Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-04-13
doubt AND EXPECTANCY
Attitude of the State Department In
Relation to the Status OF
Affairs in China.
MINISTER WU IS EVIDENTLY WORRIED
The Apparent Contradictory Nature
of Inherent Dispatches In Heia-
tiIon 10 Russia and China HAS
Tendency 10 Keep the Diplomatic
OmciaIs Guessing.

Washington, April 9--The Chinese
minister was an early caller at the
state department TO seek information
as to the report, based on adYlces to ]
Tho s+ate department, that there had
been an interruption Of the dlplo,
matte intercourse between Russia ahu
China. Mr.. WI had not been ADVISED
of any such development, and the IN
formation before the state depart
ment was so contradictory that 1t did
not permit any clear explanation OF
the real state of affairs
Doubt Arises.
The doubt arises from the fact tha'
Mr. Rockhill's latest dispatch does
MOI mention any such disarrangemen'
and the officials feel bound to aceep'
tbis as pretty strong evidence thai
nrior intimatons Of discord have nol
taken actual form. Yet the dlspatch
recpivrd from Mr.. Squires, the Amefl,
can charge d'atfaires, in the absence
Of Minister Conger, appear to nave
been cutie explicit that the dltllcultS
already had made itself manifest. II
is thought possible at the state ue'
/, nartment that the circumstances 10
which Mr.. Squires refers occurred
| prior to the receipt in Pekin OF the
t last Russian note, and that the trou'
bic may have been adjusted suose'
quently.
An Attitude of Expectancy
The state department maintains an
attitude of doubt and expectancy
and is not yet prepared to admit tha'
o there has been an interruption OF IN
q tercourse between the two countries
p. either limited or complete.
= Aside from the telegraphic advice
q there are some attending eircum
=. stances which indicate that at Ieas
- ,me straln or partial intcrrnI tion o
- intercourse has occurred. Inc lac
20 devaloped in Washington, about
~ week ago. that Russia had dellvere
" TO China what amounted to an uIl
", matum on the signing OF the MAJ
u cburan agreement. This follo"e
IN the usual course OF untimatums an
fixed a definite limit of days Wlthl
re- which China could act 1t also co
Ia, yeyed the clear intimation that u
III, II favorable action by China would !e'
III to a severance of diplomatic relation
er- between the two countries.
&C. The Limit Has expired.
'ne The limit Of time fixed is believ
o,i' VI 10 have been one week and to ma
my evnired last Wednesday. China c
Oh Nor sipn within the time limit and t
ION next day. Thursday, Russia address
nor her note to the powers which h
been accepted as removing the pr
NOT spre over the Manchurian agreeme'
the This at first seemed to be waiver
ID her prior intimation OF an lnterf'
tion of diplomatic intercourse a
vet there was no such eNpllelt "aN
and the latest advices from Pek'h
.n. norting that an interruption has n
actually occurred, seem to be direc
,.+. in line with the threat previously c
vcs. yeyed. O..
@ l,S In case there proves to be an int
~ ruption of the relations between Il L
,. sia and China, it is not expected
''''' disarrange the negotiations betW
90. the powers and China or oetW
az Russia and the powers. It prooa
leu,' It n! would he confined to terminal
'car Of the close ententelong maintai
have ol '"' n,,syio and China.