Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-11
Cnun, ltn's Plain Words.


 Tho fu!luwln, S!t,, h W" addressed by Count ltn to l!,r VN,' AyHrI'S Gang (Cn Eonn and Shao iu i5,n at the cHnfcrrnoe of Fch ;:
 "InstancrS nrV not wanting in which ChinrSr comniSS;unS, after having formal ly agrrvd tu International CumTaCtS, hHvo rcfuSrd la af,!N their Sl'a!s, and eases might be cited in which tpHticS snlcmnly con cludCd haVC hCCn uncCrnuuniOuSly and without al"@sNnt raSnn rrpudiatctl
 "ThuSo unfortunate oCcurr,mors find sufficient rAplanll ion in tho fact that Chi na MaS not on thu>, ura>iunS seriously in earnest but lN'yunu that it might lU said with truth thnt the officials who wVr,' ticS- is,natcd tu carry rn negotiations had not btN'n clnlh,d w!lh thr E,sCs>ary authority for the purp,~,a
 "It ha~ from he first l,~'n tho wish of JapHu tu u>n,d p'>ultS which history ttxIcluS her rr, able tu hc tl.' uutcumc of ncs,utjati. no with Chin,,>r viIh.ialS who aro not ciuthcd with full power in tho sCnSo in which that term iS usually under stOOd C"li>, ,uvutly tlc imperial govern mont m,i,iV IL a condition prN tJ!ont tO any pracr n.,.-ul .a: ions that the Chinese plcni- putvntit; iC, ~,5uuid lrn furnished with full powers Iu c"l., .t,Lr lsvCU, and it WAS only upon rrr.vlnE puSitiVc aSSuIanCrS from tho C. il,~r government that that CUEdi- tinn Pr,r Ct.vlh has lNVn complied with, and that I.Iv (. i!.,~o p'vE ii"lcni :aricS wVrv on their Nal In J.G! ,Lu, thai h ,1iajCSty tho ompVrur Uf Japan conferred upon my col lraSu,s, and ul>r [ full powers tr conclude and sign pr, iImimar:rS uf il,ysro with tho plrniput, ntjnyits ut Caiua.
 "ThHt your CNCvllcnoi,S' p0werS arc, notwithstanding that as@uranr,s fatally defective. k IO mo a sup' indication that tho government uf China k not yet really solicitnuS for pva,r
 "Criticism Is nraT'y cXhlustcd ly a sim pie comparison uf tho two instruments which wrrr rcyiprucally rNchanEvd at this board yesterday, but it Is not out uf place to point out hat one ful!illS tho GCtlnitio which is usually given among civilized states to tho term full powers, while tho other iS destitute of nearly all those quail ties which arr, roi;ar,ird as essential to such powers. It even fails Ia indicate the sub ject upon which yulIr cxCellvnCicS aro to negoti fate. IL dOtS rot authorize your cN- cellrnci,'S to conclude ar sign anything. It Is silent on the subject uf the subsequent impcrial ratification uf your GAccllcnCirs' acts. In short, it would seem that tho au- thurity which has hcrn confurrCd upon your cxocllcncius would be completely full filled hy your reporting to your govern mcnt what my colleague and myself might havc to say.
 "ln this situation 1t would bc impossi- blo for Us tO continue negotiations The terms which Jalan aSrCrs to will be sCru- pulou>ly observed hy her, and she will at the same time insist upon like obscrv- | anoc of the terms with China "WhcnCVCr, thcrcfOrC, China finds her self seriously and sinccrrly dcsirous of pNacc and will conflie actual full powors to Chinese officials whoSo names and posi- | tions will servo aS an assurance that the tcruls which they may agrcC to will be | confirmed and carried out in good faith, Japan will lo pr'larod to enter upon now negotiations.