The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-09

: Of all nations with the natives OF those
countries.
Third reciprocal recognition of
Japan's preporderadn" interests in
Korea and that Russia has special in
teUeStS in railway enterprises in Man
Churia. ard as a mutual recognition of
the respective rights % Japan and
Russia, take measures necessary for
/ the protection Of their above mentioned
interests 50 far a the principle of ar
ticle I is infringcd
"Fourth-The recognition by Russia
of the exclusive righ-s OF japan to
/ give advice and assistance TO Korea. IN
the interest Il reform and good gov
I ernment.
"Fifth-The engagement ON the part
/ of Russia TO unimpe0c the eventual
/ extension Of the Korean railway into
/ southern MaDChuria so as To connect
! with eastern China and the Shanghai
/ Kwan-New chang lines.
/ 1T was the Intention of the japanese
/ government originally that q confer
/ ence take place between their repre-
! sentatives at St Petersburg and the
Russian authorities 50 as To facilitate
/ progress as much a s possible in reach
( ing a solution Of the situation. but the
Russian government absolutely re-
/ fused TO do So on the plea that the
! car planned a trip abroad and for
/ other reasons il was UnavOidGbly de
} cided to conduct the negotiations at
B Toxic 1t was not until the I'd Of Oc-
/ tOber that the Russian government
/ presented counter proposals, and in
them she declined to engage in re
/ spect to the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of China and stipulated the
maintenance of the principle Of equal
! opportunities for the commerce and
/ industry of all nations in China and
/ requested that Japan declare Man
} churia and its littoTal as being entire
/ ly outside of her sphere and interest.
Russian Restrictions.
/ she further put several restrictions
I upon Japan's freedom of action in Ko-
/ rea; for instance, while recognizing ia
pans right TO despatch troops when
} necessary for the projection of her in
/ terests in Korea, Russia refused to al
/ low her 10 use any portion Of Korean
/ territory for strategicat purposes. In
fact Russia went 50 far IS to propose
3 to establish a neutral zone in Korean
/ territory north Of the 4hirty-niuth par
{ aliel. The Japanese government utter
ly failed To SEE why Russia. who pro-
fessed no intention of absorbing Man
chUria, should be disinclined to insert
/ in the convention q. clause in complete
harmony with her own repeatedly de
Clared principle respecting the sover-
eighty and territorial integrity Of
China
Furthermore. this refusal Of the
( Russian government impressed the Jap
anese government all the more with
the necessity Of the insertion of a clause
90 the effect that Japan has important
interests in Manchuria and entertains
no small hopes Of their further develop
meut and that practically Japan has
even greater interests there by reason
OF its relations to Korea. so that she
could not possibly recognize Manchuria
as being entirely outside her sphere of
interests These reasons decided Japan
TO absolutely reject the Russian prOpO-
sal. The japanese government ex-
planned the above views and at the
same time introduced other necessary
amendments ia the Russian counter-pro-
posaI
Neutral Zone.
They further proposed with regard to
a neutral zone that If one was to be Gre
ated 90 should be established on both
sides Of the boundary line between
Mdnchuria and Korea with equal width.
SAY nifty kilometres. After repeated
discussions at Toxic. the japanese gov
eminent finally presented the Russian
government their definitive amendment
on the Goth of October. The japanese
government then frequently urged the
Russian government for "a reply. which
was again delayed and only delivered
on The nth of December. In that re-
ply Russia suppressed clauses relating
"a Manchuria so as To- make the pro-
posed convention apply entirely 20
Korea, and maintained its original de-
mand IN regard 10 the employ
ment of Korean territory for strategi-
/ cal purposes as wei az a neutral zone,
but the exclusion Of Manchuria from
the proposed convention being contrary
10 the original object of the negOtia-
tions. which were to remove causes of
conflict between the two countries and
"a friendly arrangement Of their in
tcrests in Manchuria and Korea. The
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