The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-27

AGENT SAYS CLASH WITH JAPAN
WILL COME ~ A FEW DAYS.
british Foreign ONCE severely criticised by
4 Arnold white, Who Gives High Praise
y 10 tine American state Department
Il A Firm Japanese Reply to C0rea.


(, Arnold white. Who Gives High Praise
20 tine American state Department
A Firm Japanese Reply to C0rea,
Special cable Dispatches 10 THE Sun
From TEE SUN Correspondent at Hong Kong.
HOMO KONG, July GA Russian sscret
agent who has arrived here from Pckin
states confidently that war between Russia
and Japan will be declared in few days.
He adds that Great Britain and the United
States W II not participate in the HOSTILE
lies
LONDON. july c8-The continuation Of
the Russian mennce in the Far East, cou pied
with the absence OF effective British sup
FORT OF Japan in the present crisis. has
evoked severe criticism of the manage
ment OF the British Foreign Office
Arnold White. the well-known writer
severely contrasts its efficiency with the
methods Of the American State Depart
ment. He says in an article just published
that the latest phase Of England's relations
with China is the transfer of all influence
in the negotiations on the subject OF the
open door in Manohuria from Downing
street to Washington. Pressure from the
United States receives prompt and co''r-
teous attention from Count Lamsdorf,
the Russian Foreign Minister. but the
British Foreign Office and the British Am
bsssaoor az St Petersburg are ignored and
laughed al.
II is deeply huniiiaticg to British tax
payers that only the protest OF the United
States at present holds IN allegiance COM
plete Russian absorption and assimilation
Of the province Of Manchuria MIR. White
proceeds:
"The United States State Department
is generally regarded by professional
dipIomatists who know Ito inner Workings
as possessln the best intelligence depart
ment regarding foreign affairs generally
Of all the nations
sThe United 81 ates intelligence department
has full knowledge of the customs prevalent
in foreign diplomacy. 1t knows who the
secret agents Of the various powers are.
and how secret service money is employed.
1t is knowledge Of this old diplomacy that
induced the United States to inaugrrate a
policy of straightforward business dealing
with other countries
A despatch from Yokohama says that
NJ. PavlofY, the Russian Minister to Corea.
having objected to a Japanese telegraph
line from Seoul TO Fusan prior to the build
ing of the Russian line, the Corean Govern
ment has asked NJ. Hayashi. the Japanese
Minister nj Seoul, to have the Japanese
line removed NJ. Hayashi has returned
a firm reply refusing 10 comply with the
request.
BERLIN. July IS. The military strength
OF Russia In the Fer East has been closely
studied here. Gen. Won Witzleben, who
10 leading authority, thinks that the fol-
lowing is an accurate estimate of the army
in the Amur district: Infantry, 10000;
cavalry. 1900; field artillery, 1000. with
100 guns; siege artillery, 1000, and technical
troops, 1000,
Gen. Won Witzleben adds that heavy
bodies of troops can be pushed up to the
Amur district from the reserves OF the in
santry brigades, which would bring the
Amur forces I'D to 10000 men,