The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-02
Inspired Intimations from Russian
Official Sources VIII BE
Disregarded.
LINES NOW SHARPLY DRAWN
RUSSIA WILL NOT PERMIT INTER-
FERENCE WITH HER AFFAIRS,
And the United States Is Determined
the Cxar Shall Hear tho Protest
Against Massacres.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Associated
Press is authorized to state that the Rus
sian government most positively and abso-
lutely denies the report that 1t has offered
any official explanation to the American
government, either through the embassy at
Washington or the American embassy at
st. Petersburg, regarding the Kishineff in
cident, and declares that it had never been
addressed by the American government
upon the subject The Russian government
must categorically refuse to receive from
any power any petitions, representations or
communications relative to its internal af-
fairs.
The State Department tonight author
lied the following statement: "At the
State Department it was stated by high
official in the absence of Secretary Hay
that the delay in forwarding the petition
of the American citizens of the Jewish
faith as to the ill-treatment Of their core
ligionists in Russia was solely due to the
delay in furnishing the address to the State
Department by the petitioners. The State
Department would, of course. pay no heed
to any statement purporting to emanate
from the Russian government unless such
statement was made officially in some form
or other to our own government. The State
Department has been specially careful to
act only in accordance with all require
ments of official propriety, but within the
limits thus laid down it will most certainly
not hesitate to give expression to the deep
sympathy felt not only by the administra-
tion, but by all the American people for
the unfortunate Jews who have been the
victims in the recent appalling massacres
and outrages. In this connection 1t was
pointed out by another official who dis
claimed any purpose to speak in his official
capacity, however, that 1t seemed some
what strange, to say the least. that the
Russian government should choose this
particular method of making a statement
to the American people at the very time
when. by methods which are certainly the
reverse of friendly to the United States,
it has sought to make China join in break
ing the plighted faith of all the powers as
to the open door in Manchuria and has en-
deavored to bear our people from access to
the Manchurian trade"
The above statement was shown to Count
Cassini. the Russian ambassador tonight
but he declined to make any comment on il.
Any reply to this statement must be made
under direct instructions from ST. Peters,
burg. II is realized, both at the State De-
partment and at the Russian embassy that
the situation is extremely delicate.
The statement authorized by the State
Department was inspired by newspaper
publications rejecting the attitude of the
Russian government in the event of the
presentation of such a petition through the
medium of the United States embassy at
st. Petersburg, which had been brought to
the attention of high officers of the gov
ernment. 1t was given careful considera-
tion both here and at Oyster Bay before
decision was reached to make any decla-
ration regarding the matter.