The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-15
TREATY SIGNED.
Church Bells Peal Forth the JOY
full News of Peace.
THEY SHAKE HANDS,

ship Which is Grasped by the
Japan's Representative.
A Secret Conference.
A dispatch from Portsm outh, N. III. !,
says the treaty Of Portsmouth was
signed shortly before o'clock Tues
day afternoon in the conference room
Of the navy general store at the navy
yard. The firing Of national salute
Of 10 guns was 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 joyful re
frain.
For ~ minutes those outside the
conference room anxiCusly awaited the
signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to
the entrance Of the peace building and
waived his hand to the gunner few
feet away and the opening shot Of the
salute rang out on tho clear air Of the
pOlu oCpUS dllClAOCh
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, Mr.. Witte without word
reached across the table and grasped
Baron Komura's hand. His con treres
followed and the Russian and Japan.
eSe delegates remained for moment
in silence, their right hands tightly
clasped across the conference table.
The war was over-Rus.ia and Japan
were once more friends.
This simple ceremony rang true and
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
s the eye, said few words which one
had only to hear to know that they
came from his heart. He began by
saying that he wished on bahalf OF
Mr.. Witte, 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 place in the annals Of his
tory. AS negotiators on behal fof the
empire OF Russia, as well as the EN-
pre- or Japan, we may with tranquil
conscience say that we have done all
that was In cur power in order to
bring about the peace for which the
whole civilized world was longing. We
earnestly hope that friendly relations
between the o"o empires will hence.
forth be hImlY established and we
trust that his excellency, 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 sta.esmauship he
30 oconspicuously displayed during these
negotiations which have now been so
auspiclously concluded"
Baron KOmura replied that he sbar.
ed entirely the views Of Baron de
',ltosen. The treaty Of Portsmouth,
which they had just signed, he said,
was In the interest Cf humanity and
civilization and he was happy to be-
lieve that 1t would bring about a
hrm, lasting peace between the two
neighboring empires. He begged to
assure the Russian plcnipctentiarics
that 1t would be his duIy as vel! 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 amty.
At the conclusion Of Baron Ko-
mura's remarks Mr.. Wittc arose and
said he desired to soc Baron de Rosen
and the Japanese plenipOtentaries
alone for q few minutes. The four re-
tired to the Russian C1iice and were
oseted for ten minutes. What trans
pired In that inal conference Of the
peacemakerS, the world may never
know. The plenip0tentarie have re.
fused to discuss 1T even to their Sccre-
taries.
The entire Russian mission, headed
by Mr.. Witte, attended thanksgiv-
ing service celebrated in Christ Epis.
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 Stipulates.
The following Is the treaty as final.
ly agreed upon:
Article | stipulates for the re-cstab.
lishment Of peace and friendship be.
tween the sovereigns Of the two EN-
pires, and between the subjects OF Rus
sla and japan, respectively.
Article g. The Emperor OF Russia
recognizes the preponderent interest
from political. military and economi
cal points OF view CT Japan. in Korea
and stipulates that Russia will not op
pose any measures for It's government
protection or control that Japan vii
deem nj cess8ry to take la Korea ir
conjunction with the LOrean govern
ment, but Russian subjects and Rus
sian enterprises are to enjoy tho same
status as subjects and enterprises o.
other countries.
Article 3. 1t is mutually agreed
that the territory 0 Manchuria bt
simultaneously evacuated by both thu
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