The Archive · 1905

The Treaty

A fow members of the Japanese Peace Commissioners, including Mr. Denison, were to leave Seattle on the 20th inst, for home by the G. N. liner Dakota, carrying with them the text of the peace treaty. The Emperor of Japan is expected to ratify the treaty about the middle of October and an exchange of ratifications will take place through the French Minister in Tokio and the American Ambassador in St. Petersburg. The popular feeling aroused by the peace terms is gradually dying y and the people becoming reconcilistory. But some papers continue to urge in vain that the resignation of the Ministry on masse is the sole moans to restore the unity and harmony of the country.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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