The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01
Proclamation is Probable
 Today.
DETAILS ON THE FIELD
Proceeding Rapidly With
 Draft of Treaty.

Draft of Treaty.
 ren of fhs isifteen Articles are Already
 compI ted, De Martess and
 Dez .i.on Doins Their Del
 ieate work We'll
 Ports5nouth, N. H. Aug. 3il-Japari, throue& Baron Konura. has agreed to the iaemeaiate conclusion of an armis- tice.
 AtYlt o'clock tonight Mir. Takahira weu% to Baron de Rosen's room and ex- plsdnsd that he and Baron Komura re- c&ivea instructions to arrange terms cf &n arrnistice. Baron Rosen immediate Yiy communicated with N. Wttte and iti is probable that . meeting win be held tomorrow morning for the prociama- tion of complete suspension Of hos- tilities preliminary to the arrangefnent of the details by the two generals upon the battleheld
 in the drafting of the treaty of peace Baron Komura, at M. Witte's requssb tomorrow will probably fix day for it's signature. Russia's consent to q suspension of hostilities reached Mi witte tonight in q cahlegrafn from Count IIafmsdorfr whom Emperor Nieh- eIas has empowered to deal with the inportan phases of tha negotiations
 Although General Linevfteh has been informed of the practical conclusion or peace and directed to hold himself m readiness to open with Field Marshal OyAnaa the negotiations for an arSnis- kf~ ar 10 hostilities and the signing of the truce win not go forward from St Peters burg until M Witte has been informed by Baron KomuKA- that the Emperor of Japan has also given his consent
 So rapidly and well is MT. De TMer- tens, with Mir. Dennison. performing his delicate and important task of draft ing the treaty that he was able to re- turn from the navy yard tonight to report to N. Witte the practical com pIefion of ten articles of the treaty. It is expected the treaty will consist of fifteen articles, exclusive of the pream- ble Japan's original demands are said to have numbered thirteen
 The Thirteenth Article.
 only twelve, however, were presented 10 the Russians. as President Roosevelt sa credited with persuading the Japan aee 5 zsN sso4entfalrRes befoFss tffe ef'e'F1 2 vening of the conference to withdrSys one of the conditions, which he regard ed as unjust whether this thirteenth demand dealt with the fortifications at VIadivostok cannot be learned.
 Having waived three of the demands presented-the indemnity. interned ships and the limitation of Russias naval strength in the Far East-the Jananese final conditions were nine Several of these, however. will be di- vided in the treaty and grouped into two or more articles.
 M. witte is exceedingly anxious to sail for home on September IF. In the meantime he will take leave Of Presl- dent Roosevelt and personally present tbe thanks of the Emperor for his as- distance He is, therefore, doing what ha can .to hasten the drafting Of the treaty which he would probably De pre- pared to sign by Tuesday or Wednes- day of next week at the latest unless aone obstacle should arise. The only dif1culties which have thus far appear ed have been due to the ambiguous language of certain parts of the treaty. It Is here that the long experience ana recognized authority of the famous lawyers are proving of assistance 10 Japan as we'll as to Russia. Both MT. De Martens and MT. Dennison, who is also we'll grounded in international law, are selecting with great care the lan- guage of each article in order that the treaty may furnish no ground Tor dit- ferences in the future and accurately record the exact spirit as well as the substance of the agreements concluded in the conference by the plenipohentia- rfes It thus happens that the framers sometimes spend an hour in the selec- ton of one word, to find finally that they are both striving to express the identical Idea.
 Summer Guests Leaving.
 Tn American fashion the summer guests at the Wentworth Hotel have assumed that the peace negotiations are practically over and they are leaving by every train. The participants. how ever, realize there are many important details vet to be decided and are re- malning in their rooms. receiving and sending telegrams.
 Mir. De Mertens and Mir Dennison are for the time the main workers. They arc framing the treaty and are calling to their assistance from time to time those delegates whose advice they need
 IJp to noon neither the Russian nor the Japanese mission received any in- formation regarding an armistice Both Oyama and Linevitch were ordered not to give battle without direct and spe- cffc instructions from their home gov ernments. Neither side desired torm- al suspension of hostilities before the meeting. as 1t would be subject to mis-
 
 had no precedent in history.
 For the first time since his arrival here M Witte this morning went out for walk, which he said he felt very much in need of. having practically had no exercise since he went aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse at Cher bourg Although the weather was dis agreeable and rain threatened, he said he greatly enjoyed his stroll.
 When M. Witte returned, NJ. Plancon submitted to him the work he had pre- pared for the afternoons meeting at the navy yard. which like yesterdays was at o'clock
 MT. De Martens, after working con tinuously all the morning, had prac- tically drafted the whole treaty accord ing to the Russisn interpretation of the agre sment reached by the plenipoten- tiaries. His discussion with Mir. Dem nison, the Japanese legal adviser, were chiefly on the form and on the inter pretation to be given to certain words fin the French text of the treaty.
 The members of the Japanese mission do not see anything strange in the fact that no news has been received from Japan giving the impression there of the conclusion of peace under the con dItions agreed upon between the two plenipotentiaries. One of the most in- duentiaI members of the mission. speak ing to the correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press, said he would not be sur prfsed if the exact conditions of peace