Treaty of Portsmouth Quotes


There shall henceforth be peace and amity between their Majesties the Emperor of Japan and the Emperor of all the Russias, and between their respective States and subjects.


Context

The Conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War. The treaty was negotiated and signed in Portsmouth New Hampshire. President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediating efforts. The language was typical of a peace treaty where just before its signature the two nations and their emperors were vilifying and dehumanizing the other.


Citations

Japan, Russia, Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905

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The Treaty of Portsmouth is a treaty that formally ended the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905, after negotiations from August 6 to August 30, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the negotiations and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts, the first ever American recipient.