Show ROOSEVELT RECEIVED FIRST NEWS emperor of russia sends word that he has signed peace treaty st petersburg As a graceful mar mark of appreciation of the part hc bei took in winging about the conference at portsmouth and tho ilie resultant lesul tant peace president boobe roosevelt evelt v cit was the first per son to be notified bs the gov crement that emperor nicholas Nich olaa had ratified rati fled the peace treaty As soon boon as the emperors signature had been at af axed to the instrument and before the treaty had been brought back from Pe peterhof Peter hot for the counter signature of foreign minister lamsdorff the news was sent directly to tho the president the official notification to the french government according to the foreign office fol followed loed several hours later when count I 1 lamsdorff ams dorff had ed the ratification by ills his signature |