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Show IREAIY OF PORTSMOUTH WILL MORE THAN LIKELY NOT BE SIGNED UNTIL TOMORROW; JAPS ARE READY NOW 1 I,, " PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Sept. 4. The Indications this morning were that the "treaty of Portsmouth" would not be signed until tomorrow. The "Protocol," or minutes of the "historic session" of August 29, when peace was arranged, was still In issue, and the chances were against Its completion and approval in time to sign the treaty at S o'clock, as had been provisionally arranged. Both sides regard the official record of the sitting' of August 29 as of the greatest importance. The agreement was reached In secret, but subsequently there was a "public rehearsal" In the presence of the secretaries at which the record was made, the Japanese offering their compromises, com-promises, meeting with refusal, and finally accepting the "ultimatum of the Csar" no Indemnity and the division of Sakhalien. - The Japanese at 10:45 a. m. said that . i if the treaty Is not signed this afternoon the delay will be due to the Russians as their copies of the treaty and protocols were ready and Baron Komura had the necessary authority to sign. " "We are ready," said Mr. Dennison, j "and we expect to sign the treaty this afternoon, although the hour has not been fixed." The Japanese say they have no tnfor matlon of the reported revolutionary outbreak In Japan. Cable communication communica-tion which is via Formosa Is alow, but cables have been received dated' today. At 11 o'clock Mr. pianchon took the final draft ,of the Russian protocol of the session of August 29 to the Japanese. Japa-nese. ' M. Wltte. however, said he could not say whether or not the treaty could be signed. |