The Ely miner., 1904-02-19


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 10 the American
representatives in ST. Petersburg, Toxic
and Peking:
You will express to the minister OF
foreign affairs tie earnest desire OF the
government of the United States that Sn
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 hostiIities 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 Peking of it action, and
requested similar action on their part.
NJ answers TO the above note in addi-
ton to those received up to Friday have
been received at the state department.
There is 4 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 10 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 admins
tratIve entity" in MaIchuria. 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
do r,fr he sofr ? Dal- iDo
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
1t is believed here that the neutral pow
ers would make of with the lions share,
the belligerents being too much oceu-
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 grave mistake
If she rejects Hays proposals. But if
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
ito hostilities in the east.
Protest to Russia.
Washington, Feb 15.-The state de-
nct~ Al
Mccormick to ask the Russian govern
ment at st. Petersburg for an expiana-
ton of the compulsory detention in the
harbor of Port Arthur of the American
steamship Pleiades, which conveyed a
cargo of -four to that place from Homo
lulu just before the outbreak of hos
tilities.
Berlin, Feb. 15.-The imperial chan
cellor, Count Won Buelow, in the
Reichsanzeiger, the governments Off
cial organ, Saturday issued the follow
ing proclamation:
in consequence Of the official de-
claration of war between the imperial
government of Russia and the imperial
government of Japan, it becomes the
duty Of every one in the German en-
pire and in the empires colonies. and
also of Germans residing abroad. to
observe in all their relations the strict
est neutrality"
Details of prohibitions contained in
the British and some other declara-
tons of neutrality are omitted. The
officers of the crown are charged to see
that neutrality is enforced
China PrOclaims Her Neutrality.
Toxic, Feb. 15-The Chinese gov
ernment Friday proclaimed the neu-
trality of China during the war be-
tween Russia and Japan.
Diplomatic STAFF Quits Japan.
Yokohama, Feb. 15.-The Russian
diplomatic and consular stats en-
barked here Friday, on their return
home.
Heavy Firing Heard.
Tientsin, Feb. 13.-It is reported
from Chin Wang Tao (about $50 miles