New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-17
Secretary of State Tells of Action Of
This Government to Preserve
Integrity Of China.
EkCLAND'S REQUEST NOT
LIKELY TO Be YIELDED TO
Inde1initeness of Note a. to Manehu-
ria Was Intentional - Thought
Impossible to Get Unity Of Action
from Powers If More Explicit
Terms Were Used.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The state de-
partment Saturday issued this state
ment:
after some preliminary exchange OF
views between this government and the
governments of other powers interest,"
ed in the Chinese matters, the depart
ment on the 10th of February sent the
following, instructions to the American
representatives in St. Petersburg, Toxic
and Peking:
"'You will express to the minister of
foreign affairs the earnest desire OF the
government Of the United States that in
the course of military operations which
have begun between Russia and Japan
the neutrality of China and in all prac-
ticable ways her administrative entity
shall be respected by both parties, and
that the area of hostilities shall be local
lied and mited as much as possible, so
that undue excitement and disturbance
of the Chinese people may be prevented,
and the least possible loss to the COM
merce and intercourse of the world will
be occasioned."
(Signed) John Hay
AT the same time this government
informed all the powers signatory of
the protocol at Picking of it action, and
| requested similar action on their part"
No answers to the above note in addi-
ton to those received up to Friday have
been received at the state departm emit.
/ There is hint that Austria will seek to
avoid any participation in the proposed
| representation to the belligerents On the
ground that she has small concern in
| the matter, but no formal answer has
been send from her. England wants
more definite statement Of the purpose
and scope of the note. Secretary Hay Is
disinclined to yield to this wish. He
thinks that it would be impossible to
get the powers together If an attempt Is
made to very exactly define the purpose
of concurrent action. So, as to Man.
churia, the question is left open purpose
ly as to whether or not Chinese admin
istration is or is not in force in that war
swept territory. That is why the term
administrative entity was used in
Secretary Hays note. 1t is question
of fact TO be determined later on, wheth-
er or not China does possess "adminis-
trative entity" in Manchuria. This sus-
picion engendered by the issue of the
note is inexplicable to the authorities
here. 1t is declared that the govern
ment has been animated by the most sim
pie and direct purposes, and has tried to
express that fact in its note There
is grave danger of the flight from Peking
of the Chinese court if it is not speedily
convinced that there is no danger of
| an invasion Of China by one or the other
of the belligerents. The state depart
ment has been warned by China itself
that the result OF this fight would GER
tainly be a general uprising against
foreigners that might result in mas
sacres. And the end would be perhaps
the disruption Of China. In this event
it is believed here that the neutral pow
ers would make off with the lion share
the belligerents being too much occu-
pied to prevent them. This conviction
on the part of the officials here causes
them to freely express the opinion that
Russia will be guilty Of a grave mistake
if she rejects Hays proposals. But il
she does do so, it is said that there
will be no attempt made on our part
to secure through force of arms the pur-
poses stated in the note; in other words
= the United States is not to be dragged
Tito hostilities in the east.
Protest to Russia.
! Washington, Feb. l5.-The state de.
partment has instructed Ambassador
Mccormick to ask the Russian govern
ment at st. Petersburg for an explana
ton Of the compulsory detention in thu
harbor of Port Arthur of the American
steamship Pleiades, which conveyed ;
cargo of -four to that place from Homo
lulu just before the outbreak of hos
tilities.
Germany Commands Strict Neutralit.
Berlin, Feb. 15.-The imperial chan
, cellor, Count Won Buelow, in tn
Reichsanzeiger, the governments off
cial organ, Saturday issued the follow
ing proclamation:
"In consequence Of the official de
claration Of war between the imperia
government of Russia and the imperia
!. government of Japan, it becomes th
duty Of every one in the German EN-
pire and in the empires colonies, an
, also Of Germans residing abroad, t
observe in all their relations the strict
est neutrality"
: Details of prohibitions contained i
the British and some other declare
3 tons of neutrality are omitted. Th
officers of the crown are charged to Sc
that neutrality is enforced.
China ProcIaims Her Neutrality.
Toxic, Feb 15.-The Chinese GOV
y eminent Friday proclaimed the net
v trality Of China during the war bt
= tween Russia and Japan
S Diplomatic staff Quits Japan.
Yokohama, Feb. 15-The Russia
diplomatic and consular stats en-
barked here Friday, on their retur
l. home.
L Heavy Firing Heard