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Show IT IS PEACE. , With a suddenness for which nelth- . ' er tho world nor anyone In It not or. j. ' flu" excepting tho plenipotentiaries If thcnibclvcH was prepared, tho Ports- . j , . mouth meeting came to u close oi. ( - ' ' Tuesday last with tin ngrccnient for r ' '''" peace. In reaching this astonishing P1 ', . . result In such an astonishing manner p", " It was of courso necessary for one f '-'' v nil its contentions us to the disputed I' side or tho other to yield absolutely points, and the fact thnt Japan finally did so docs but add to tho wonder- i incnt of tho situation. Up to tho Inst nilnuto tho Japancso envoys showed if indemnity In ono form or another, np- I', :i disposition to stick nnd hang for 4 purently not caring in tho least that , y. the failure of tho deliberations meant ' ' . war to u finish, nnd thoso of tno , ".irth's pcoplo who did not know It I beforo know now thnt Japan Is nbun- ( iluntly ablo and quite willing to fight U us long and ob hard as may bo nee- Ir? oxsnry; furthermoro, tho bulldog ten- ' uclty of tho llttlo brown fellows has SS. ' ' been abundantly seen nnd henru nnu jflfoV t felt. This being the status of things, BsC," ' ,tho nnnmincement of peaco camu as BBCjteic-tftrUJHmUSrlioiUtrom jT.clCftrk,v.Xap:UIf-V" jT.clCftrk,v.Xap:UIf-V" ' ' "" is" no wonder that many who "read or woro Informed of the nowB would not nt first believe it; it seemed self-contradictory. self-contradictory. In receding, however, Japan has lost nothing of prestige but gulnod instend. She had already, by Hturn cannuest. carried every point for which sho originally contended nnd could well afford to rlso to the greatness which only comes or magnanimity. mag-nanimity. Tho outcome makes President Itoos-ovolt Itoos-ovolt tho most conspicuous flguro in modern diplomacy. All honor to him I |