Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-22
So Far as Possible She Will
Localize the War and Respect
China's Neutrality
so SAYS AMBASSADOR CASSINI.
Traditional Friendly Feeling Between
America aud Russia Has Not
Been lnterfered With.


lie hostilities and respect the neutral
~ OF China In the interest OF O con
tlnuance Of peaceful intercourse Of tn,
rest Of the world. Ny government ex
pressed the conviction that Mr.. Hay
suggestion was prompted by motives
OF the highest humanity and was mu
tually advantageous to th e belllger'
ents."
This statement was made by Coun
Casslnt the Russian ambassador, IT
the course Of a conversation with 6
| representative OF the Associated Press
at the embassy tonight. The ambassa-
dor spoke In general on the far eastern
situation. Although the negotiations
on the neutrality proposition bave beer
| carried on almost entirely between the
! several foreign governments addressed
and the American ENJOYS accredited t.
! them, the weight Of the work Of the
| Russian ambassador at Washington In
the counsels of his majesty was strong.
ly influential In the shaping Of Rus
| sia's reply
As soon as the note was addressed to
| the Russian government, Count Cas-
| SIM was advised of the fact by Secy.
| Hay, and long and earnest CONVEX
| sation followed on the motives of the
| Washington government In initiating
| this move, unique In diplomacy. To
| the frankness of his conversation, a
frankness made possible by the cordial
and intimate relations which Mr.. Hay
and Count Cassni have enjoyed at
Washington, Is largely due, II Is said,
the prompt response Of the Russian
government, which Is materially con-
cerned with many matters of the
gravest Importance and some demand
ing the most speedy attention, such as
war measures.
1T Is Fortunate continued the am
bassador, that whatever may be the
feeling here and there In the United
States Of sympathy for Japan, the ira
ditional, and, 80 far as Russia is con-
cerned, the highly priced, friendly re-
lations between the Washington and
ST. Petersburg governments in no way
have been interfered with. Every mail
brings TO the embassy some fifty TO a
hundred contradictions, In the form Of
offers of assistance. medicah and mill
tary, OF the statement that Russia Is
without friends In this country.
1T Is so in this country, as In every
other. that the smaller nation In the
struggle can count on certain amount
of sympathy, arising solely from the
fact Of its minority, but II IL tribute
TO the fairness Of your government
that the official conduct Of your gov
eminent certainly has been all that
either belligerent could expect in the
preservation of the strict neutrality
which the president directed shall be
observed by his people.
80 numerous have these offers of
medical and other aid become that
have felt 1t my duty to bring them to
the attention Of my government. II Is
possible that In recognition OF the
kindly spirit OF humanity and friendli-
ness which Is evidenced by the Ameri-
can physicians who have offered their
assistance, that my government may
find way TO accept some OF them
and that American physicians and
nurses may aid us in caring for the
wounded in the far eastern war
am Gully expecting All uHSNcI iiOhi SN'
Petersburg on this point.
what will be the effect OF the re-
moval Of the censorship on all news
from St. Petersburg to the outside
world?" the ambassador was asked.
He replied. 1T IL believed that this
will effectively diminish the number OF
canards which have been secretly sent
from Russia, and especially to England
and the United States, about my coun-
try. Censored dispatches were wrong
ly considered abroad as having the ap-
proval of the government. Nothing
could have been further from the
truth, unless It was the additional false
impression that uncensored dispatches
represented the facts as they We're.
with the censorship removed II is
hoped that the outside world will have
a better idea OF my government and
my people. II was gratifying to hear
from a representative American several
days ago OF the approval In this coun-
try OF the policy, which had been
adhered TO, Of making public the news
from the far east, whether good or
bad.
IN the earnest hope that peace
might be preserved with Japan, my
government was giving more attention
to the methods by which diplomatic
settlement might be reached than to
preparations for the recourse to arms,
which we are now convinced Japan had
determined on at the outset OF the ne
gotlations. For this reason the first
chapter In the far eastern war has not
been characterized by Russian VIC
tories.
THE truth, however, has been made
public as rapidly as Admiral Aleyieffs
dispatches have been made known TO
his majesty. In this first chapter,
however, IL contained a picture which,
as was to be expected, the Americans
were quick to appreciate and applaud.
! refer TO the noble conduct OF the
captain Of the Varlag who, after re-
fusing to surrender his ship, came out
of the harbor Of Chemupo TO face an
overwhelming force OF japanese war;
ships to whose fire he replied as eff
fectiyely as he could and then blew up
his own ship that she might not fall
into the hands OF the enemy, The
contribution OF such n page 10 Russian
history more than compensates for any
losses sustained by our navy as re-
suit OF Japan's attacking us before
declaration and while her envoy at 81.
Petersburg was still enjoying the cour-
tesy and protection OF the Russian
government
"The Associated Press dispatches
from ST Petersburg have correctly re-
ported the tidal wave OF national feel
Ing and enthusiasm which has swept
over my country, No longer is the
struggle I'm the far east political one,
for the most part diplomats
and statesmen. II has flared up into
a national war. My august master has
shown extraordinary patience In en-
TO arrive at settlement
without war, But now that Japan has
made war, the determination OF the
Russian emperor and his people that
she shall be satisfied with that for
which she has seemed 30 anxious Ia
made all the stronger by the patience
and forbearance which have hitherto
our dealings with the
Japanese.
I'm the interest Of the worlds hu- |
nanity | am confident all nations Will |
nope for the success Of Secy. Hays ef-
'ort to limit the deplorable war TO the |
now engaged"