The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-25
SEEMS BADLY MIXED
POWERS NOT SATISFIED AnOUI
JOINT NOTE.
A SERIOUS ERROR SOMEWHERE
RUT WHAT TT II Is NOT EN-
Planned.

United states May Not he Able to
Take Part An Execution of the
Plans OutIincd-rhe Novoe Nremya
Criticiscs the Note and says Com
dItion ~ Co Troops Cannot Apply
go Russia.
St Petersburg. Dec eA-The Novoe
vremya sharply crlucises the joint note
Of tho Powors 20 China. as being too long
to produce effect n says the acrusa-
tlons against the Emperor ard noWager
Empress are unfouudcd and chat the ac-
cusation that Prince Tuan IS alone re-
sponsible Tor the troachery g. ridiculous.
The paper adds.
"Rulers sometimes bctray their own
country. but treason towards foreign
Powers g. now conception. The state
meut in che ultimatum tnat tine troops
will not he Withdrawn before the cou-
dition are ac. Vptcd cannot mean Russia.
who~e troops have already vacated Pc
Chilli whereas Mnnchuriln affairs do not
concern tho Powers The note Will not
bring peace. The Powers possibly repent
not having initiated Russin's example
The minister % the interior has startei
from ST. Pctcrsburs ana tine minister of
war has left Yalta to meet tho rcturnins
troops al Thcodosla " po Witte. 90,
minister of finance. r. expected here Jan.
l6. according to the Rossi va.
A special dispatch TO the Noyoe Vremya
from vladivostock says the exploitation
Of the principal Manchurian Railroad
line and the construction Of a branch
line to Port Arthur will be turned over To
the government Russia has always care
fully Insisted that tho Manchurian Rail
road enterprise was purely the AFFAIR Of
a Russian private corporation The news.
II true. Is q great Importance politically
Tho same correspondent wires that the
rehabilitation is ending everywhere tin
Manchurla. Baron Kaulhars Is distribut-
INK the railroad protective guard along
the route. The Chinese population along
the railroad is suffering from famine The
Russians up to the present have had
plenty Of supplies.
Washington. Dec 2i-secretary Hay has
received a eoblegram from Minister Con
ger at Pekn. announcing that he had
signed the agreement reached hy the for
elRn ministers. but had done 50 with q
written explanatory statement setting
forth the exact position Of his govern
ment me text Or rnc statement Is not
forwarded By Mr.. Conger but IL Is under
stood TO be- based upon the last lustruc-
tion he received from the department
which. while disappearing the Inclusion
in the agreement OF some Of the more
severe language. accepted a as the best
arrangement that could be made at this
time. II is believed that che United
states also. while sanctioning the provis-
ions of the agreement relative 10 the main
tenance of permanent lines OF oommuui-
cation. legation guards. and prohibition
Of the importation OF arms into China,
indicates clearly that constitutional reas-
ons preven; the executive from making
any pledge to take paD In the execution
Of these plans.
The signature Of the agreement by the
ministers closes what IS regarded here a.
the first. the most important. and the
most diGlcult phase of the negotiations
as 60 China. for it + not doubted that the
Chinese ENJOYS will subscribe to the
agreement. without amendment. lis CON
cmsion has been marked by one OF the
most curious mistakes IN the history of
international exchange. for by a cipher
error. the majority Of the aignatories
found 60 their amazcment that they had
contracted to do exactly what they did
not intend and moreover. the error was
irretrievahie