The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-14
OUPLICITY OF
THE JAPANESE
Official Correspondence Made Public
at Washington.
Mr.. GRISCOM WAS FOOLED
SUBSCRIPTIONS SOLICITED IN
AMERICAN NAVY.

tIAI ASHINGTON. April 13.-Oficial
| w correspondence made public at
the state department today dis
! closes the fact that the japanese gov
/ eminent i'm announcing to the Ameri-
! can minister at Toxic on Feb of last
year the breaking of diplomatic rela-
! lions with Russia, assured him that
| hosulities would not begin until after
| a declaration had been made. The cor
/ respondence comprises so much of the
| diplomatic exchanges between Wash
! ington and Toxic as the department
thinks it expedient to publish, and
among the first is the following official
Daraphrase of a cabIegram from Min
| lister Griscom. dated American Lega-
! ton, Toxic. Feb. g. 1904:
Griscom Was Deceived.
Mr. Griscom reports that the minis
/ ter of foreign affairs stated that a dec
/ iaTatiou of war will not be made until
after the withdrawal Of their legation.
/ which viii probably take two or three
days, and hOstilitieS viii not begin un-
| til after the declaration of war. In an
/ interview the minister for foreign af-
/ fairs went over the whole course Of the
negotiations. directed special attention
/ to the extreme patience and moderation
of the attitude of Japan. and stated that
| after having asked the Russian gov
| eminent five times to expedite reply.
! and having waited three weeks without
/ result no alternative remained but to
/ act
Attack Came First.
| ON the following day the correspon-
| denCe showed that Minister GriscOn
] reported that the departure of the Rus
| sian minister would take place on Feb.
/ y. On Feb. Il. subsequent to the re-
] CENT he a. the fpVnp1n al
upon the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
/ of Feb. Q, Minister GrisCOm sent a brief
/ telegram to the department of which
/ this Is the official paraphrase:
! Mr.. GriScOm reports that the dec
! laratiOn of war was issued on the 10th
inst
No other correspondence shedding
| light on this incident is contained in
/ the notes published.
Shut Off by Hay.
! or interest is note of Secretary Hay.
dated May last. to the ia panese min
| lister at Washington. calling his atten-
/ ton TO the circulation in the American
/ navy of a note from the consulate gen
eral Of Japan at New York addressed
] TO The japanese serving in the United
/ States navy solicitating sUbscrip-
! tons TO Japanese bonds. contributions
/ to the relief fund for japanese soldiers
| and sailors. and in aid of the Red Cross
society Of Japan. While admitting the
/ right Of Japanese in this country to
/ subscribe or contribute to the objects
mentioned. the secretary says in his
! note 10 Mr.. TakahiTa.
I Yet it is undesirable that such con-
| tributiOns should be sought through the
I naval official channels of this govern
| ment." and he therefore brings the
/ matter TO your attention with the re-
I quest that you will inform the consular
| officers of japan i'm the United States
/ Of the attitude of this government in
! the matter"
The Ja9anese minister gave the nee
! essary instructions to the japanese
/ consul general i'm New York.
Case of the Lena.
| The correspondence includes a copy
/ of a note from the Japanese minister
at Washington calling ;he attention of
! this government to the presence of the
/ Russian ship Lena at San Francisco,
! and saying imperial government eX-
/ poets that appropriate measures re
/ garding the matter will be taken by
! the United States government without
/ delay"
! Several days later another note
J reached the state department from the
/ Japanese minister expressing the desire
4 Of his government that the officers and
/ crew Of the Lena be detained in the ter
/ ritory of the United States until the end
/ of hOStiIitieS
The acting secretary of state. Mr..
! Adee. promptly replied, acknowledging
| the note and adding:
In reply I have the honor TO state
/ that the president exercising his pre-
| negative in carrying out the neutrality
proclaimed by him. had already. before
the receipt of your communication.
taken the appropriate steps to detain
the officers and crew Of the Lena i'm
| this country until peace shall have been
concluded. unless in the meantime the
belliEerentS shall have ConCurred fu
proposing to him other arrangements in
this regard