The sun., 1905-08-13

tack.
These Japanese, however, are always on
their guard before Americans. That Is
the strongest impression ono gets after a
weeks Watching. Ono Of the envoys or
under secretaries will be sitting at his ease,
staring into vacancy, thinking. Lot an
American approach, and BE- starts slightly
and draws into himself.
Il may be Q member Of The diplomatic
corps. . correspondent after news. merely
q passing aoquaintanoe-it Is all the Same.
Until The interview Is done he Ia on dress
parade. That u true Of them all, from
the able Komura and tho polished Sato
down to the lowliest Japanese correspondent
howery article for ono Of their
'shinbuns.'
OF tho four really big men this hotel
has seen little. Diplomatic courtesy pro-
vents them from being interviewed d.
reotly, and since The frat day they have
kept tight to their quarters.
Witte. through his giant sine and his fame,
is the leading feature Of the whole onioial
show. he looks his Dutch blood. He has
tho stoop by which most very tall men try
to equalize their height, and queer, rathor
awkward walk.
When the diplomats sat as table IN The
main dining room 1t was noticed that
Witte talked good dealin R,nsian--
and that be kept his tabls laughing. In
repose. though. bis faos u serious and
there u worried look about his eyes.
Rosen has an tmpert,rbable faos. A
closely cropped set Of whiskes hides his
play Of expression, anyway. Still, he
seems lees troubled BY bis responsibilities
than any other Of the big four.
He Is about the hotel great deal moro
than Witte. Hs has made few aoQlatnt-
ances among tho summer people and he
always stops and speaks to them pleasantly.
Takshira looks moro Hke man Of ability
than any Of the other japanese. He is
broad Of build and hss massive head for
Q Japanese. Tho striking feature Of bis
face Is his eyes.
he has the power Of training those eyes
like the searchlights Of battleship, and
keeping them trained with sase almost
hypnotic. Members Of the Warrington
stan Of correspondents speak Of that steady
glare. which confuses the most expert
questioner.
Takahtra rarely smiles. He appears
always to b In deep thought. Little old
Komura, on tho other hand, has q slow,
rather attractive smile which breaks out
from behind his long mustache whenever
he speaks. Tho amateur commentators
on the conference imagine Takahira. sitting
In executive session. holding the Russians
pinned down by the glare Of those eyes
while Komura lays down the japanese
position.
OF the minor celebrities, Rojestvensky
ID noticed for his monocle, his FREQ under
standing Of American ways and bis history,
which most Of the hotel knows and sp-
proves by this time.
He p that attachs Of the Russian Leea-
tion at Washington who fer in love With .
dowerless American girl and married her
In spite OF diplomatic dfaculties; for .
penniless member Of the Russian diplomatic
service who wants to dse must catch Q girl
with money enough to support the estab-
hshment In style during tho passage TO an
Ambassadorship.
He had no money, and neither had Miss
Hoy, tho American girl In tho case. He
had to give up most Of bis hopes Of r1sing
to the top In his profession. and he had to
got special permission Of The Oar. But
no married her. nevertheless, and now hs
= First Secretary Of Legation ct Pekdn.
Rojostvsnsky, who 10 . ooudn Of tho
unluoky Admiral Of the same name, u
rather stout Of person. He wears . monoole
screwed In his hight eye. His manners
are pleasant and be has IN eye for ohildrso.
Already ths small boys and httls dris
OF tho hotel arc his friends. It = told
Of him that, betng once at IN American
summer hotel. b naads himself popular
With aii the oMldrsn. whso hs cams
TO leave the Kids prepared Q surprise for
him.
Thsy lined up ss Tie station to ths numhsr
Of nfty, kiassd him good-by individually
and shouted 'Good-hy, papai' - the train
pulled out Mr. Roj~tvensiU was not
yst married at The tiuns, and b blushsd 10
tbs usonools.
Koroskovtts doss for The Russian dole
CATION what sato does for the japanese.
He h not only ths secretary: he = also the
oficial buffer.
He looks Russian. His complexion b
Of the curious, Slavic blond which = sseu In
no other raoe on earth. His eyes are light
hazel, almost gray. No one could mistaks
bis nationality.
Koroskovits appreciates tho American
jolne, wherein ho goes 6Ato one better.
he even ventures on b conservative Joke
himself now and then.
'Peaoe. peaoei' he cried ono night whom
they vere pressing him about the terms.
How can I talk pesoe when you give me
no peacei I shall soon be In pieoesl'
Most Of tho Russians wear The traditional
Slavic whiskers. Mr.. Batoho6. who comes
to attend to the financial end Of the confer
enoe, has the finest pair.
Il don't know who he ID, but he has a. nne
. little mattress - ever saw said ono Of
tho eternal group at the door Of the Went
worth as Batchoh passed In.
They are Of the light shot Russian blond,
those whiskers. They spread from q mas
sive chin and make q waistcoat totally
unnecessary In Mr.. Batcho6's wardrobe.
It Is said that he wears ono, nevertheless
Jeremiah Curtin, the translator OF STEM
hewicz, is at tho conference In an unofacial
capacity. He has q fine set Of American
droopers himself, but all other whiskers
take back seat when they run up against
the Russian brand. Whom BatchoR and
Curtin talk on the front porch It carries
tho experienced correspondent back to-
the time whsn Bryan wsS stumptng Kansas
an thu popailiat hairy 9afhArAd AZ thA