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Show TREATY Or PEACE ; I SIIIBJT LAST I Conclusion of Pact Greeted by j Salute of Guns From the ,s Navy Yard. s 'j SUN SHINES BRIGHTLY " AS AN OMEN OF GOOD B tr IH Thanksgiving Services Held by H Russian Envoys in Recog-nition Recog-nition of Event. , . PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Sept C Tho ! treaty of peace between Russia and ' Japan -was signed' by tho representatives of tho two empires at 3:47 p. m. today. On i tho instant of tho consummation of tho' great historical act a salute was fired at tho United States navy yard on KJttery fl ;iolnt M. Wlttc, accompanied by Baron Do Rosen and M. Plancon. left the hotol for tho navy yard at 2:S0 p. m. Tho rain, i which had been falling in torrents for half an hour previously to this time, sud- denly ceased, nnd tho sun, -which had riot been visible for three days, shone forth. ( Taken as a Good Omen. i Baron Komura. Minister Takahira and Mr. Dcnnlson, the legal 'adviser of the Japancso envoys, left at 2:48 ln an auto- 1 mobile for tho navy yard. They wero , greotcd by tho guests of tho hotel gath- crcd on the veranda to witness their de- , parture. Bishop Henry C. Potter of New 1 York was among the number. i Baron Komura, pointing at the sun. said smilingly: ' "It Is a good omen for pcac'o." Peace Treaty Is Brought. i Baron Komura had been preceded by ! another motor car, which carried Mr. Sato and the Japanese secretaries, taking 1 their copy of the peace treaty In a largo black leather portfolio. : Both Russian and Japancso missions on 1 their arrival at tho navy yard were re- I eelved at the entrance of tho building by Admiral Mead, while two companies of murines commanded by MaJ. Moses ren-dered ren-dered milltarv honors. 1 I Copies Are Compared. The copies of the treaty of peace brought to the navy yard had been care-fully care-fully compared by tho secretaries of tho two missions, In order to avoid tho neces-slty neces-slty of reading them before the signing. at which poreonages extraneous to tho negotiations assisted. When tho sccrc-tarles sccrc-tarles had ascertained the perfect exact-new? exact-new? of tho two copies of the troaty, tho plenipotentiaries and tho other members of the two missions entered the confer-enco confer-enco hall, accompanied by Assistant Sec-rolary Sec-rolary Pelrce, Gov. McLane, Admiral Mead and the Mayor of Portsmouth. Witte Signs It First. M. "Wltte, the chief of tho Russian plenl-potontlarleH. plenl-potontlarleH. was tho first to sign his name to the treaty. After the ceremonies of the signing of tho treaty. Baron Do Rceen delivered a short speech, pointing out the Importanco of the ovont and tho Inlluonco it will have In tho relations between tho two coun-tries. coun-tries. He ended by expressing the satis-faction satis-faction he felt at tho good relations which have characterized the work of tho plenl-potentlarles. plenl-potentlarles. Baron Komura replied, pnra-phrasing pnra-phrasing Baron Do Rosen's speech nnd expressing hie thanks for the kind words addressed to himself nnd to tho mcmbors of his mission. Thanksgiving Services. The entire Russian mission, headed by M. Wltte, attended a thanksgiving scr-vlco scr-vlco celebrated In Christ Episcopal church, both by American nnd Russian clergymen. jH One of the chief members of the Japa-ncsc Japa-ncsc mission said: "The treaty elgncd today may bo tho most important historical feature of the twentieth century." fljH |