The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-15

NOTE is MADE PUBLIC
TEXT OF SECRETARY HAYS PRO.
PosAL RESPECTING THE IN
TEGRITY OF CHINA.
UPRISING OF cELEsT|ALs FEARED
JAPAN AND RUSSIA REQUESTED
TO MINIMIZE THE AREA OF
HosTILITlEs.
UPRISING OF cELEs7|ALs FEARED
JAPAN AND RUSSIA REQUESTED

Washington, Feb 15.-The state de-
partment has issued this statement:
"After some preliminary exchange
OF views between this government and
the government of other powers inter-
ested in the Chinese matters the de-
partment, on the 10th Of February,
sent the following Instructions to the
American representatives In st. Pc
tersburg. Toxic and Peking:
"'You will express to the minister
for foreign affairs the earnest desire
of the government of the United
States that in the course OF the mill
tary operations which have begun be
tween Russia and Japan the neutral
ity of China and in all practicable
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,
as undue excitement and disturbance
Of the Chinese people may be prevent
ed and the least possible loss to the
commerce and intercourse of the world
will be occasioned.
Powers Requested 10 ACt.
"At the same time this government
informed all the powers signatory OF
the protocol at Picking OF it's action
and requested similar action on their
part
A number of answers to the above
note have been received. There is a
hint that Austria will seek to avoid
~, ~, hn
resentation to the belligerents on the
ground that she has small concern in
the matter, but no formal answer has
been had from her. England wants a
more definite statement Of the pur-
pose and scope of the note. Secre-
tary 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 ac-
ton. AS to Manchuria the question
is left open purposely as to whether or
not Chinese administration Is or is not
in force in that war swept territory.
That is why the term administrative
entity" was used in Secretary Hay s
note 1t is question Of fact to be de-
termined later on whether or not
China does possess administrative
entity" in Manchuria.
See No Cause for Suspicion.
The suspicion engendered by the
issue Of the note Is ineXplicable TO
the authorities here. 1t is declared
that the government has been ami
mated by the most simple and direct
purposes and has tried to express that
fact in it's note There is grave dan
ger Of the flight from Peking OF the
Chinese court if 1t is not speedily con
vinced 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 it.
self that the result of this flight
would certainly be general uprising
against foreigners that might result IN
massacres. And the end would be per-
haps the disruption of China. In this
event it is believed here that the neu-
trail powers would make off with the
lions share, the belligerents being too
much occupied to prevent them. Thls
conviction of the officials here causes
them freely to express the opinion th2t
Russia will be guilty Of grave mis-
take if she rejects Secretary Hays
proposals. But if she does SO 1t is
said there will be no attempt made on
our part to secure through force OF
arms the purposes stated in the note,
in other words, the United States is
not to be dragged into hostilities in