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Show RUSSO-JAPANESE TREATY SIGHED AT PORTSMOUTH t Consummation of Great Historical Cvent Is at Leaet Reached and War In Far East It Ended. Portsmouth N. II. Tho treaty ot peace botwecn Ilussla and Japan wns signed by tho representatives ot tho two empires at 3:47 p. in. Tuesday. On the Instant of tho consummation of the great historical net a salute was fired at tho United 8tatea navy yard on Klttery Point, Doth Russian and Japaneso missions, mis-sions, on their arrival at tho navy yard, woro received at tho ontrnnco of. tho building by Admiral Mead, whllo two companies of marines commanded com-manded by Major Moses rondercd military mil-itary honors. Tho copies of tho treaty of peace brought to tho navy yard had been carofully compared by tho secretaries of the two missions In order to avoid tho necessity of reading them beforo tho signing, at which personages extraneous ex-traneous to tho negotiations assisted When tho secretaries had ascertained tho porfect exactness of tho two copies of tho tronty, tho plenipotentiaries and the other membors ot the two missions entered the conference hall, accompanlrd by Assistant Secretary I'elrco, Governor McLano; Admiral Mead and tho maor of Portsmouth!' M. Wltto, tho chief of tho ItUan plenipotentiaries, wbb tho first " to sign his namo to tho.trcaty. After tho coromonles of tho signing of tho treaty Daron Do UoBon delivered a short speech, pointing out tho Importance Import-ance of tho event and tho lpflucnco It will havo In tho rolatlons between the two countrlos. Ho ended by expressing ex-pressing the satisfaction ho folt nt the good rolatlons which have characterized character-ized tho work ot tho plenipotentiaries. Daron Komura ropllcd, paraphrasing Daron Do noton'n spooch, and expressing ex-pressing his thanks for the kind uords addressed to hlmsolf and to the members of his mission. Tho entire nusslan mission, hoaded by M. Wltte, attondod a thanksgiving Bervlce celebrated In Christ Episcopal church both by American and Russian clergymen. Ro-onterlng, one of tho chief members mem-bers of the Japanese mission Bald: "Tho treaty signed today may be the most Important historical featuro of tho .twentieth century," |
