Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-23
BRITISH OPINION.
Hays Note in Regard to Rou-
 mania Being Discussed.
NO GOOD CAN COME FROM IT

Unless Somebody is Willing to Crush | Roumania, Says One Critic, Nothing Short of a Combined Display of Force Will Better the Situation--
 Great Britain May Take Independent Action If the Other Powers Sit Idiy By.
 London, Sept 23.-"Nothing that Will be of any permanent good can resulr from Secretary Hay note to the powers on Roumania's treatment of Jews un- less somebody is willing to crush hou~ mania. and no power seems anxious I0 take on that task"
 The foregoing quotation from the ut- terances of an experienced British off- cial represents the real opinion of the British foreign office on the subject or the negotiations between America and Europe, and represents 1t with terse ightforwardness which is not likely to figure In the guarded, diplomatic re- plies which MT Hays note will eventu- ally produce.
 The Associated Press Is able to say that Great Britains backing up of the United States in the Roumanian mat ter has only produced evidence thar the signatories of the Berlin treaty ab~ solutely refuse to take other than mere ly sentimental action towards alleyiat- ing the persecution of the Jews. The exchange of views regarding the Amer ican note solicited by Great Britain has progressed sufficiently to convince the foreign office here that nothing ma terial is likely to result. To achieve more than promises from Roumania iE is believed at Downing street and ap- parently in the foreign offices of tho other capitals interested that nothing short of a combined display of force would be effective. Insurmountable obstacles appear to render such a step impossible Intra- European jealousies and the normally explosive condition of the Balkans in themselves are sufr ficiently powerful factors to induce & policy of united inaction wien ques- ton of armed intervention is inv0lyed- According to official statements the British foreign office has also received every intimation of q willingness on the part of several continental govern ments to seize the opportunity of con- veying to the United States govern- ment the intimation that 1t is ipterfer- ing in matters which do not concern it." as various semi-officiaI newspapers 
 Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador to Great Britain, has broken up his holiday in Scotland and returned to London to-day. He IS likely to spend the next few days in dealing with the Roumanian matter The information gleaned from British diplomats or part of it will be unolii< cially communicated to MT Choate for transmission to Washington
 The hopelessness privately enter tained by the British foreign office of effecting a change of heart on the part of the Roumanian government will not be allowed to interfere with the exter- nal course of the negotiations. and there is still reason to believe that Mir Hays protest may result in formal, joint note of the Berlin signatories de- manding better treatment of the Jews.
 A foreign office official said to rep resentatfve of the Associated Press- 9sRoumania will have no difficulty in ascertaining that such joint note Is not supported by the only thing she is afraid of namely, superior armies. Her reply might be either evasive or semi defiant, according to the degree of se- cret support she received from the other European powers AcaJiemicallv or as an international precedent such joint note might be of some use. but beyond focusing public attention on Roumania's treatment of Jews and thereby creating certain temporary aI- deviation, | fear that it's practical ef- feet may be nil However, we can only try"
 In the event of the other European powers refusing to take joint action, Great Britain is quite unlikely to take any independent course. The British note commits her to nothing except friendly interest in MT Hays sugges- tion and a desire to elicit the onSRions of the other signatories.
 A curious feature of the negotiations Is that the United States embassy off, cials were quite ignorant of Great Britt aims action in connection with NIT Hays note. The latter was communI- eated to Lord Lansdowne, the foreign secretary. through Mir Choate. but the ambassador was not notified that Great Britain had dispatched note to ths signatories of the Berlin treaty and only learned privately from Berlin that such was the case
 At the United States embassy a hope ful feeling prevails that something more than mere exchanges of con- dolences over inhumanity may result from the United States plea for %ssn Roumanian Jews.