Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-04
as; Provides for Exchange o. RAnSsGtiOnI
Within Fifty Days
WORK or tSeSossEtST BEGINS
Rejsstvsnsly is Preparing French Copy
ssd Ada,hi the English.
CEREMONY WILL Sc EXCLUSIVE
Newrpaper Ncn and PhotoEra pherg
VIII Not he Allowed 80 he
Present when Envoys
Am1 stEnatures.

PORTSMOUTH sept 3-The. seven
teenth and concluding article o. the treaty
provides that the exchange Of rstnoauons
shall occur within sfty days after It's sig
nature by the pisnipotentisries. The Rus
sian ratification Will he communicated 20
The japanese government by the French
minister q, Toxic. and M Meyer the
American snbss ssodor a. s. Petersburg.
will communicate the japanese ratification
10 the Russian government
u the Russians are ready ;he treaty will
b. signed tomorrow afternoon al o'clock.
this date having been suEgested by Baron
Komurs, otherwise the treaty will -
signed Tuesday morning. The plenipoten-
Jisries have invited Governor MeTane 20
witness the signature % the treaty and he
has been teleg-sphed for The japanese
hope 10 get away Tuesday and the Rus
SLAMS Tuesday or y ednesday.
After being treated 20 every variety %
weather. the peace conference promises 20
end in ihe uids; of raging northeasteT.
Since last night i- has been blowing gale.
q ACCOMPANIED by torrents OF Eain Accord
lnE 10 local lTaAlAlNllN HANA AANfAAANArAEaN
continue for three DAYS. 50 that it V-ill
probably last over the day on which the
treaty IS signed.
work of FHEroasmeBt.
5 The plenipotenuaries and the attaches 81
the TWO missions seem 70 be fully as snx-
ious FOR the curtain 10 ring down on the
final act of the drama as the little colony
. Of newspaper correspondents and summer
guests who are waiting 20 be in a. the
death" The work a. enErossing the treaty
has already begun. NJ RoJestyensky doing
. the cahEraphic work Of the French and
M Adsshi Of the English text Contro-
versies over the phraseoiogy still continue
z-d there were several conferences TODAY
. between NJ de Martens and Mr. Dennison.
differences being referred for adjustment to
the principals The japanese are proving
great stickleTs for words They cling
+ tensciously 10 their ideas. Careful preparA-
ton and methods have beer the secret OF
f. their successes on land and 1sea and in
I their diplomatic struggles a. Portsmouth
the same Qualities have been displayed
IN the sis,inEs of the conference Baron
. Kou1ura always stated the Japanese po-
sition upon = given point BREEZY. but With
great care, and when n Witts. whose
method was entirely different would try
70 draw out explanations he would stick
nnEEeIlt 70 we statement - le0 FrlHQN
NJ White. ? man OF snsirs. rssourosful and
talented as he is admitted 10 be. had his
case in his head He never brought any
papers with him. He met everything
which came up in an offhand way. weigh
ing Il instantly in his mind. snalyEinE 81
arguing the logic pro and con. and stating
his view quite bluntly, never asking for
time 70 CO 7sider.
Komura sticks 10 Text.
Baron Komura- on the other hand. could
with the greatest diriculty be induced 20
enter the region 81 argument. He stuck
20 the brief before him. Speaking always
quite slowly. he would repeat over and
again what he had stated, II he had
learned his lesson ny rots- Several times
NJ Witre would say: Yes I understand
perfectly what you say. but what DO you
mean. what is your real object Then
Baron Kornura would so hack and re-
state his proposition almost exactly as he
had done originally. Both systems hAA
their advantages. BY insisting. insisting.
insisting. Baron Konura would some
times catch ~ witte on hts guard and
provoke him into statements which were
always eagerly seized upon. As a nnAl
resort Baron Kou1urs was always ready
with a written solution % q question and
would produce 81 suddenly. saying This
is what ws propose what have you 60,
n Offer Then the value of preparation
and fsrsiEhisdness was apparent NJ
Wftte seldom had a cTysteiised counter
/ proposition 10 make. But on the other
hand. whenever n witte succeeded in
leading his adversary into the realm Of
argument where previous preparation
availed nothing. hs had Baron KoEnurs
I al a disadvantage one of those present
Hkened Baron Komurs 70 a horse IN
''bunders.~ as long a. he was on the beaten
road with his work cut out ahead Of him.
hs got along swiumingly. but the instant
he was Of the road into the woods with
the .sbIindsrs" removed. he appeared 20 h
confused and lost and FASTENED hack as
speedily as possible % the road he had
mentally traversed 50 often and with
every fooi % which he was familiar.
Witte Becomes Impatient.
Nov when the japanese are stu oontinu'
ing their policy a insistenoe upon words
or phrases. NJ Witte is showing consider
able imoatiencs- He - extremely anxious
the earliest moment 70 preclude the posi-
bInty n pressure from the home govern
nlent upon minor points
Especially al St Petersburg there is con.
slant danger that Instructions a. the LAS
moment may come 10 tTy % get this con
oession or that concession, and thus br1nG
only diplomatic discussions which might
indefinitely prolonE the negotiations
p one Of the attaches illustrated the posi
tion Of the home government By telling ths
story % the man Who had asked from 4
tailor q sack suit He was satisfied witt
; a sack suit until he returned with som,
p friend 20 Try on TIE coat II VAS onls
when they suggested that q frock coat o.
q cutavsy would have been more sIitabl.
I that the man grew disseminated We
: don't want that % arise" said the stfache
The plenipoJentiETisE are the tailors abt
! II their friends a. home object n0E they
car only Say You should have though
Of q tail coat before the cloth for the tAni
, vas cut OF
one q the articles q the treaty provides
for the protection of private rights ant
property acquired under Russian contro
IN south sakhalin and in Dalny. Ror
J Arthur and other places in the Lao Tunl
peninsula The Russian government hal
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