The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-03
The President Will Then For
ward 1t at Once.
SHOULD RUSSIA REFUSE 2
It is Admitted That if That Government VIII
Not Receive The Document, The Presi-
dent Has Done All That is
Possible.
Possible.
(By the Assoeiated Pre.s.l

Washington, July 2.-Acting Secretary
OF State Loomis has been notified that
the petition in behalf Of the Russian jew
will probably be delivered at the state
Department or at Oyster Bay in about
week. The document is being sent from
one city to another in order to secure
the signatures of the representative He
brews and American public in every see
tion OF the country which can be easily
reached.
without delay and Immediately upon
the receipt OF the petition by the United
States government it will be dispatched
to Mr.. Riddle, United States charge at
st. Petersburg. 1t will be accompanied
by a note Of transmittal nstructing Mr.
Riddle exactly what disposition TO make
of the petition, for there is no intention
here to place any undue responsibility on
the charge in this matter.
/ The department does net at present ex-
pect to publish that note, SO that It's ma
ture is a matter of speculation, the weight
of opinin being that Mr. Riddle viii be-
instructed to inquire OF the Russian Coy
ernment whether it is willing to receive
petition, the nature of which will be
plainly indicated by him.
If there is negative response Mr. Rid
die will notify the State Department
and that probably will end the efforts Of
the department in connection with the
petition. The President through Secretary
Hay informed his Jewish callers that he
could not tell what reception the petition
would meet with at the hands of the
Russian government, and should the peti-
tiOn fail of a reception after Mr. Rid
dies efforts, it would ahsoIve the Presi-
dent from further pursuit OF the mat
ter.
Meanwhile, and until the petition is re
ceived here, there is nothing more to
be done, it is said Through the news
papers, in an unofficial but quite adequate
manner the governments Of the United
States and Of Russia have acquainted each
other with their respective attitudes con-
cerning the Jewish petition and all that
remains is to await the working out OF the
programs.
Count Cassini. the Russian Ambassador.
called at the State Department today 10
present Theodore Hanson as charge dur
ing the absence OF the Ambassador.
It developed that Count Cassini dis
cussed with acting Secretary of State
Loomis, the statement issued last night
relative to the Jewish petition and Man
churia, not by any instruction from his
government or in any formal way. and
Mr. LOOMS remarks We're under the same
conditions, so that the substance of the
conference was a simple repetition OF the
published statements Of the probable
course and attitude of the two countries
regarding the petitin and Manchuria rath-
er in the way of furnishing information
than with the intent of binding either par
ty to an understanding. Thus it appeared
that Russia still consistently held to the
theory that she like the United States,
held that there should be no interference
in the internal affairs of nations. How
ever, both parties parted in the greatest
good humor which was a source Of graft
ication as it probably win be their last
meeting before the Ambassador sails Tor
Europe.