The times., 1897-08-06
JAPAN's CAME BLOCKED
Chagrined Over the Failure Of
Her Diplomatic Trap.
NAY REFUSE TO ARBITRATE
Unless the United States Guarantees
E the Result the Oricutais May
Recede From the Negotiations
with Hawnii-Ships Easily Cap
tured in Case of War.

Japan is more than chagrined at the
failure OF her very clever diplomatic
scheme to have the United States bound
by the dec laor OF the arbitrator, sh ouid the
difficulties existing between Hawaii ana
Japan be settled by arbitration. III Is 70
the credit of the State Department that
tie piaus of the willy Onentais were so
soon discovered, and that Japan was gwen
to understand in plain, blunt English that
the United States, after HAWAII Is annexed
TO it, VIII recognize no treaty hawah
has made. The only treaty that this Gov
ernniert VIII respect at all Will DE one
that il win be a party TO after Hawah
is a part OF its territory by virtue OF an
nexation.
IL Is said by the japanese that IL the
United States insists that IL VIII not
guarantee the Judgment in the arbitration
proceedings, Japan VIII not consent TO
arbilrate Such refusal apparently VIII
not disturb the equaniruity of the > state De
partmenU, and as a gentleman said yes
ter1ay, II guess the United States can
stand it"
The dispatches sent TO the State Depart
men. by United States Minister Sewal, and
received Wednesday, gave detailed ae-
count OF the diplomatic correspondence be
tween Japan and the Hawaiian govern
nent. but nothing In them indicated that
there is any apprehension for serious trou-
Tile with Japan On the contrary, the min
lister seemed hopeful that all difficulties
viii be removed by diplomatic negolia-
tons. which in the future viii be conducted
at Toxic ard no longer at II avail, 70 far as
they relate directly 10 Hawaii and not to
the United States. @S@-=
II is not genemiiy known that the
japanese would be compelled to sacrifice
Two magnificent arnored cruisers, each
costing 81 .2B0. G0G, if a war should take
place between this country and Japan,
and that the United States would be en-
richcf to that extent. One of these war
vessels is being built by Cramp Sons, at
philadelphia. and tie other one by the
Union Iron Works, at San Fra nciscp. Soon
after the close of the war with China
Japau contracted with these Two cou-
panies To build the cruisers, which arc
similar in design to the Philadelphia and
Baltimore oi the White Squadron. 1t is
expected that they viii be finished in
eighteen 1aonths, but should 1T be neces-
! much sooner
The vessels are the same size, being
in length 396 feet, extreme beam 40 feet,
and draugbt IT feet 7 inches, with n
displ aceunant OF 4,670 tons. All the mod
ern improvements in naval architecture
are being provided and the huls are
divided into water-tighJ compartments by
transverse and longitudinal bulkheads.
The vessels must have, on their official
trial, a speed OF twenty-five and half
Knots an hour. They will be armed with
an elght-iRch rifle forward and aft and
five four-inch and five sevenInch guns
and these are supplemented with powerful
seoondars batteries of rapid-fire guns and
five torpedo tubes, located so as to cover
any object.
These vessels would he seized bv this
Government the instant that war broke
out between this country and Japan, and
would he forced 80 completion and made
an excellent reinforcement to the Navy.