The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-25
Believes Direct Negotiations With
Powers Will Tighten the
Labors in China.
ANXIOUS FOR JAPAN's AID.
With This, 1t Is Believed, England
and Germany Will Consent to
the Plan of an Inter
national Congress.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Nov. 24.--As a result of the
exchange of views to be made by the Pow
ers as suggested by Secretary Hay in his
latest note. 1t Is hoped that a satisfactory
method of solving the Chinese difficulty will
be adopted.
1t is apparent that the President wishes
to supplement the work of the Ministers in
Pekin by direct negotiations with the Pow
ers. 1t is not intended to withdraw the
matter at once from the Ministers, but it Is
intended to expedite their action and, fall
ing in this to seek some other method to
end the unsatisfactory situation. AS all the
Powers have assured this Government Of
their wish to secure solution that China
can agree to. there only remain details.
Although Japan gave her adherence to the
Anglo-German agreement, the authorities
here are sure that the Toxic Government
does not favor the execution of the Princes
and Mandarins. but is rather in sympathy
with the attitude of the United States, Rus
sia and France.
II japan can be brought into line. the bal
ance will be so strongly against Great Brit
ain and Germany that they will be forced
to agree to more moderate plan.
IT is predicted by a diplomat to-day that
so long as the negotiations remained in the
hands of the Ministers solution would be
impossible The State Department under
stands that Russia and France would like
TO use some other method of reaching an
agreement but whether Great Britain and
Germany will do SO ia a question which the
next few days will answer. The United
States have not yet submitted proposition
for an international conference to settle the
Chinese question, but 1t is admitted that 1t
may be necessary to do so last resort.
ENGLISH BITTER TOWARD AMERICA.
London, Nov. A.-The bitterness with
which the London Times attacks every
move made by Washington in Chinese mat
ters seems to increase daily, and is all the
more surprising on account of the attitude
of the British Foreign Office. The princi-
ples laid down In Secretary Hays latest
note were given to representative of the
Associated Press by British official before
the reception of Mr.. Hays note as voicipg
the opinion Of the British Cabinet. Yet the
Times comes out to-day with a vigorous
protest against the idea OF Mr.. Hays prin-
ciples being considered.
Referring to the Cincinnati speech of WI
Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister to the
limited States, after saying that his prom
isng the United States better commercial
chances when peace is restored would, in
some countries, be resented as an injury.
the paper adds:
"But. WI Ting Fang seems to have
known his audience. All the comment an
influential American paper makes is that
wu Ting Fang knows that Americans, like
all others, give their own interests first
place.
Takes Hay to Task.
The Times then compares this attitude
| with that OF Ii Hung Chang on his trip
around the world. during which, it is as
serted, he acted on the conviction that
pecuEiary seif-interest was the sole guiding
| principle of the peoples and Governments
which proved unsa atisfactory recipients of
the multitudinous promises which he failed
| to redeem"
Secretary Hay is taken severely to task