| Show u n SLY ram mm 11 Bugaboo Raised by English Newspapers In the Bering Sea Question SALISBURY KNEW THE ARRANGEMENT Anstworecd rodioijr I could Object to Ituted Land oC llrltlih Hllciicj New York Sept 29A dispatch to the Tilbunc from London sajs The UnglMi press In discussing the hitch which has arisen In the ncgotla lun for the ell conference Ammar tile that the Idea of Inviting Itursln and Japan was an afterthought on the par of the Washington government The state department Is I charged with attempting at-tempting to enlarge the lnhulry by drawing Itussla and Japan Into I when Lord Salisbury had specifically agreed to the conference restricted to an exchange uC views among the American British and Canadian ex Irt ASSUMPTIONS WITHOUT TOUN DATION These umptlons are entirely without with-out foundation When Mr roster returned re-turned from M Petersburg last sum mcl Itui la had a oeo to a conference confer-ence Detore I lord Salisbury wrote his dlipatch un July 28 there had been several conferences at tile foreign of lice and 1 the derlie of the state department depart-ment that both Itussla and Japan should he Included was plainly Indl Itl The nUsla ambassador In Ion don had an Interview with Lord Sails billy on the subject at the foreign nf lice Mr Ioster had a conference with Mr Chamberlain and Mr I Wllford Chamheloln ono Wlord Ilurle i In which the scope cf the pro posed meeting was fully discussed The Japanese minister also Interested himself him-self In the question for H month July 8 nn Pel won made uC the fact that the United States government govern-ment hail Invited Itussla and Japan to looks part In the eonrernc and 1 anxious lu have Oieat Britain and aad coopeTte teethe movement The net mpt loll uC ettain Tngllsh journal that the proposal to Include Russia and Japan wa 9 an afterthought for the sake of entrai Ing Great HrlUlM and Canada Into the conference In which I hey could be outvoted Is us baseless as the fantastic Idea that Amitlean diplomacy has devised u fresh expedient for giving the lions lol another twin ENGLAND WANTED TO IlnDon The truth Is I that the minister of the foreign olllce understood pelfcctl the hoad sole oC the Conference to which Engla lit has been Invited along with Hualn Unit Japan but accepted tile 110 In n guarded vanyr so that lit could object to the presence of reiue entiitlves of those poweis If he chose to do w Amloador 10y wa 10mever equal tu the eanclapincy for II a Perfectly Per-fectly courteous letter of acknowledgment acknowledg-ment dated July 2U he reminded Lord Salisbury that as had been Intimated oil along the Russian and Japanese elreontI would eaten d the con feence When Lord Salisbury decided decid-ed In September to object to the pre once oC thesk representatives It WI hecause pleasure had been brought to Inr upon him from Canada and not bear upn Ieeluae there had been fifty aft ter 11 oupIlt or Yen Iee hick at Washing ton as 11 1 Informed critics here hotly nume Iud So He bury left the bridge open for his retreat but It Is I nol n foregone conclusion that he will cross 1 nn1 bleak up the conference On the contiary It Is I probable that an International Inter-national conference will bo arranged coNTiniNCi NOT TO nn BINDING H to understood In diplomatic circles that the latest communications from Secretary Sherman on the subject hove been felicitously phrased and 11 Ave produced an excellent effect at the foreign for-eign flies What ws needed was tact and 1 his not been lacking I England and Canada vlll prolnblv be left at liberty send delegates to the conference with Ihe understanding that they cannot be outvoted or committed to any definite policy and that they can retire from It whenever they choose to do so The conference will be puiely consultative I will supply sclentlllc Information which I will be useful In determining the general question ot the best measures requisite for the protection oC the lat Cur meal herd on the face of the waters I will have no binding fore upon any nation relueented In the lelegatlons The attitude QC the Amerleln cover ment I is 0 reasonable that It Is I probable the conference will bo held on the original lliiiu after the foreign ollleo has provided adequate evidence for future publication In bluebooks blue-books that It has not been coerced or bullied or entrapped by sly wicked Jingoes In America |
