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Peace terms of Portsmouth draw cautious world applause
In Portsmouth New Hampshire drafting of the Treaty of Portsmouth began with Russia’s M Witte and Japan’s J Dennison as legal advisers. Terms on the Chinese Eastern railway and Liaotung leases remain, while Russia’s government and military factions react with mixed feelings to the peace agreement.
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