The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-04

discussions which indefinitely might prolong the negotiations.
 One of the attaches illustrated the | position of the home governments by telling the story of the man who had | asked from 8 tailor a sack suit. He was satisfied with a sack suit until he returned with some friends to try on the coat. It was only when they sug- gested that frock coat would have been more suitable that the man grew | discontented.
 We don't want that to arise," said the attache. The plenipotentiarie are the tailors and if their friends at home object now they can only say l you should have thought of a tail coat before the cloth for the tails was cut otf. "
 One of the articles in the treaty pro vides for the protection of private rights and property acquired under Russian control in southern Sakhalin and in Dalny, Port Arthur and other places in the Liao Tung peninsula. The Russian government has had innum- erable petitions on this subject. Sev- eraI of them are from Americans who held concessions in southern Sakha- lin.
 While a fully synopsis of the treaty will be cabled to the governments of the two countries. the actual text will not be known at Tokio or St. Peters, burg until the plenipotentiaries arr rive. M. Witte will personally convey the text to St Petersburg and Baron Komura to Tokio. This is the real reason why both are anxious to get home as soon as possible as the treaty does not go into force until the two emperors have signed.
 Notification Through Neutrals.
 To avoid the delay of exchange of t..a. inry n1xyn 1fr weeks at least. official notification of the final approval by the emperors will be made through neutrals. the United States in the case of Japan and France in the case of Russia. The text of the treaty will not be made public at Portsmouth. If 1t ever IS. 1t will be after 1t mas received the approval of the two emperors. NJ. Witte when questioned upon the subject by the Associated Press remarked laughing ly:
 You are at liberty to announce both in Europe and America that we are willing to make the Treaty Of Ports- mouth public as soon as the new Anglo-Japanese treaty is given to the world.
 The signing of the treaty is to be a very exclusive affair. The Japanese objected to the presence of any news- paper correspondents or photographers
 
 besides the plenipotentiaries and sec- retaries there shall be present only Assistant Secretary Peirce, represent ing the President; Governor McLane of New Hampshire; the Mayor of Ports- mouth; Admiral Mead, commander of the navy yard, and the commanders of any United States warships in the harbor-in this case only Captain Winslow, of the Mayflower. Mir. Peirce has procured four ordinary quill pens, with one of which each of the plenipotentiaries will sign.
 Baron Komura and MT. Takahira, i through MT. sato. have invited the newspaper correspondents and guests of the hotel and the United States gov- ernment officials to meet him in thef hotel parlors tomorrow night for an infcrmsai reusption- ssA4.
 Csar Wires Linevitch.
 St. Petersburg. Sept. 3.-The Emper- or on Friday last telegraphed the fol- lowing to General Linevitch:
 The negotiations at Portsmouth led on August 19 to a refusal of the de- mands of the Japanese government re- gardlng the cession of the Island of Sakhalin, the payment of war indem- nity, the surrender of our ships lying in neutral harbors and the limitation of our forces In the waters of the Pa cafe Ocean. After further negotia- tions Japan on August 29 yielded all our conditions, but asked for the re- turn of that portion of Sakhalin occu- pied by Japanese troops, which Is the part held by Japan until 1875 and then ceded by treaty to Russia.
 "The self sacrificing army. so dear to me, withstood the assault of a numer- ically superior enemy in Manchuria, step by step. during nineteen months. obstinately. repulsing his advance. Un- der your leadership the army was re- organized and strengthened by the ar rival of troops from Russia and 1t is now greater in numbers and stronger than before. It was not only prepared to ward of the enemy, but also to in hict upon him an important defeat.
 "I and all Russia believe In the strength of our glorious army and in its readiness to sacrifice itself for the good of the fatherland, but my duty to my conscience and to the people en- trusted to me by God commands me not to again put to the test the valor of Russian men so dear to my heart | and not to expose them to fresh and endless horrors of war in order to re- tain half of a remote island which Ja- | nan ceded to us in 1875, and have, | therefore accepted the preliminary | peace conditions.
 'The Russian troops have repeatedly | proved during this sanguinary conflict | their valor and self-sacrifce. Convey | this to my dear army. May 1t know | that I and Russia value the sacrifices which 1t has made in this severe war
 Police Raid ZemstvOlsts.
 Moscow, Sept 3.-The police tonight |