Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21
SPECIAL SESSION OF CVNRfEss'

It IS announced authoritaVNAjg flvm
Washington that, with the YNefeAt Je-
yelopments IN China, the PrJs5ept TlIl
not cal an extra session o. enJgreas.
Notwithstanding this, therA " suU o
vehement demand ON the pNrt " some
Of the leading newspapers a NV con
gress called to meet before ne eAgdlsr
time In December.
The reason given foN %entlne
the extra session Is t4s SERIOUS
situation in China, ana ~ he.
cesslty OF this country k00g 70
war on the other hand NJ PrAsi,
dent and his advisers insist VA pere ~
no occasion FOR a declaration Of var py
this country that while iDNaWeNts In
China have secured the uppNr bOOd yor
a time. and there Is a demanQ Hpt Amvr.
lean troops 10 fight IN defcnV I Amer.
lean interests yet the goytlNNieNt Of
China has committed no aNt a var
against this country. and DInJoce the
two nations are not at wan tAO the
measures taken by the ChlnAlt kdvern.
ment and the foreign forces w Ajrh as
TO promise an early settleNiNt u tpe
case so far as the AmericaV NJ cpn.
cerned, hence the present policy Il su0.
Client 70 secure that.
There does not seem to " Az real
reason why this country should Ahter 10.
TO formal warfare with ChiuV UAtnIe
there is q serious uprising in NvNB chi.
ma. involving heavy fighting wv Amer.
lean troops but the rebellloa IN Q5alQst
the Chinese government. u NADvh a
declaration Of war necessarily eOJId be
directed. Yet however negNcNQt tHat
government may have been + Ii nov
making efforts to protect AAehosa III.
ierests, and IN this respect Qhonls
strong reason for not being lAe object
OF hostile attack.
A war declaration by I'VE thIted
States would be justlhable Gnw IL die
recognized government OF CplAA shobld
assume an actively hostile atttAJe t0-
ward this government or, ,bS recde.
nized rulers being oyerthrowN W. gov.
eminent de facto were in suNh 16 att.
iude' Neither Of these appearV WV tAe
case.
The purpose Of calling CofNross w.
gether before the regular NNe YOU'D
be either 10 declare war. N IA the
event OF the present army WV p0t
beIn= able to cope with the sN0btI0n.
TO ask the Congress for addIFtU0D snl-
diers and munitions TO carH ca the
strife The occasion for Ne ioemvr
certainly has not arisen yet "a 10 ne
latter. the United States now bote oyvr
1900 men Ia China, on the vdN, Of uA.
der orders TO sail The preAQabt aOd
DIS advisers believe this lone f09uah
FOR Americas share In a comN.tte bach
fcation Of China, so far as y rfqlIrts
American interference. Until lhAl force
and more that might be- cOyq an
have been tested at least IN q for
degree the country is justIbvi ID SAY
Ing that the provision is su(ov4t.
The conclusions to be reaNht5 trotn
calmly considering the know WV are
that this country does not MA ~ so
TO war with China upon tV Vtfseht
showing, and that i does noi 0fed an
enlarged army to deal with ttlat,Ns
troubles The present NDN1guted
force win continue another tvAt. aNG
probably is enough 20 brldga JveC 10
June next year the army #)N ~ 10,
5uceI 60 $4,000 men, and the AJNlnlS,
ulu01 is Justified in not cJO6f Cob
rrafs 600 special session 70 4RayQe a
ar- army, until q is show 70 Ne
necessary for the country Nefate
Under the present showing u N WV
dom in the President TO decline 70 Nie)d
Co %. vociferous demand Of WI sub
porters Of milGarism, who sen - a spe>
c.al session a favorable strobN NpN then
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