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The daily tribune., 1909-04-15
.ELKS TO PRESENT
THE PARISH PRIEST"

Arrangements has just been com .
pleted by Florence lodge No. 6,l, B.
P. o. Elks of this city, for the pre-
sentation Of Daniel Sully's beautiful
comedy, "The Parish Priest" at the
Houston opera house in the near
future. The piece will be produced
The daily tribune., 1909-04-15

prisoner. the baby boy born to her
since the shooting. She had express
sed confidence that entire Justice
would ultimately be done her. In a
statement she declared that she was
meraly the instrument of God in the
killing of the physician as her efforts
to punish him in the courts had not
succeeded.
The daily tribune., 1909-04-15

Mrs. N. A. Reitor has rented tho
Irwin property At 1880 East Front
street and has opened n frss class
private boarding and rooming house.
Anyone desiring good meals and Glenn
rooms and beds should call on Mrs..
Reitor at once. 1910
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Alfred Best to Go With
Choir as | enor Soloist

H '.That was really an exquisite affair
given on Thursday evening in the
Berliner Saal, which was nicely de-
3coratcd and crowded with eager
music lovers. We heard Il concert
presented by most distinguished nusi-
cal talent and a brilliant program was
rendered. rs
The opening number which was ~
male quarete was well given and was
followed by a piano solo by Fraulein
lC2apiewsllS. Tho principal attraction
sof8thes evening however. was the tenor
solo "Che Gelida Mamma from
Puccini's ..La Boheme'', sung in,
Italian by the celebrated tenor Alfred
Best i think further hymns of praise.
are unnecessary after saving Mr.. Best
is a second Caruso. and this is not ono
Whit too much. Tho selection was very
dramatically and soulffuly given, and
the clear. high tones delivered with!
snch perfect ease produced q telling
effect and great applause greeted the!
artist "a
Mr.. Stephens has not vet made up
the list OF his other solists completely
but 1t known that the favorite5
soprano, Lizzie Thomas Edward, and
the popular baritone Horace s. Ensign
will be two of the number.
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Marie Labia lis back in Berlin. where
she ticipated In the two hundredth
performance of D'Afbert's opera. Iiel-,,
land. The mystery deepens why this
opera, so Successful, not only In Eerlin,
but all over. Germany should have fail
ed an New Y ork. In all prebabi itS 1t
would have been a success here too had
IT been gwen with Nine. abba. and IN
s The smaller auditorium of the Manhat-
tan Opera House.
Not only vielins, tbut concert halls
and opera houses improve with age.
When the Metropolitan Opera HOUSE in
New York was first opened, the acolis-
tics We're certainly less good than they
are now, though they still government
to be desired. The director OF the
Pa MS Opera, Gailhard, made the re-
narkable discovery that tuning fork
which could be heard distinctly when
the auditorium WAS dtirkened became
ffaudible when the lights were turned
on. Does this speak IN favor of the
plan of giving concerts In a darkened
hali--ors SEMI dal.kercG a la oadereWskl
and the Wasnerinn habit OF turning
down the ights9 The ancients seem to
have known some acoustic secrets that q
are now lost. The theater of Taure-
lnonium. for instance, had room for
SO, 900 spectators, yet the actors could I
be heard distinctly by all
EdYtfe Walker has succeeded in what
for 4. time seemed a foolish deternllna-
ton to become a dramatic soprano.
She has lately sung in various German
cities where she draws large and en-
thusiastic audiences and the critics
speak highly of her achieveme nts.5 The
zeitl,ng gives quite a GLOW
ing account of her success as Isolde,
emphasizing the individuality of her
conception of the part and the admir-
able training to which her voice has
been subjected. The quality
of her voice. the critic continues, is
soprano, and her highest tones
lack tho luminous quality OF a real !
soprano; but for this she more than
atones by her rare art OF vocal ex-
which gives a special relief
to the narrative ofsthe wounded Tristan
and the ironic remarks addressed to
him. Her greatest triumph was won in
the nrelodious second act, with the
great love duo.
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the back of a milk-white steed and
clad i'll the lesplendent arrnor of ;SJJoan
OF Arcs Overhead was the printed an.
inouncement that she was to appear on
June % in the Stadium at Harvard
University in a play dealing with the
principal incidents in the life Of La
tPucelle. BY the time this letter has
crossed the Atlantic the performance
will have taken place and you will
know all about 1t. But there is one
point worth mentioning, inasmuch as it
may serve to clear UP certain mis-
conceptions. / was offered. said
Trohman the sum OF $4,000. together
with a percentage of the profits, for
the cineinatograrh rights in the pro-.
5duction. You can imagine that it would
have been a big thing for the film.
manufacturers. as the pictures would
have been wanted for every tfeater,
large or small, in which such things
are exhibited through the United
States And why did YOU refuse?s I
asked. Frohman shook his head
WELL" he said, 81 dare say YOU will.
think the reason inadequate, but just
didn't care to accept.
Fannie Wards season has not lasted
long; she finishes at the Hicks at the
end of next week.
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HOW A LIFE STUDY
9: Mo'l |. BEGAN

49, r + Il E / n
IN q recent issue OF the Bos,a +. 3
SCRIPT appears atllnterview With i, ~ "a
eshist field Taylor or Chicago Il q. g
Is l'elitted the interesting story d; IS ,,,s'l
ofdeht that led the tsllic.eaa ~, s, ~ ~,
several years ofS3his life to.st ~ aeeSot4
or Molieta and ultimately n wv IN, ssitudy9
most readable biogtaphy az N. i y. lha$
iranatist that exists in M I french
language - GiisllsA
Had 1T not been for i bsen .3, rs
gdlstaste for his pessimism M lsi' ~, my
tield--sIayloi. says, II she,Ild na,.,. nat
gWIltle en- about Moliere Some yas,,l nave
lyman nan b. Glover, then tho ds a.s aS
etitlcE OF the Chicago Reeord. l .i,aa,ie
SasReti ne 70 take the place 81 !, asu'
Mhoa mad failed him and give Il tan llall
ios'al ,pss.pfe u Nolnans club. Iym,s y,
$ i,,s mala. \ VIII WI 10 anything / can !,
u W.. 4. put II talk On Ibsen T., "
y Y saudienee VIII find me ~, ~ IN
sSnnathetic lecturer. i thinl -, W w A
q great draniatist. hut I do nn .N bt inSen
the world Is all wrong. 'l pa'YG
'NVell,'9st1ld Mr.. Glover III 1bs!..
not your dramatist, who tsp ''2sS'l IS
lhinking q lnonent.I rer,s,,,z
1'el til and admiring some Of Alolan'.
DAYS 4Whlle In college, and also eaa,s
4Goqnelin In Les Precierises RI8,r1.nhns
~ ealnefiy which had seemed ia n,,,i 20. 70,
OF the most sprightly and human 7 wv ~,
ever seen upon the stage. s'ai
Recalling all tlis hurriediv 4
mind. ] said to Mr.. Glover: EI9w t,,S TX
Mcliere do?' ssiSNs
about him?' '''i,,A }s,''ls,l}
N'to'ttl.mucl,, said |, but n4ithes yn,}
the audience gu
After reading eight or ten 10 MN.
ei.es u plays one biography, ana aco,,ai,
,ofBenclclopedia articles, i dSIiycye,,l ~.
lecture. Some OF the papers sent MN.
sentatives and gave me tlatterin, ~ q
tlces. Inc account happened % rsNgh
I' 'iis crane of Cornell who invited m"
too 80 70 Cornell and deliver my loct,rs
tiere. accepted, and burned tho rid.
to become more proficient in NV III,
ject. And now. after Wears of sind,
upon Moliere, I wonder. how / Ind ~,
cheek to face that audience WITH Il,
limited knowledge. Not only did i ,ss.
'ture at Cornell but at the tniyersitv
of Chicago. Rryn Mawr and Lake IA.
est, always sublimeiy confident in ~.
Ignorance. Later the idea came n. M, "a E
to write a novel or which Mo,,aro
should be the hero, and | went n
France to study my atmosphere, Thero
7 met Jules Claretie, the director Of ,hs
'C,omedie- Franchise; Nj Monval. arch.
fviste of that great playhouse, and M.
'rruffier, one of the foremost Of i,s
classic actors, all of whom aided ma
in my work and convineei
me that in spite of my university Ice.
turing, I knew in reality very Iittis
about Moliere.
MY biography OF Moliere, published
two years ago, and my novel flames
Pathway are the result my lecture
Years ago before that women's club.in
Chicago. i owe my love for Moliere to
my friend, Lyman b. Glover"
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operations for the season.
the latter church Is closed for the pres

discontinued operations for the season..
the latter church IS closed for the pres
ent.
There will be no band concert at
Fort Douglas tomorrow, or on Monday.
owing to the holidays. So the mu-
5siclans will have a lay off, an OPP
portunity they are likely to improve.
AT last weeks concert, the mastery.
way In which the band handled the,
overture to "oberon, was the subject.
of much favora BILE comment.
Wesley Clawson is completing the
Slibretto of one-act operetta. entitled
"The Bandit the music Of which Is
being written by Spencer C'lawson, Jr.
The operetta. Will require 4Rminutes for
performance, and the plot is laid on
the coast Of Spain in 1900.
The disc records of Gogorzas songs
have been recalled by the manufacture
ers, as the prices are to be doubled.
Held will have his hands full next
Monday. He will have. at Liberty
park. 30 men from 10 a. M, to 10 noon;
30 men from 4 to 6 p. M. IS men at the
laying of the cornerstone of the Com
mercial club, % men at saltair, and 25
mon at the Salt Palace In the evening.
1t Is interesting to note that musical
Boston Is coming to recognize Arthur
Shepherd. Manager Wright of the Ma
son & Hamlin company says Mr.. Shep-
herd is one Of the coming men in
American music. Y
Alvin Beesley has returned from at
tendance on the National Plano Manu-
facturers' association at Detroit, where
LOCO dealers We're gathered. The con-
vention was photographed, three Salt
Lake faces being noticeable in the gem
era1 ensemble, viz, r. w. Daynes, AL
vim Beesley and Frank Chamberlain.
Miss Irna Stewart soprano, will sing
LeoncavaIlo's Ave Maria as the offer
tory in the Catholic cathedral tomorrow
morning.
A proposition has been made to build
q floating band stand on the Liberty
Park lake, like the one on City Park
lake in Denver.
The Allentown. Pa. Call of June 20
has the following paragraph OF local in
terest:
Mrs. Henry Kirl1man, noted So
prano vocalist of Salt Lake City, Utah,
is visiting her brother. John B. Jackson,
of No. 212 Lehigh street. On Sunday
evening she sang the recitative and aria
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-EsHE work Of testing the voices
III of the members of She taber-

r--E--sHE work Of testing the voices
Of the members of the taber-
nacle choir for the big chorus
which will go to Seattle next
month. is going steadily forward, and
Prof. Stephens practically has the body
orga nized !. Rehearsals are going on,
and as far5as the choral work is con-
scerned, the worst parts OF the difficult
tasks have been surlnounted
4 Prof Stephens is now making up
his lists OF the soloists for the various
concerts to be given enroute, and
twill be a pleasant surprise to music
lovers to learn that Alfred Best, the
Utah tenor, Is coming all the way
from Rerlinito make the tour With the
choir, returning to Salt Lake tlfte.;
the Seattle event, and probably being
heard In recital here before he goes
back to resume his studies in Berlin,
He Will remain under his teacher
therefor at least another year Before
entering upon professional life.
4 friend of Mr.. Stephens, sends him.
the following account, translated from
a Siierman paper, OF a recent appear
anee Of Mr.. Bestin the German capi-
tai 8133
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/ with Verdure Clad from Haydn's
| Creation in st. Johns Reformed

= ! Z u i y
with Verdure Clad,,' from Haydn's
Creation in st, Johns Reformed
church
The same paper of June 23. says:
AT the formal opening of the Eagles
roof garden this evening, Mrs. Henry
Kirkman Of Salt Lake City, will sing
solos in addition to the regular pro-
gram of numbers to be rendered by
the Pioneer band. Mrs. kirkman, who
is a sister OF John Is. Jackson. and is
visiting him In this city, sang in st.
will be accompanied by Ray j. G. Ritz
ter.
3 Fred A. Tunnel has taken a position
as salesman with the Poulton Music
company.
Prof. W. G. Give has just composed
and published an anthem, Come Into
His Fold, the words being by Edward
H. Anderson. Prof. Give has published
other anthems, such as Praise Ye the
Lord. = and .Zion's Come to Earth
Again, besides IA number of piano COM
positions, and compositions for violin
and plano.
4 Held's band will play the following
program tomorrow aftreonon, at LIB
erty Park:
Overture. "Rosa1nunde I" Schubert
Dance from Faust No. 2......... Gounod
Popular selection, Winsome Win
ME ....... ~. 80. !. Edwards
Byrequest:
Cnpaleria Rusticana, intermezzo
Evening Star from Tannhauser
Selection from Mini. Modesto, Herbert
Descriptive selection, The 5Nigger's
sen Joy a. 49,. {. ..... Brown
Operate selection from "Ernanl'.
...... .................s.... ......Verdl
Overture, "Orpheus' ........o ffenbach
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the English rights from Clyde Fitch for
the latter's admiration of The Blueg
Mouse
Florence Roberts has received so
many REC uests to APPEAR as Rosalinld
/ in AS You Like 1T" during her pres
ent Alcazar season in San Francisco
that Belascn 81 Mayer may present the
Shakespeare idyll before her engage
nent expires, X. 3,S Z
Arthur Cunningham, who was here
this season in several Irish dramas
and the Valencia Stock company are "a &
the Valencia theater, beginning the
summer season iflan elaborate revival
of Dion Boucicaultts evergreen drama,
'.Arral Ma Pogue, or THE wicklow
Wedding. ~ 7Si5. S
Edwin Milton Royle, author Of The
Struggle Everlasting, in which Flof-
gence Roberts is to appear in San tF'rnr
cisco at the Alcazar' theater soon. is
on his way from New York. He will y
supervise the production, which Wilt
lie the$tirst that the drama has had ins
its revised condition.
Mr.. Frederick Monillot, the well
known Inanagereof ariety theaters,. Dis
rector of electric }theaters, dranlattst,
etc, has just returned, from a business
visit to South Africa, to establish a
new variety palaeeGs in j johannesburg
and bioscope theaters in varl GUS itosvnhH Z
for the. Electric theaters, Ltd. of Lori-5
don, and the En- glistt, provinces
MISS Grace George is going to play
in london again. She is now doing
tho 6heaters and casting about for new
plays 10 follow, "A Il yVomans Way
which will be her8play for next season
in America. Miss George will open in
London in September, 1910. under the
direction OF Mr. e!tlarles Frohrnan or r Il
by an arrangement with Mr.. Cyril
Maude at the Playhouse.
a Boston letter says: Needless to,
say Miss Adams is the most popular
woman in these parts, and Ii she were
running for mayor of Boston or preSi-f
dent Of Harvard she would be elected,
and that means no discredit to Mr.
Lowell, the new head of the university
on the Charles, who sat with the others
of the faculty in the Stadium and join,
ed in the saivos of applause that rolled
through the big space. She was the
first actress to tread the turf of the
Stadium, and the sons OF Harvard will
swear by her forever.
Harrison Grey Fiske's newest star,
Guy Bates Post, will figure In that
managers first production next season
at the Majestic Theater, New York,
early in September. MIR. Post will be
seen in The Bridge" a new play by
Rupert Hughes that upon trial recently
in Providence was found to possess all
the elements of great dramatic suc>
cess. Mr.. Fiske at once arranged with
Mr.. Lee Shubert for the New York
representation Of this drama at the
Majestic After its metropolitan run
1t will be seen in tho prominent cities
of the country.
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ORGAN REClTALs
FOR NEXT WEEK
MONDAY. JULY 5.

Prof. ]. j. Mcclellan at the Organ.
Concert overture .5.............. Hollins
Romance in d fiat ............ Lemare.
Old Melody Arr. by Performer
Quartet from "Rigoletto'' .s........
....................A Arr. by Performer
Largo" .................... Handel
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MUSICIANS DIRECTORY.
GEO. CARELESS.
Professor OF Music

Lessons In Voice TRAILING. Violin
Plano, Cabinet Organ. Harmony and
Sight Reading. Orders may be left 4;
Fergus Coalter's Music Store. 1. K
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II TRACY Z. CANNON.

Alberto jonas Berlin.
Pupils received in Piano, Organ and
Harmony. Studio 6l5-l6 Templeton Build
ing, Studio phone. Bell 1881. Residen4t
both phones. So
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FRIDAY. JULY ..

Prof. ]. j. Mcclellan at the Organ.
Selection from "Mignon,n Thomas
"Minlet a. rAntique," .,-...... Strelezi
Tho Serapil's Strain :. Wolstenholme
Old Melody $1,000. Arr. by Performer
Selected 80 81 tssi-{
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03
SH4ARPS AND FLATS

Europe for9the Americans! The Co
burg Opera will produce an orchestral
setting of Macbeth" written by the
American composer, Edgar Sstillman
Kelley, late of the Yale university
school of music.
Munich Is noted for its Wagner and
Mozart festivals, yet in some respects it
is singmarly behind the times. A few
weeks ago Puccini's "Tosca' was heard
there for the first time. 1t was a sue
cess. and the newspapers did not lose
the opportunity to comment on the
strange dilatoriness of the marrage-
ment
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VIM. g, Give,

TEACHER OF VIOLIN AND PIANO.
Studio. 116 North State Street. jus.
through Eagle Gate. Ind. phone 1854. Or
chestras furnished for all occasions
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WEDNESDAY, JULY I.
THURSDAY. JULY
g. p Simball at the Organ

Excerpts from MADAME Butterfly"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Puccini.
My Rosary, .................. Nevin.
Intermczzo. "Cavalleria Rusticana,p
........,............. Mascagni.
Old Melody ........A Arr. by Performer
"Marche de Concert .Wallenhaupt
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SATURDAY. JULY 10.

Prof. j. j. Mcclellan at the Organ
Old Melody ........ AIT. by Performer
s"1'occata in f. ':................. Widor.
"Traunerei," ................Sc humnnn.
Communion" Observation-Disclosures. Grison.
March from Die Meistersinger," -.
..5..s.. Wagner
Sextet from Lucia, ~ .Donizetti.
AR. for organ by the performer.
"out at wandamere the muse dips
=. ar sandals in fttaEd euys- s55sts t.i55-sit
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03
THEATER GOSSIP

Sir Charles Wyndham has secured
the English rights from Clyde Fitch for
the latter's adaptation of The Blue
Mouse 2,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03

Nothing more delightful than an
evening at Wandamere.
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Florence Roberts has received so.
many requests to- appear as Rosalindt
in 2 AS You Like 1t" during her pres res
ent Alcazar season In San Francisco,
that Belascn 81 Mayer may present the
shakespearean idyll before her engage
N, eIlt ey III res,
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MRS. AGNES DAHLQUIsT-B BECK.
STRAND, 5s

Graduate Stern's Conservatory. Berlin.
Student xaver Scharwenka. Studio,
1e3 E Street. Phone Bell 1oi4-nx.
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TuEsDAY JULY 6

Tracy Y. Cannon at the Organ.
Andante, "saraphique," Debat- Ponsan
Communion -................ Truette.
Tent Observation-Disclosures Kroeger
"Matins,'' Observation-Disclosures. Faulks
Old Melody Arr. by Performer
Chorus from Judas Maecabeus." ;.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Haendel- Guilmant.
WEDNESDAY, JULY Z.
Prof. ]. j. Mcclellan at the Organ.
Jerusalem the Golden, ........ Sparks
Meditation NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. D'Evry
"Capriccio.' ................. Lemaigre
Old Melody ........Arr. by Performer
Selection from "Cavalleria Rustican-
ma, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Mascagni
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A proposition has been made to build
q floating band stand on the Liberty
Park lake, like the one on City Park
Lake in Denver.
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i. A. ENGBERG,

Teacher of Clarinet.
Selling Agent for Cundy, Bettonay &
Co. Flutes, EClarinets. Reeds mud Access
sorles. $50 East 9th South Ind Phone
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Miss 1rIna Stewart. soprano, will sing
Leoncavallo's ave Maria as the offer
tory infthe Catholic cathedral tomorrow
morning.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03

Edwin Milton Royle, author Of The
Struggle Everlasting. in which Flor
5ence Roberts is to appear in San Fran
cisco at the Alcazar theater soon. Is
on his way from New York. He will 4
supervise the production, which wilt
lie the first that the drama has had in
its revised condition..
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Especial Correspondence B
ONION June 1s.-iAfr. Lewis
Walters lucky star certainly has

\ AS sat in Charles Frohman.s room
Nthe other day my eye was caught.
Ny colored poster on the wall. 1t
represented Maud Adams 3erched on
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The Allentown. Pa. Call of June 20
has the following paragraph OF local in
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Arthur Cunningham, who was here.
this season in several Irish dramas.
and the Valencia s took company areiat,
the Valencia theater, beginning the
summer season In an elaborate revival
OF Dion Boucicault's evergreen drama,
.Arrah Ma Pogue, or The Wicklow
.yyedd ling B, $ssz 55siSa .5@
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-10
JAPAN FEELS HURT
At CHINA'S REQUEST

Tokyo, March 30.-Answering a re-
quest for an expression OF the views
of the government concerning China's
proposal that the Manchurian ques-
tons be referred to The Hague, the
foreign Office today gave out the fol.
lowing carefully worded statement:
Several questions between Japan
and China OF more or less Importance,
with reference to Manchuria, remain
unadjusted. Some are complicated,
but all readily could be made to yield
to the diplomatic process OF give and
take.
Japan, fully appreciating the advan-
tages of removing all causes Of misun.
Outstanding from her relations with
her neighbors, made proposals to
China looking to the final settlement
of outstanding differences. These pro-
posals were framed In n spirit Of con.
sideration and Cancellation, and were
in no sense an ultimatum. Japan ex.
pected that the terms offered would
serve as basis of negotiations or as
points of departure for reciprocal con.
cessions and accommodations.
China at first apparently accepted
Japan's friendly overtures in the spirit
In which they were rendered, but
mallgn influences ultimately were per.
mitted to prevail ald without discuss.
ing the questions or making any
counter proposals China categorically
rejected Japan's offer and suggested
recourse to The Hague.
In adopting this extraordinary
course China is guilty not only of
slight courtesy to Japan. but has dis.
regarded one of the expressed provi-
sions of The Hague convention and
has completely reversed the usual
course of procedure. The questions
in dispute have not been made the
subject Of full detailed discussion be.
tween the two governments and no
attempt has been made to compose
the differences or ascertain how far
they are irreconciliable.
The questions are not ripe for such
references.