THE TREATY OF PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7920, 8 September 1905, Page 3

THE TREATY OF PEACE.

FRIEPDLY HAM) CLASPS. THK TWO ADDITIONAL CLAUSES. RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOT IMPAIRED

TOKIO, Sept. 0. Although the majority of the ;>o;>ulattoit accept the Treaty of l'cace, there was ■sonic noisy protest at meetings heltl in Tokio, Osava and Nagoya. WASHINGTON, Sept. t. The treaty was signed in .-ilenee rn* til the last signaluie was affixed, jwiien M. deWittc reached across the table and grasped Baron Komura's hand. His colleagues imitated his example, and the Russians and Japanese stood a moment tightly clasping hands. Cordial speeches followed. The two additional articles of the treaty provide for the evacuation of Manchuria- within eighteen months, military railway guards to he afterwards limited to fifteen per kilometre. The Saghalien, boundary is to be defined l|y special commission. Ruwia acknowledges she docs not possess in Manchuria territorial advantages or preferential or exclusive concessions or franchises impairing Orinese sovereignty or incompatible with the, principle of equal opportunity.

M. de Vitte Perfectly Satisfied. French Opisioo. Jap a Great Continental Power. Arbiter of tbi East. (Received Sept. 7, 9.23 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. The Plenipotentiaries have left Portsmouth. M. de Witte declared himself sincerely happy at the results attained. PARIS, Sept, 1. The paper Debats says peace leaves Japan a great Continental Power, and, as Britain's ally, the arbiter of the seas in the Far East. Ho Secret Movement. (Received Sept. 7, 9.41 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 7. Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent asserts on the highest Government authority that no secret arrangements were made between Russia and Japan.