The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05
CASSINI SAILS AWAY
RUSSIAN AMBAssADoR PROBA-
 ELY WILL NOT RETURN.
His Methods Not Liked-Muscovite shown That United States Could Also Strain Diplomatic
 Courtesy.

Walter WelIman's Washington Special to Chicago RecordHerald. Count Cassini. the Russian ambassa- dor to this country. has left for home, | and it is doubtful if he ever returns in 1 an official capacity. The State Depart ment, through courtesy. and to let Count Cassini down easy" authorized | denial of the report that there had been friction between the department and the ambassador.
 These denials are to be taken altogeth- CT in a Pckwickian sense. The truth Is | that Count Cassini has so strained the truth during his sojourn at Washington
 and in his intercourse with the Ameri- can government that our officials are
 weary of him. At the same time. it is true that if there must be a Russian ambassador in Washington. and if a Rus sian ambassador must deal in tergiver- sation and indirections because that is l the essence of Russian diplomacy. our | government would as soon have Count 1 Cassini here as any other exemplar of that school, and would prefer him to an abler man-M. Lessar. for instance. It was Count Cassini and not the State Department that authorized the follow ing semi-official statement: Tt is regarded as a serious reflection
 upon the sincerity of the President to represent his action in forwarding the
 petition relative to the Jews in Russia as in any way connected with interna- tional negotiations in the far East, or in
 the faithful manner in which Count
 Cassini has represented his government at Washington
 Nevertheless. it is true that had 1t not
 been for the need of an energetic move
 by the American government in the Manchurian game. President Roosevelt
 would not have changed his attitude and
 decided to forward the Jewish petition | to St. Petersburg. This also may be de-
 nied. but men behind the scenes know how much weight to attach to these dip- | lomatic denials.
 In the Manchurian affair a deadlock had been reached. The United States demanded treaty ports in the province,
 and China. intimidated by Russia, re- fused to grant them. The United States
 stood firm and insistent. Moreover. 1t
 secured documentary proof of Russian duplicity. Russia was also stubborn.
 Then the United States concluded to
 show that 1t could play the game in Rus
 sian fashion. It had fangs and could
 use them. It, too, could strain the
 proprieties of the diplomatic game for
 possible.
 The result was change of policy as to the Jewish outrages and a decision to
 send the petition to the czar through our
 State Department. Now 1t is Russia's s turn to walk the floor. This cablegram,
 brought by the Associated Press today,
 indicates that the shot has struck home:
 'St. Petersburg, June 3O.-The follow ing semi-offlcial statement was issued today through the semi-official news agency:
 |" There have been no negotiations be-
 tween Russia and the United States in regard to President Roosevelt's inten- ton to forward to the Russian govern
 ment a petition from the American Jews concerning the events at Kischi-
 neT, and no communication has been
 made to Russia by the United States government on this subject. but had such been received Russia would naturally
 have known what to reply to such an att tempt at interference in her internal af fairs"
 It is true that Russia was not consult ed. The President and Secretary Hay took their action without notifying Count
 Cassni. They sprung 1t as a disagree ! able surprise Now it is up to Russia to find a way out of the Manchurian tan | gle
 The way to avert further pin bricks by the United States and continuance of
 the policy of being disasreeable about the Kischineff massacre is to let the United States have the treaty ports in Manchuria. Russia is trying to adjust
 this difficulty to Uncle Sans satisfac-
 ton. That is the meaning of the con- | ference which the czar has ordered be- tween Lessar the Russian minister to Picking, the Russian secretary of war
 and various Russian officials in the far East
 The United States is playing to win.
 and 1t is using all the moves in the game
 1t can avail itself of. If Russia does not
 grant the United States the treaty ports
 which it demands the correspondence be-
 tween the United States and Russia may
 be published If 1t is published it will create sensation.