New-York tribune., 1911-10-22
London. september l.

we're doing and not dong
J'p- s.v brought him fresh evidence
-. had outwitted those subtle orr
'- nc. whom he understood far better
- -. did once or twice he sa''
&c ne. 49,. -oar, tc'
J %. a American public into their con-
hdsnoe.
once ne said g.
.,.-o,oar whether Count komura j.
s. that there are journalists !"
sHa,b s...,,ourb. and that there really Is
70. 80, -, mount of American and EURO
CT '.,,oreet in our proceed edings
Pc. n.tcbed every move In the game.
- a. the Conference was concerned
ras disposed TO think that the ques-
If Peace or War turned ra'he'
D'- outside influences than upon What
.,s.a in the Conference itself. Al
-. IN the decisive point the pay
81 - o. war indemnity by Russia 70
bis mind as We have seen' hau
80 made up i'm advance. and morilen-
- es the issue was. il could not oe
- affected by debate between 'H7
-...'-,..,.rtisries. OF debate there was
7,ba~a was no one language Wnlch
IN .,e Plenipotentiaries spoke or under
stood e-or, count
understood. though not lr.uI ~. ~
-. +,.t st the early meetings the
,r.,.sa Rad been overbearing In man
-rbe,. did not seem 10 be aware
49,. .,,,e,,,bers ~ the Conference met
80 ooula only meet, on terms or equal, 'i,
a.. rbat is an elementary ana esser'lal
-.,..7, of diplomacy. But the Japa nese
s+rl new. 70 the methods or me
-. They had accepted IN theory
-. ,~s5;tions and usages ot the west
~. ,.ors them as awkwardly as
,,e, wore frock coats and trousers Inc.
80. Dlainlv surprised by the tone ana
- ~ tbs Russians. and most OF all
.ro i,,D+, bearing Of Count Nltte'
- --ers was no trace Of humble
nor any touch Of that solemnl'y
inch the japanese thought suita DIE u
the occasion. .,r-
-bers could indeed be no greater con-
...st thar between Count Nltte anu
cunt Komurs. The Russian could nave
-. ,be Jananese in his pocket; as IN the
,5ba did. You hardly realized how DIG
~. Russian was till you saw the niue
hro7.- man beside him; or unoer 'iie
econ. roof for 1 am not sure tney ever
~-s, io upbHc except in the dining room
- tho hotel Well over six feet TAIL
--.rt,,ll,. made loose iointed, broad IN
he chest. easy in movement tnough not
--.c.f,,r a GOOD natured, smiling giant
the ewes rowing. piercing. seeing every
.-.r. from, beneath a lofty forehead ana
s-,s-srtI,. never at rest he was chllo
a. siDniieitv Of manner, in spontanelJy'
and i7 the total absence Of any e1orl a.
effect I'm other days I had known ur-
-ar.sfr me one great artist In Russian
literature. and il was Of him that was
.,r,svs reminded when with Count Witte.
r,e,. had the same ready laugh the
same gsniahty. the same naIurallieSS'
-ba same willingness 70 meet all corneIs
On O. level You could not but Ike then'
and ,o,, liked both of them for mucn
the same reasons.
A. eor count Komura, he might nave
-oc,o from another planet OF from LII
Vputia. So diminutive was he. / am 'oiu
the Jarancse think US overgro"n anu
that there IS q physiological adVaHIas0
,- bei-r rrdersized. the heart pumplHe
.be b'oos 70 the brain through snorte'
channels and therefore with less enor|
Grant them that but stin. they are not
impressive externally. Count honiula
did not look the able man ne Is a"
.-frrrigoI- face but Of parchment VIII
Ten aH over in hieroglyphics' oooE
su lane dc r0utCqu. with the mechanical
movement Of marionette, gravity o.
demeanor go complete that YOU thou6HN
f must ng pose: eyes and features
vur.UN expressi0nless-well II VIII out
he looked like mummy We have no
.t.ndar. .a common with the japanese
ro measure them bg. and for aught
know what seem TO us defects may seem
N ,he-0 high merits. and they may be
able -5 admire Count homura's appear
ars4 as -acv rightly do his abilities.
T. WAS not tin after the Conference
was over and done with that ! came 20
know the history. or part Of the history
some - W vhich have written and more
which 7 can never write. Count Wilte
said -o me toward the END.
"rr ne 60 back ON the same ship
os- tell you much which here I cannot
tell ,ou.
did 60 with him on the Kaiser VIII
hr'm ne. Zvclte. which the Germans
thought so rerfec; a ship that they have
reproduced her 20 the last particular in
The krorprirzossin Cecilie, or meant 10.
as one of her officers told me "Tous ieS
c15f,. s1af rcSDcctqbles." remarked Vol
'-I--. to whom respect was not a rer-
~areut stdtude of mind. The most
vvts picture the Count tainted ot their
s.rtngs was AT it's most critical moment.
There was a deadlock. Count komura
had laid on the table I'm writing what We
understood 90 be his final demands. In
Guiding the indemnity. We had made
our fuai answer We could not accept
theirs There was no attempt at com
rromse or even discussion. We had
found out before the fuulity Of discus
sion Nothing was said. 7 mean II III
e-aily Not a word was spoken on either
side AU of ms thought we had reached
an mp0ser and that the conference
must break up and the war go on. In
The midst of this momentous silence