The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-13

had been invited and the minister.
designate replied in an equally FOR
mai statement that while his resigna.
tion already had been rendered TO the
department officials, charging that
treated
Moreover. Mr. Crane In his state
ment reflected severely upon the state
department officials. charging that
not only had they refrained from CIV
Ing him the instructions usually Is
sued to a minister or ambassador
about To leave for his post. but that
he had been denied access TO them
even after he had made repeated ap-
pointments with them
He enters sweeping denial of the
charge that he gave out" news.
paper story which IS said TO be the
cause OF his deposition. and placed
squarely upon the shoulders of Presi-
dent Taft the responsibility for tho
various utterances he has made re-
garding conditions In The Far East
which have aroused the Ire OF Secre-
tary Knox and brought lnal action up.
on his resignation.
Mr.. Cranes statement follows:
The statement issued by the dc,
partment Of state is slightly inaccur
0te In saving tnat the secretary has
Informed me that my resignation will
be accepted. The letter / received
from Mr. Knox at noon today says he
has recommended TO the president
that the president accept my resigna.
tion Before this letter had been re-
ceived by me. | had already sent 10
the president, through his secretary,
Mr. Carpenter, the following telo.
gram.
Washington ID. C, Oct. IL. 1909.
" President William H. Taft Tho
state department objects 10 certain
things | have done IN the effort to
carry out my understanding of your
wishes as expressed by you TO me.
| have carefully considered tho entire
matter. In my judgment no mistake
has been made. except as tho depart
ment has made 1t n mistake. How
ever. / did not and can not guarantee
TO make no mistakes and especially
unless | have the cordial support and
cooperation OF the government
1.-The manner In which the depart
ment has proceeded and Is proceeding
is inconsistent with my own sclf-re-
spect and my conception OF the dig
nifty OF the position and with the un-
deTStanding upon which | accepted
appreciate the personal consideration
| have received from you and under
the circumstances have decided to
await information as 10 your wishes
before taking action. You will under
stand. OF course, that my resignation
Is in your hands,
(Signed) "Charles R. Crane
The statement Of the department
is further Inaccurate In saying that
gave out q newspaper story about
the preparation OF a protest In regard
TO the agreement between China aud
Japan 1t would have been more ac-
| curate il the statement had said as
was indicated In It's own closing para
graph that a brief conversation OF
minc with a newspaper representative
/ contributed 10 the publication by him
| OF a discussion of this agreement and
/ the possible protest hy this govern
mont and the department regarded
this conversation us IAdiscreet' The
! publication did not mention my name,
nor In my judgment would IL have
been a mistake if the department of
! state had not chosen to vouch for It's
accuracy and give TO 1t an official sig
! ni1cance by its own conduct.
1T certainly contained nothing of
substance that was not matter OF com
/ mon knowledge or deducible by any
competent newspaper reporter from
| facts commonly known The substance
! of the agreement he'd been published
ard its efIcc. had been widely discuss.
ed. As an illustra,lol of this. tae New
York Herald had published Se2tem-
ber 3. the following despst,h;g ron.
Toxic, Wednesday.-Th Toxic
press regrets that the jIngo American
press is raising the usual protest
against Japan regarding lie new
China-Japanese convention. Il states
that the Nlanclur.Dn railways are ad-
ministered In acc )rGa1ce wiz. Amer
ica's lons.cherished motto Of rne
opeI door policy Moreover. IL al :
the convention is now an accomplish
| ed fact and America can not change
It, however much 1t may dislike It "