Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-18
SECRETARY HAY
MAKES STATEMENT
Recent Action of the State Depart
ment Explained.
ALL THE POWERS NOTIFIED
That Is to Say, Those who Were
S~ignatorics of the Protocol Mt
the Close of the Demon
stratiOn in China.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE state de-
partment. Saturday, issued this state,
ment:
After some preliminary exchange OF
views between this government and
the governments of other powers in
terested in the Chinese matters, the
department. on the 10th OF February,
sent the following instructions to the
American representative in St. Peters
burg, Toxic and Pekin:
Text Of Instructions.
"eYou will express to the minister
Tor foreign affairs the earnest desire
of the government of the United
States that in the curse of the mill
tary operations which have begun be-
tween Russia and Japan the neutrali-
ty of China and in all practicable ways
her administrative entity shall be re-
spected by both parties, and that the
area of hostilities shall be localized
and limited as much as possible, so
that undue excitement and disturb
ance of the Chinese people may be pre-
vented and the least possible loss to
the commerce and intercourse OF the
world will be occasioned
ISigned.1 JOHN HAY
AT the same time this government
informed all the powers signatory of
the protocol at Pekin of its action, and
requested a similar action on their
part"
Answers Come Slowly.
No W to the above note in ad-
dition to those received Friday have
been received at the state department.
There is a hint that Austria will seek
to avoid any participation in the pro-
posed representation to the belliger-
ents on the ground that she has small
concern in the matter, but no formal
answer has been had from her. En-
gland wants a 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 To-
gether if an attempt is made to very
exactly define the purpose of concur
rent action. So as to Manchuria the
question is left open %purposely as tt
whether or not Chinese administrator
is or is not in force in that war-swep
territory. That is why the term lad
ministrative entity" was used in Sec
rotary Hays note. It is a question G
fact, to be determined later on, Wheth
.a. Tl;r, lonr nDpcoCc ttnlpnirJg
trative entity in Manchurta.
Inexpiicnblc Suspicion.
This suspicion e~ngendered by the is
sue of the note is ineXplicable to TIL
authorities here. 1t is declared tina
the has been animated b,
the most simple and direct purpose
and has tried to express that fact il
its note.
There is grave danger Of the High
from Pekin of the Chinese court il /
is not speedily convinced that there i
no danger of an invasion of China b,
one or the other of the ~belligerents
The state department has been warne'
by China itself that the result o
this flight would certainly be a gen
eral uprising against foreigners tina
might result in maSSacres. And til
end would be, perhaps, the disruptio
of China. In this event it is believe
here that the neutral powers Woul
make off with the lions share, the be
Iigerents being too much occupied t
prevent them. This conviction on tn
part of officials here causes them t
freely express the opinion that Rus
STA will be guilty of a grave mistake
she rejects Secretary Hays proposal
But if she does do so, 1t is said thu
there will be no attempt made on OF
part TO secure through force {
arms the purposes stated in the not
in other words, the United States
not to be dragged into hostilities
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