Show IJWIIESE TREATY SIGNED O AT PORTSMOUTH Consummation of Great Historical Event Is at Least Reached and War In Far East Is Ended Portsmouth N ItThe treaty ot pace between Russia and Japan was signed by tho representatives of tho two empires at 147 p I m Tuesday On the Instant of the consummation cf the great historical act u salute was Shred at the United Slates navy yard on Klttcry Point Both Russian and Japanese missions mis-sions on their arrival at the navy yard were received at the entrance of the building by Admiral Mead while two companies of marines commanded com-manded by Major Mosos rendered milItary mil-itary honors The copies of the treaty of peace brought to the navy yard had been carefully compared by the socretarlos of the two missions In order to avoid the necessity of reading them before the signing at which personages extraneous ex-traneous to the negotiations assisted When the secretaries had ascertained the perfect exactness of the two copies af the treaty tho plenipotentiaries nd the other members of the two missions entered the conference hall accompanied by Assistant Secretary telrce Goeinor Mclnnc Admiral Mead and the mayor of Portsmouth M Wit to the chief of the Russian plenipotentiaries was the first to ilgn his Mme to the treaty After the lerenionlos of thc signing of the treaty Baron Do Rosen delivered a short speech pointing out the Importance Import-ance of the event and the Influence It will have In the relations between the two countries He ended by expressing ex-pressing the satisfaction he felt nt the good relations which have characterized character-ized the work of the plenipotentiaries Baron Komurn replied paraphrasing Baron De Rosens speech and expressing ex-pressing his thanks for tho kind words addressed to himself and to the tnembelB hismtaston Time entire Russian missIon headed by M WItte attended a thanksgiving service celebrated In Christ Episcopal church both by American and Russian clergymen lieentering one of the chief members mem-bers of the Japanese mission said The treaty signed today may be the most Important historical feature of the twentieth century |