Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-22
PRESIDENT HAS CHINA'SNOTE
Will Not Recognise ANY Treaty Affecting
Chinese Territory.
ROOSEVELT AND nOOT DISCUSS II
Raises Entire Question of open Door
to Manchuria and Commercial
Relations with the
Empire.


Roosevelt and Elihu Root, who assumed
formally last Wednesday his new duties,
were today in conference at Sycamore Hin.
Among the many questions considered by
them none is fraught with deeper signif-
canoe and Importance to the United states
than is that relating to an identical note
which the Foreign Office Of China, within a
day or two, has sent to the powers neutral
in the far eastern contest between Russia
and Japan.
The text of the note, made public this
evening by President Roosevelt, is as fol-
lows:
Text of Chinese Note.
President Roosevelt this evening author
ICED the publication of the identical note
sent by China to the powers neutral in the
pending far eastern conflict. The text Of
the note. which is undated. follows:
Having viewed with profound regret the
unfortunate interruption of peaceful rela-
tions between japan and Russia the Inn
pertal government now learns with gratih-
cation that the negotiations are about to
commence for the restoration Of peace and
amity. But in the present conflict Chinese
territory has been made the theater OF
military operations Therefore II Is hereby
expressly declared that no provision af
fecting China without the approval Of
China being previously obtained, which
the treaty OF peace may contain, Will be
recognized as valid. The diplomatic repre-
sentatives of China in Japan and Russia
have been instructed by telegraph to COM
municate this declaration to the govern
ments Of japan and Russia respectively.
On its face, the note appears to be sim
pie declaration that no determination Of
the peace conference affecting Chinese ter
rttory will be recognized as valid without
the approval of China previously obtained"
1t really means far more than that, as II
Is construed here.
The United States. in common with other
nations, is interested particularly in the
open door to Manchuria, and behind China s
simple declaration lies the whole question
of the commerce and commercial relations
OF a great empire.
What action, If any, the United States
government may take as to the note is be-
yond accurate conjecture at this time.
Neither President Roosevelt or Secretary
Root will discuss the matter for publica-
ton. Secretary Root will remain a guest
of the president until some time tomorrow.
Mr.. Root will not take up the active duties
of secretary Of state before September.
Discuss Possible Peace Terms.
ST. PETERSBURG, July A.-The Novoe
Vremya devotes today a leading article to
the alleged japanese peace conditions as
published by the Vienna Taggeblatt and
Frankfort Zeitung, dwelling especially on
the specification against double tracking tho
Siberian railroad, which the paper declares
is utterly unacceptable in every way, being
equivalent TO the political and
economic suicide OF Russia.
Witte Reaches Paris.
PARIS July An. witte, accompanied
| by his wife, several members of his family
and a number OF officials making up the
| party, which is on its way to the United
/ States, arrived at the Northern railroad
I station at o'clock this afternoon. A large
number of French and Russian officials
and members of the diplomatic corps were
assembled at the station. including Ambas-
sadors Nelidoff and Cassini. NJ. Mollard
| chief of the protocol department of the
/ Foreign office, representing Premier Rou,
1 vier, and Police Prefect Lepine.
I As NJ. wltte descended to the platform
/ his massive frame lowered above tn,
crowd which pressed forward to welcom,
{ him. Standing bareheaded, NJ. witte wal
greeted by NJ. Nelidon and Count Cassin
and spoke for some moments with tn,
latter. NJ. Neldon afterward advised II
Loubet of the plans to present him t,
President Loubet and Premier Rouvier
probably tomorrow. The party then drov,
| to hotel.
The trip of NJ witte and his party from
St. Petersburg to Paris was uneventful
The Russian statesman was Joined on hi
arrival by his married daughter and hi
grandchild. NJ. Witte will remain here un
Ill the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse sails
July 26. from Cherbourg.
The Temps gives prominence to an inter
view with NJ Witte which a correspondent
of that paper had during the trip to Paris
The interview follows almost textually tn
interview which the correspondent OF tn
Associated Press at St. Petersburg hal
with the chief Russian peace plenipoten
tiary. The Temps correspondent says:
Il considered it my duty to submit Z
NJ. witte the text OF the declarations mad
by him to the correspondent OF the Asso
ciated Press and reprinted in the Temps
After having read the Associated Press in
terview and rejecting over the clippin
which I had presented TO him, NJ. Witt
replied:
This is not the complete text OF tina
interview, but It is correct and conform
to what have just told you, so that d
, not know what more could be added
The Temps gives this both as a confrms
ton and as indicating that the Associate
| Press interview was regarded by NJ. Witt
as embracing everything he has to say.
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