Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-09
UNCLE SAM IS NEUTRAL.
The United States Will Take No
Hand in the War Between
China and japan.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 4.-1he atti-
tude that the United States will assume in
the conflict between China and Japan
was made public today at the department.
of state The attitude of the United
States toward the beligerents in the pres
ent war will be patterned upon our course
at Rio. We will side with neither China
nor Japan, but as was Indicated by Mr..
Bayard, our ambassador to Great Brit
ain, who is fully aware of what is going
on, the attitude of the United States will
be one of benevolent neutrality" Ihls
is in keeping with our traditions, and its
prudence and safety has been amply DEM
Onstrated in the past. AS far as our own
commerce is concerned we will accord 1T
such measure of protection and immunity
from Interference as may be justly
claimed as our rights; but the present dis
position of the state department is to 40
this individually or not in concert with
other European nations. In other words,
while we may act as the other powers
upon that point, we will not be party
to any joint treaty or combination the
object of which is forcible interference
in China or Japan. Doubtless it will de-
velop that in many points we may act III
accord with other commercial powers,
but as it remained for us at Rio to adopt
a bold and radical course, single hanued,
so it may be in China or Japan that we
shall act independently under certain
condition of affairs.
A strong denial is entered at the state
department. OF the published story that
the United States has or will enter into
a treaty with European powers to forcibly
occupy and keep open the treaty ports OF
China. 1t is also denied that any over
lures to that end have come to us from
any other countries. When the conditions
were such that war only threatened, the
I'M toI tot re To
avert the evil. 1t did so to carry out
solemn obligation imposed upon us by the
treaty with COrea whereby we bound
ourselves to protect Corea in the following
items: eff other powers deal unjustly or
oppressively with either government the
other will exert its good offices, on being
Informed of the case, to bring about IN
friendly feelings This obligation WAS
entered into in 1882, and it was under
it's terms that the President indicated to
Japan that he would be panied should
she inflict an unjust war upon Coren.
That was as far as the United States
could go in the interest of our good OF
fees, and besides the shifting of the Wax
cloud from Corea to China relieved us
from the necessity of further action
At present we are scarcely in 4 posi-
ton to make much of naval demonstra-
ton in Asiatic waters. The entire Unit
ed States fleet there consists OF two yes
sells, the Baltimore and the Monocacy.
About week ago orders were sent to
Behring sea to have the Concord and the
Petrol sent over to join the station, and
that is all that has been done in that di-
rection so far Secretary Herbert, be-
fore leaving Washington for Alabama
last night, said that he had given 10
further orders for reinforcements, and
Acting Secretary McAdoo has not moved
in the matter TODAY.