The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-22
ANSWER IS
AGAINST KAISER
United States Sends Notes
on Chinese Question.
POSITION Is
OPPOSED TO GERMANY
Exact Contents of Replies Are
Kept Secret.

Washington, Sept 21.-Tne United
States government has made full and
complete answer to the various import
ant inquiries that have been address
ed to it by the powers. relative to the
Chinese trouble. Moreover, it has gone
further and has made disclosure of
all it's purposes and. as a member Of
the administration puts it, it has
thrown its hand open on the table.
This action was taken after the cabi-
net meeting today, and q luncheon at
the White House that followed served
to reduce the decision to the ultimate
form.
At $3.50 o'clock Minister WI called by
appointment upon Acting Secretary
Hill. and was handed a memorandum
embodying the response of the United
Estates government to the request of
Prince Ching that Mr.. Conger or some
other person be Immediately empower
ed to begin negotiations with the Chi
| nese authorities for a final settlement
! The minister came away with a dissat-
isfied expression upon his face. Next
came NJ. Thiebaut, the French charge
aHa1res. A few minutes conversa-
ton sufticed to impart to him orally
an answer to his verbal inquiry.
linen Baron Sternberg, the German
! charge d affaireS, who had been noti-
/ fed of the readiness of the state de-
/ partment to make answer to the Ger
man note, called and was given that
/ answer. He FASTENED away to cable it
/ to his government.
The department then sent the answer
/ to the Russian inquiry forwarded by
messenger, and wired cablegrams con-
tanning the substance of the answers
/ TO its diplomatic representatives
( abroad. Thus closed one of the most
! interesting and important phases of
/ the Chinese entanglement
! 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
ton of the diplomatic DrOorietiRs
! However, as it was calculated that all
/ OF these answers will have reached
/ their destination abroad by tomorrow.
II was promised that the text of the
communications should be given to the
/ press tomorrow afternoon.
The ministers and charge d'affaires
who received the messages here took
/ the same attitude. The president him
self had given instructions that every
EFFORT should be made to maintain
secrecy in this matter until the official
I disclosure.
Germany Is Turned Down.
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 fail
ed of approval by the American gov
eminent The declination has been
/ conveyed in a manner that cannot give
Offense. but il is believed that the
United States government cannot rec
ognize the principle that a country NAV
be called upon to surrender its own cit
/ liens to foreign power or powers for
punishment. The government will not
/ reIinquish the idea of the ultimate p1n-
ishment of the offenders when they
are properly identified, but it does not
believe that the pursuit of this object
should put stop to all negotiations.
Commission Is Urged.
The idea of a commission TO adiust
the differences with China is agar
brought forward, and it is suggested
that a commission on the part of the
United States may either form part OF
the Joint international comnoissior
which it is hoped will be appointed fol
this purpose, or, in the event of tbs
failure of the effort to secure joint &C.
ton, then the members can go on and
deal directly with China for settle
ment. The names of Minister Coneer
General James H. Wilson and Mr.
Rockhill are mentioned in this con
nection.
1t is believed that the outcome. from
a military point, of today's action vii
be the withdrawal of all but one regi
ment of the American troops from
China to Manila, where they can b,
held ready to return in an emergency
General Chaffee probably will remain
in China in command of the fore,
there. which will be regarded simpI,
as legation guard.
One fact concerning the United
States answers that was learned of
fcially Is that they contain no new