The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-22
THE AMERICAN POLICY
Full Answers Made to I'M
portant Inquiries of
the Powers.
GOVERNMENT QUITE FRANK
Il DISCLOSUR or An ITS PUR-
POSES MADE.
German Proposal Not Approved -Ad-
ministrntiOn Cannot Recognize the
Principal That Country May be
citizens ton Foreign Power FOR Pun
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Washington Sept Il The t'nitee
States government has made full anc
complete answers to the various i'm
portant inquiries that have been ad-
dressed to it by the powers relative tC
the Chinese trouble. Moreover, it has
gone farther and has made Il disclosure
of all its purposes and as member OF
the administration puts it, it has
thrown its hand open on the table. This
action was taken after the cabinet
| meeting to-day and a luncheon at the
| white house that followed, served to re-
| dlice the decision to the ultimate form.
At haf-past three o'clock Minister
WI called by appointment upon Acting
Secretary Hill and was handed a men,
orandum embodying the response of
the United States government to the
request of Prince Ching that Mr. Con-
ger or some other person be immedi-
ately empowered to begin negotiations
with the Chinese authorities for a final
settlement. The minister came away
with a dissa tsfied expression upon his
face. Next came M. Thiebaut, the
French charge, A few minutes CONVEX
sation suiliced to impart to him orally
an answer to his own verbal inquiry.
Then Baron Sternberg, the German
charge, who had been notified of the
readiness of the state department to
make answer to the German note, call
ed and was given that answer. He
hastened away to cable it to his gov
ernment.
The department then sent an answer
to the Russian inquiry and cablegrams
containing the substance of the answers
to its diplomatic representatives. Thus
closed one of the most interesting and
important phases of the Chinese en-
tanglement.
The state department absolutely re-
fused to make any statement as to the
nature of the answers, taking the
ground that to do so would be a viola
tion of the diplomatic proprieties
However as 1t was calculated that all
of these answers will have reached their
destinations abroad by tomorrow, it
was promised that the text of the com
should be given to the
press tomorrow afternoon. The minis
ters and charges who received the mes
sages here adopted the same secretive
The president himself, it
seems. had given instructions that
every effort should be made to main
tain secrecy in this matter until the of
fetal disclosure
With all this it is known that the
German proposal that negotiations with
China be deferred until the Chinese re-
sponsible for the Pekin outrages have
been surrendered to the allies has failed
Vt approval by the United states gov
,rnmcnt The declination has hphn CON
,eNed IN = manner that cannot give NJ
'cuse but II Is believed that the United
states government cannot recognize the
principle that n country may be called
Ipon to surrender its own citizens to a
nent The government does not relin-
luish the idea of the ultimate punish
nent of the offenders when they are
properly Identified, but it does not be-
ieve that the pursuit of this object
hould put stop to all negotiations
The idea of q commission to adjust
he difficulties with China is again
,rought forward and it is suggested |
hat such a commission on the part of |
he United states may either form part |
# the joint international commission
which, it is hoped, will be appointed for |
his purpose, or, in the event of the fail !
re of the effort to secure joint action, |
hen the members can go on and deal I
irectly with China for a settlement.
one fact concerning the United States
Ii1in is,
hat they contain no new proposition;
hey simply clean away the debris of
Unanswered inquiries.