Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-02-19
HAY
MAKES STATEMENT
Recent Action of the State Depart.
ment Explained.
ALL THE POWERS NOTIFIED
That IL 10 Say, Those who Wore
Sin nntOrics Of tn" Protocol ne
the Close OF thu" Demon
strnttOn In China.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE state dc.
partmcnt. Saturday, issued this state.
ment:
After some preliminary exchange OF
views between this government and
The governments of other powers in
terestcd 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:
TcNt Of Instructions.
"'Iou 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 neutrali-
ty of China and in all practicable Ways
ner administrative entity shall be re-
spectod 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-
''h'Vh UNIV III 'aioN ltHnIDIt l'SH w
he commerce and intercourse OF the
world will be occasioned
lSigned. JOHN HAY
AT The same time this government
Informed all the powers sicnatory of
he protocol at Pekin of It's action, and
requested a similar action on their
part"
Answers Come slowly.
No answer to the above note in ad.
litiOn to those received friday have
been received at the state department
There Is a hint hat Austria will scck
20 avoid any participation in the pro-
posed representation to the belligcr-
ants 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 his wish. He thinks that II would
be impossible to get the powers to-
gethcr 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 To
whether Or not Chinese administration
is or is not in force in that war-swept
territory. That is why the term 'ad
ministra,ivc entity" was used in Sec.
rotary Hays note. II Is n question Oi
fact, to be determined later on, wheth.
ar or not China doe possess admins
rative entity" in Manchuria,
ImcNpiirnhic Suspicion.
This suspicion cugcndcrcd by the is.
sue Of the note Is in"Xplicablc to the
authorities here. II is declared that
The government has been animated by
he most simple and direct purpose
and has tried to express that fact in
is note.
There is grave danger OF the hight
from Tekin of the Chinese court If II
Is not speedily convinced that there Is
no danger of an invasion of China by
one or the other Of the hclligcrents.
The state department has been warned
by China itself that the result of
this flight would certainly be a gen
aral uprising against foreigners that
might result in massacres. And the
end would be, perhaps, the disruption
Of China. In this event it Is believed
here That the neutral powers would
make off with the lions share, the bel
ligcrcnts being too much occupied &c
prevent them. This conviction on the
part of officials here causes them to
freely express the opinion that Rus
sia Will be guilty Of a grave mistake II
she rejects Secretary Hays proposals
there will be 40 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 20 be dragged into hostililies In
the east.