Show BUSSO JAPANESE tact consummation of great bistor cal event Is at least reached and war in far east Is ended portsmouth N H the treaty ol 01 peace between russia and japan was signed by the representatives of the two empires at 3 47 p m tuesday on the instant of the consummation of the great historical act a salute was alred at the united states navy yard on kittery point both russian and japanese mis alons on their arrival at the navy yard yere received at the entrance ot the building by admiral mead while two companies of marines com banded by major moses rendered mil gitary honors the copies of the treaty of peace brought to the navy yard had been carefully compared by the secretaries ot the two missions in order to avoid the of reading them before the signing at which personages ex iraneous trane ous to the negotiations assisted when the secretaries had ascertained the perfect exactness of the two copies of the treaty the plenipotentiaries and the other members of the two missions entered the conference hall accompanied by assistant secretary governor mclane admiral mead and the anar of portsmouth M witte the chief of the russian plenipotentiaries was the first to sign his name to the treaty after the ceremonies of the signing of the baron de rosen delivered a short speech pointing out the import ance of the event and the influence it will have in the relations between the two countries he ended by ex pressing the satisfaction he felt at the good relations which have character iced the work of the plenipotentiaries baron komura replied paraphrasing baron de rosen s speech and ex pressing his thanks tor the kind cords addressed to himself and to the members of his mission the entire russian mission headed by M witte attended a thanksgiving service celebrated in christ episcopal church both by american and russian clergymen entering reentering re one of the chief mem bers of the japanese mission said the treaty signed today may be the most important historical feature of the twentieth century |