The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
SAY DOUBT ABOUT
CRANES FITNESS
CAUSED RECALL
Conference Today May End in
Termination of His Diplo.
matte Connection.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 11.-Charles r.
Cranes sudden, unexpected and hith-
erto mysterious recall to Washington
by Secretary of State Knox, as he was
at the point of sailing from San Fran.
cisco to assume his duties as minister
Of the United States to China, was &C.
casioned by developments involving the
question of Mr.. Cranes illness for the
post. This much Is known today In we'll
informed quarters in Washington.
Unless Mr.. Crane Is able to clear HIM
self in The eyes of Secretary Knox Of
an accusation of a serious breach of
what the State Department regards us
the first principle of diplomatic discre-
ton, the conference with his official
chief may result In the abrupt termina-
ton Of Mr.. Cranes connection with the
diplomatic service.
Minister Crane arrived in Washington
from his hurried journey across the
continent, reiterated his declaration OF
Ignorance as to the occasion for his
rather dramatic recall from the waters
edge OF the Pacific, and declined to dis
cuss the matter in any of its aspects.
beyond saying that while he expected
to be here several days, he had reserved
new accommodations for the trans
Pacific voyage on the steamer sailing
from San Francisco on October 20. a
week from next Wednesday.
The State Department has in hand, 1t
is said, what 1t regards as more or less
convincing evidence that Minister Crane,
- 49,. 49, 80 hi. dawn rf,,ra for tho Far
East, became responsible for the publ
cation in a Chicago newspaper of What
the department views as a most indis-
Greet discussion Of the attitude of the
United States toward the two treaties
recently negotiated between China and
Japan. This the department holds 10
have been the more serious because that
attitude is still under confidential con-
sideration, no decision having been ar
rived at.
The officials of the State Department
are extremely retlcent on the whole SUD
ject, most of them affecting entire
ignorance of It, and all referring In
uuirers to Secretary Knox.
today's developments are awaited with
an interest which may fairly he de-
scribed as intense.
It Is known now that the immediate
occasion for the recall of Minister
Crane was an article In the Washing
ton special correspondence of a Chicago
paper, evidencing a somewhat minute
acquaintance with confidential matters
supposed to be known only by respoE-
sible officials in the State department
and presumably by Minister Crane,
relative to the attitude of the United
States government toward the Two
treaties recently concluded between
China and Japan. That publication
was highly Objectionable to the depart
ment or State in that 1t disclosed the
possibility Of protest on h part of the
United States against the contamination
of these treatiea, and II is known that
Secretary Knox and his associates In
the department have held Minister
Crane responsible for these disclosures.
These treaties, which would rrac-
tically confer upon the Japanese a
monopoly OF mineral developments Of
Manchuria and would also make the
Japanese the virtual %dictators of Chi
nese railway extension In ManchMria
are regarded by the State department,
II Is said, as destructive of the prin-
ciple If "the open door" enunciated by
the late Secretary Hay and subscribed
to by japan in a formal agreement
with Mr.. Root when the latter was
Secretary of State.