Show SEVENTEENTH ARTICLE Fifty Days Allowed for Ratification of the Treaty I Portsmouth N H Sept 3 aThe The seventeenth and concluding article artcle of ot the treaty provides that the exchange of ratifications shall shaH occur within fifty days alter after ater Its is signature by the plenipotentiaries The rhe Russian ratification I tion ton will vilt wU be to 10 the Japanese government by the French I minister at rolo and a d Mr Meyer eyer the I American ambassador at St Peters Petersburg Petersburg Petersburg burg will communicate the thc Japanese ratification to the Russian government If I the Russians are ready leady the treaty treats reat will be signed tomorrow afternoon at 5 this date having having been sug BUg suggested by Baron Komura Kom ua Otherwise the treaty teaty will wI be signed Tuesday morning The plenipotentiaries have invited Governor McLane to witness the signature of the treaty and he has been telegraphed for tor forThe forThe The Japanese hope to get sway away wa Tuesday Wednesday and the Russians Tuesday or |