed shortly before 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon In the conference room
Of the navy general store at the navy
yard. The firing Of a national salute
Of 10 guns wa the signal which told
people of Portsmouth, Ktttery and
Newcastle that the peace Of Ports
mouth was an accomplished fact and
the church bells In the three towns
were soon pealing forth a joyful re
frain.
For AZ minutes those outside the
conference room anxitusly awaited the
signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to
h entrance Of the peace building and
waived his hand to the gunner q few
feet away and the opening shot Of the
salute rang out on tho clear air Of the
soft September afternoon proclaiming
peace between Russia and Japan.
Up to the moment Of signing the
treaty, no word had broken the silence
OF the conference room. Throwing his
pen aside, MIR. White without q word
reached across the table and grasped
Baron Komura's hand. His confreres
followed and the Russian and Japan
ESQ delegates remained for a moment
in silence, their right hands tightly
clasped across the conference table.
The war was over-Rus.ia and Japan
were one more friends.
Thfc 81 M ,,Io coron,0nv rorr tr,o md
deeply impressed the attaches and sec.
retaries OF the two missions, who,
with the invited witnesses, had form
ed a large circle around the delegates
sitting at the table.
Baron de Rosen was the ticst to
break the silence. Rising from his
seat the ambassador, looking Baron
Komura and Mr.. Takahira straight in
the eye, said a few words which one
had only to hear to know that they
came from his heart. He began by
saying that he wished on bohalf OF
Mr.. White, Russia's first plenipoten.
tiary, and In his own name to say a
few words.
We have signed" continued the
ambassador, AN act which will have
forever q place in the annals of his
tory. AS negotiators on behal fof the
empire OF Russia, as well as the EN-
p1re or Japan, we may with Tranquil
conscience say that we have done all
that was in u power in order to
bring about the peace for which the
whole civilized world was longing. We
earnestly hope that friendly relations
between the Two empires will hence.
forth be hImlY established and we
trust that his exccllency, Baron Ko.
mura, as minister OF foreign affairs
and one Of the leading statesmen of
his country, will apply to the strength.
ening OF these relations the wide ex.
perience and wise craftsmanship he
30 conspicuously displayed during these
negotiations which have now bcen so
auspiciously concluded"
Baron Komura replied that he sbar.
ed entirely the views Of Baron Or
IRosen. The treaty Of Portsmouth
which they had just signed, he said,
was In che interest Of humanity and
civilization and he was happy to be-
lieve that 1t would bring about q
t1rm, lasting peace between the two
neighboring empires. He begged to
assure the Russian plenipotentiaries
that 1T would be his duty as well as
his pleasure to do everything in his
power to make the treaty In fact what
1t processes to be In worda-a treaty
Of peace aid amity.
At the conclusion Of Baron Ko.
mura's remarks Mr.. White arose and
said he desired to soc Baron de Rosen
and the japanese plenipoLentaries
alone for q few minutes. The four re.
tired to the Russian ot1ice and were
cOseted for ten minutes. What trans.
plred In that ;inal conference of the
peacemakers, the world may never
know. The plenipotentiaries have re.
fused to discuss 1T even to their score.
tarieS.
The entire Russian mission, headed
by MIR. White, attended a t~hsnksgiv-
ing service celebrated In Christ Epis.
copal church both by American and
Russian clergymen. Reentering the
hotel, one OF the chief members OF
the Japanese mission said: The treaty
signed Tuesday may be the most I'M
portant historical feature Of the
twentieth Century"
What the treaty StipuIatcs.
The following is the treaty as final.
ly agreed upon:
Article | stipulates for the re.estab.
lishment Of peace and friendship be.
tween the soyereigns OF tue two em
pires, and between the subjects Of Rus
sia and japan, respectively.
Article Q. The Emperor Of Russia
recognizes the preponderent interest
from political. military and economic
cal points Of view CT Japan. in Korea
and s%tipulateS that Russia will not OPP.
pose any measures for It's government,
protection or control that Japan vii
deem necessary to take la Korea In
conjunction with the LOrean govern.
ment, but Russian subjects and Rus
sian enterprises are to enjoy the same
status as subjects and enterprises OF
other countries.
Article 3. 1T Is mutually agreed
that the territory CT Manchurla be
simultaneously evacuated by both the
Russian and Japanese troops. Boil
countries are cor cerned In this evacua.
tion, their situations being absolutely
Identical. All rights acquired by pri.
vate persons and companies shall re.
main lntS c5.
Article 4. Rights possessed by Rus.
ala I'm conformity with the lease by
Russia of Port Arthur and Dalny to.