The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Happy Conclusion of Confer ence Was Unexpected
 and Dramatic. MUTUAL PRIVILEGES
 ARE TO BE GRANTED Document Will Constitute a Wonderfully Friendly
 Understanding. Sanan Yields Practically Everything, Russia Paying no Indemnity and Securing Half of
 the Island of
 Sakhaiia.

Portsmouth N. H.. Aug 2s.-The long and bloody war between Japan and Rus sia is ended. - ~..-.....
 The terms of peace were settled by M. witte and Baron Komura' at the session of the conference this morning and this afternoon preliminary arrange nnents for an armistice were concluded and the actual work of framing the treaty of Portsmouth" was by mutual agreement turned over to Mir. De Mar tens, Russia's great international law yer. and MT. Dennison, who for twenty five years has acted as the legal ad- wiser of the Japanese foreign ofhce. The treaty is expected to be completed by the end of the week. This happy conclusion of the confer ence. which week ago would have been shipwrecked had it not been for the heroic intercession of President Roosevelt. was sudden and dramatic. For the sake of peace Japan, with the rnaRnanimity of victor. at the last moment yielded everything still in ts- sue. Russia refused to bulge from the uItimatum Emperor Nicholas had given to President Roosevelt through Ambas- sador Meyer-no indemnity under any Ruise. but an agreement to divide Sak- halin and reimburse Japan for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners were his last words. They had been repeatedly reiterated in M. Witte's in structions and in the form of writ ten reply to the Japanese compromise proposal of last Wednesday they were delivered to Baron Komura this morn ing.
 The EMperOr's Word.
 M witte went to the conference de- cIarinE he was powerless to change the dot of an or the cross of in his instructions Emperor Nicholas's word had been given not only to him but to President Roosevelt, the head of q foreign state.
 when Baron Komura therefore. first offered the new basis of compromise outlined in the Associated Press dis matches last night (the complete renun- citation of indemnity, coupled with proposition for the redemption of Sak- halin at a price to be fixed by a mixed tribunal consisting of representatives of the neutral powers-in fact. If not in words, the solution offered by the President} M. Witte then returned a non possumus. It was what NJ. Wttte termed in his interview with the As sociated Press the psychological mo- ment.
 M. Witte did not finch. He expected A rupture. as he expressed 1t after wards He was stunned by what hap pened.
 Baron Komura gave way on all the disputed points With the prescience that enabled the Japanese to gauge the mental processes of their adversaries on the field of battle and upon the sea- they had realized in advance that peace could be obtained in no other way They had warned their Government. President Roosevelt had. also, it Is be- lieved.
 Japau thought that 1t was better to meet the Russian position than to take the responsibility of continuing the war for the purpose of collecting tribute. The Mikado at the session of the Cab inet and elder statesmen yesterday had sanctioned the final concession. When Baron Komura yielded, the rest was mere child's play
 Articles 10 and II Onterned warships and limitation of Russias power in the Far EasD were withdrawn Japan agreed that only that portion of the Chinese Eastern Railroad souh of cbantfu the position occupied by Ovama. should be ceded to Japan. Both sides once the Ss adlock was broken, wanted just and lasting peace and in that spirit 1t was decided to practi- cally neutralize Sakhalin. each country binding itself not to fortify it's half or the Island and Japan assuming an ob- ngation not to fortify the La Perouse, stra!t between SakhaIin and Hokkaido. which would bar Russia's commercial route to the Pacific.
 Mutual Privileges.
 The plenipotentiaries went further. ThAv decided to add new clause in