The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-07
usso-Japanese Treaty Consisting
OF Preamble and ~ Arti-
cles Is Completed.
DIFFERENCES STILL TO O. ST1ED
Wording of Protocol OF Last Sitt,ng was
Still In Dispute Mnuday-Au Conc~rneA
are Anxious to fInish the Wors aud be-
part for their Homes-Cnrres p"nd-nts
win Not View the Signing.

pleted. II consists of a preamD De and
Ia articles, the substance "a all oil
which have been given in the Associ,
ated Press DISPATCHES. But there we're
still differences about the wording o,
the protocol of the last siiiinS. wlich
must be sign d before ,hc treaty il
self can be sl"nol. The Japanese pre-
serted nruu.b 10 which the Rus
slams took exception, Mr.. De
Martens, who is extremely anxious TO
get back 10 RDSSia. Las enga.el pass
age on La Lorraine. sailing from New
York THURSDAY, and leaves h"re on
"Wednesday.
The plenilo'cntiarles and the at,
tachcs Of the TWO missions sem to-
he fully Gs anNio"S for The curtain to
ring down on the final act of the
drama rs the little colony of newspa.
per correspondents and summer
guests who are waiting to be "ia at
the death
The Japanese are provir% great
sticklers for words They cling tena-
ciously to their ideas. Careful prep
aratiCn and methods have been the
secret of their successes on land and
sea, and in their diplomatic struggles
AT Portsmouth tho same qualities have
been displayed,
In the sittings of the conference Ba,
ron Komura always stated the Japa.
nese position upon given poinl
briefly, but with great care. and when
Mr.. White, whose method was entirel,
different. would try to draw out eX-
plantations, he would stick doggedly
to the statement he had made. Mr.,
Witte man of affairs. reSourceful
and talented as he is admitted to be,
had his case in his head, He never
brought any papers with him, He
met everything which came up in an
off-hand way, weighing it instantly in
his mind, analyZing it, arguing the
logic pro and con, and stating his
view quite bluntly, never asking for
time TO consider.
Baron Komura. on the other hand
could with the greatest difficulty he
induced 10 enter into the region ol
argument He stuck to the brief be-
fore him. Speaking always quit,
slowly, he would repeat over AM
over again what he had stated, as /
he had learned his lesson by rote. Sew
eral times Mr.. Witte would say:
Eyes, understand perfectly what
you say. but what do you mean, wha'
Is your reai Obiect?"
Then Baron Komura would go bach
and restate his proposition almost ex
actly as he had done originally. BY
insisting. insisting, insisting. BarOr
Komura would sometimes catch Mr.
White off his guard and provoke hin
into statements which were Away:
eagerly seized upon. AS final resor
Baron Komura was always ready will
written solution of question ant
would produce il suddenly, saying
This Is what we propose. What hav'
you got to offer?" Then the value o
preparation and foresightedness wa.
apparent. Mr.. Witte seldom had {
crystaliZed counter proposition t.
make. But on the other hand, when
ever Mr. Witte succeeded in leadin;
| his adversary into the realm of argl
ment, where previous preparation
availed nothing, he had Baron Komu
| IA at q lisadAanin2e- One of thes
present likened Baron Komura to
horse in cylinders as long as he wa
| on the beaten road with his work GU
out ahead of him. he got along swim
| mingly, but The instant he was off tn
road into the woods with the blind
| ers" removed. he appeared to be con
J fused and lost and fastened back a
| speedily MS possible to the road h
| had mentally traverscd so often an
with every foot of which he was ia
miliar.
While a full synopsis of the treat
| will be cabled to the governments G
the two countries, the actual tex
will not be known at Toxic or st. Pf
tersburg until the plenirotentiarie
arrive. Mr. White will PERSONAL
convey the text TO st. Petersburg an
Baron Komura 10 Toxic. This is tf
real reason why both are anxious I
get home as soon rs possible, as tn
treaty does not go into force until tn
two emperors have signed 1t.
The signing of the treaty is to
very exclusive affair. The Japanes
objected to the presence of any news
paper correspondents Or photogr'
pliers. and It. has therefore been d.
cided that beside the plenipotenti
ries and secretaries there shall
present only Assistant Secretal
PIERCE, representing the president
Gov. McLane, of New Hampshire; II
mayor of Portsmouth, Admiral Mea
commander of the navy yard, and Il
commanders OF ans United Stat
ships in the harbor.
The 18th and concluding article
the treaty provides that the exchant
Of notifications shall occur within
days after its signature by the plenip'
tentairies. The Russian ratificatio
will be communicated to the Japane'
government BY the French minist'
at Toxic and Mr. Meyer, the Americs
ambassador at st. Petersburg vi
communicate the japanese ratincatit