Spanish Fork Press | 1905-09-28 | Page 1 | Naval Armistice

NAVAL ARMISTICE Detail of Agreement Have Been Reached at St Petersburg I St Petersburg Details were obtained ob-tained Monday of the naval armistice and demarcation Hue along the Siberian Si-berian coast arranged by the Japanese and Russians September 18 The linn of demarcation which cannot be traversed tra-versed by armed warships or vessels of either country starts from Cape Rodsonoff runs east and then runs north through the middle of the Strait of Ttartary to Cape Elizabeth thence east to near Kamtchatka thence south to longitude 5050 north and then east again to the Commander Islands about 5 degrees north of the line Tho narrowest nar-rowest part of the Strait of Tartary Is made neutral that is to say ships of neither country can traverse it At the beginning ot the conferences of the admirals which occurred in Korulloff bay Admiral Shlmuamura for Japan proposed to establish a lino from coast to coast about forty miles south of Vladivostok but Rear Admiral Ad-miral Jessen for Russia rejected the proposition All the details of the armistice In Korea have not yet been settled The representatives of both armies are still working on them