The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-26
MANCHURIAN TRADE
CHINA IS ANXIOUS FOR SPECIAL
 AGREEMENT.
The Chinese Minister at Berlin Dis- 0cusses subsect With German For csxn OAlce--Subject Broached
 to Unlted States.

Berlin. Feb. 25.--Sun Pao Xxi, the Chinese minister at Berlin. received instructions some weeks ago from Pe7 kin to discuss with the German for tign office the Japanese treatment or trade in Manchuria and to broach the Idea of the United States and Germany entering into a special agreement con- corning the maintenence of equal trade opportunities ;n all the Chinese terri tories.
 Sun Pao Ki communicated the in- structions to the foreign ofiice and dis cussed the subject in the most general terms. the foreign office receiving his suggestions in courteous inqusring, but non-committal manner. It presum- ably has corresponded with the Ger man embassy at Washington and the legation at Pekin as to the extent of the Chinese proposal tnd what was thought of 1t. In Washington. It Is understood that Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister. has received identi- cal instructions. and has laid them before the state department. China's idea of a special agreement between the United States and Germany appears to rest in the belief that these two alone of the great commercial states. would be likely to oppose Japan's dis position, as China ayers. to discrifnin- 0tb tAt AAatGldAAa Ah A6fCA aSA w N hAGl chants.
 Chlna's appeal has raised the ques- tion. both at the foreign office here. and ut the State Department at washing ton, as@ to whether such agreement as China proposes would be superfiuous and If it's object is not already fully covered by International agreement. 1t is considered probable that recent tel- egrams from Washington saying that President Roosevelt proposes sending q circular to the powers regarding China trade. is a direct consequence of tho question brought out by the application of the Chinese govern ment to Germany and the United States.
 Special Message Expected.
 washington, z6.--Chinese diplomatic activity in the European capitals and cable news of the calling of conferen- ces of the Great Viceroys and provin- cial governorsain Manchuria, all bear ing upon the relations between China and Japan on the one hand and Russia on the other. have led the state de- pertinent to expect the delivery by minister. of same special message on this important subject soon after he arrives in Washington, which should be in the course of a fortnight.
 As already stated in these dispatches, there is nothing tangible before the State department which would serve as a basis of ropitition of Japan on this subject beyond the protests of Amerf- can textile manufacturers and export CTS against the serious blow which has been Administered to their trade by the J&panese administration of the railroads in Manchuria.
 But there has been much unofficial talk between officials here and some of the members of the diplomatic body and all of this has prepared the state department from reception of an ap- peal from, China in the nature of that referred to as having been presented in Berlin recently. When the matter is thus formally brought to it's atten- tion 1t Is probable that the state de- partment officials will feel obliged to give to these exchanges of opinion that have been In progress a more ofa- cial character, but as far as can be gathered from the utterances of res- ponsible persons there is no present intention of making any effort to se- cure joint action in the nature of com pulsiont directed against Japanese.