The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
SUGGESTED BY wnLLrAM.
German Emperor Responsible fo
 ROOsevelt,s Action.

ROOseveltn Action.
 Washington. April 5.--That 1t was upon the suggestion of Emperor Will liam that President Roosevelt last February undertook to arrange cer- tain actions on the part of the neutral powers for the purpose of inducing the belIigerents in the far eastern war to respect the neutrality of China. is for the first time officially disclosed in the advance sheets of foreign relations made public at the State Dena-t--ssst today It has beer tir e., S time that the Gsrnsan afu 4F the initiatory fore ip gh5se lsnpoE ars exchanges, but It eas yutL Ss2W tH impossible to obt ia any or 9a frmation of the f ct
 In the correspoI 4eara se3, E ez--s-.., 7, is included a paraphrase of cablegram addressed by Secretary Hay to Mir. Tower, the American Ambassador at Berlin, on February 8, after Germany's s acceptance of the invitation of Secre- tary Hay had been received, directing the Ambassador ito convey to the Em- peror the Presidents profound appre- citation of his generous initiative and powerful cooperation In the mater or Chinese neutrality.
 The official paraphrase of Mir. Tow CTS reply, dated February IT, readss MT. Tower reports that he conveyed to the Emperor the profound appre- ciation of the President of his initia- tive and cooperation in the matter of Chinese neutrality and that the Ems peror was exceedingly gratified and ex- pressed most friendly sentiments to- ward the President"
 IT. is significant that in the acknowlv edgement of the acceptances by other powers to the program suggested by Secretary Haly in hts note of February only in the case of Germany did the President send a personal message of appreciation to the sovereign
 Reason of Secrecy.
 It Is now possible to state that the reason of Germany's initiative was Lent secret was because of the Ger man Fmperors belief that the sugges- lion about China's neutrality would be inc more certain of success if emanat- ing from Washington. particularly In view of Secretary Hays previous aetlv- ities in the same direction after the Boxer troubles. of 1900. Accordingly his suggestion was conveyed to the Tres ident through Won Speck SternDerg, the German Ambassadors. Secretary Hay ratrrned at once from the South and etar a conference with the President ana the German Ambassador undertook tbe far-reaching diplomatic move to r-h,ch is due the fact that ChinaS neu- +raIitv has thus far been for the most ns~t resneeted by Russia and Japan.
 At inc present the further disclos- ures in the new volume of foreign rela- tions regarding the attitude of the sew eraI nowers toward the Hay proposal or 1ast February are significant. It is shown that Lord Lansdowne before n- dIcatine Great Britain's acceptance. de- sired to know whether Manchuria was included within the phrase neutrality os China" He was answered In gem eraI terms that 1t was the desire of the Washington Government to secure "the smallest area of hostilities and the largest possible area of neutfahty nny9natibIe with the military nscessl- lies of the belligerents"
 France, through M Delcasse. accord ing to Ambassador Porter's report Sc0ntinaad an Pags Elshsl