The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-30
UNITED
STATES
Wants "A Ih0tOugh Understand
ing Between Powers


.hc administration feels In the Chinese
p,oblem. 1t was the longest cabinet
session Of the present administration
Tie diplomatic and not the military
,hase of the situation in China was un-
dor consideration and this accounted for
The presence Of Acting Secretary Adee
an unusual happening. at a CABINET
meeting. Mr.. Adee is the medium
through which the foreign governments
communicate and he has been In receipt
.f a good many statements recenuy.
Iast evening ne and the French charge
M Thiebaut, compared the French anu
American copies Of the credentials OF ~
Hung Chang. Today he had "a long lalN
with Minister Wu and the German
charge and the substance OF theSe
conversations he laid before the cAplhet-
II Is understood that the cabinet to-
dav completed preparation of a plah Ior
clearing away much Of the uncertainty
tbat now exists as to the future I'm Chlht
and outlined It's views in writing The
fact that the military situation Is admit
te1 to be of secondary Importance CON
6rm the view. though no cabinet officer
would vouchafe information on this point,
that what it sought is an agreement
among NIt pbNhiH ANA NAi''''
indefinite status of affairs in China.
IT Is believed that the point has been
renched where il is proper that there
should be a clear expression OF purposes
on the part of the principal powers IN
order that the United states government
may know how far it can so consistently
In the execution OF the common program
Most of the objects had in view by the
president when ne made answer 10 the
Chinese governments appeal and began
tho campaign upon Pekin have been
achieved Two others remain to be Sc
cured, namely, the safeguarding OF AM 1
erican interests for the future and some /
proper guarantee for Naturalization Tor
the expenses Of recent operations and
losses of American citizens. Some plan /
by which the objects can be attained /
by the United States In common with
similar objects by the other powers en-
gagged in China is thought feasible.
Incidental to this main purpose sew
eral phases of the problem are attract
ing special attention Thus the suffic-
iency of Ii Hung Changs credentials
as a peace envoy, or rather of the ab.l-
ty of the emporor of China to accredit
enc is "A matter of consideration. The
United States must not only satisfy it's
elf Of LIS competency but 1t must con-
vey solid assurance on that point to
convince some of the other powers, the
purpose of which perhaps would not be
best served by a speedy termination of
nostlites I'm China
1t was the general understanding that
the outcome of todays cabinet meeting
would be the adoption Of a policy by the
administration that would to simplify
these issues and AT least bring to a focus
the varying aspirations of the powers
If this cannot be done, then the question
10 be determined is whether or not the j
United States shall proc ed further, hand =
IN hand with the allied forces. 1t is be-
leved that this point is very near a de-
cision, our determination depending up
on the responses made by European ma
psNns or our inquiries.
1Nre suggestion that a conference be
held ~ the nations represented in Chi
IA is again revived as an accompaniment d
OF this purpose, and it Is pointed out that
with Special Commissioner Rockhiu Just !
about arriving on Chinese soil, With
sIumm Won Schwartzenstein the Ger .
man successor to Baron Won Kett er al
ready i'm China. with the ministers resi- ,
dent at Pekin, and with the high military "
and naval officials i'm the Pei Ho val J.
ley. the material is already at hand for
the agthering of a conference fully equip
ped to deal with even so complex and d
difficult a problem as it presented in the T,
settlement of Chinas future.
There are hopes that communication
,lv ga1-, ls,s. '
will be- better soon. Consul Fowler, !
at Che Foo, got routine dispatch
through today, Of current date. and the
navy department has been informed that
the cable company's ship was about to
leave Shanghai to lay a direct cable con-
Meeting Shanghai with Che Foo. one Of $
the weakest links in the chain of COM
munication at present These improved |
conditions as to the opening of cOmmuni-
ca tion between our military and naval
and the authorities here
have made it possible for the latter to
abandon the purpose OF employing naval
vessels to convey by water messages be-
tween Shanghai and Che Foo.
The attitude of Germany was the sub
ject of much official discussion during
the day and considerable light was
thrown upon It, Early in the day the
German charge dafaires, Baron speck
Won Sternberg, had a long talk with Act
ing Secretary Adee. 1t is understood that
any question which may have arisen as
20 the future course of Germany is met
by reference TO an official note by
Count Won Buelow, German minister Of
foreign affairs, issued on July II, which
fully defines Germanys purpose IN China.