Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
CRANE MAY NOT
GO TO PEKING
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the situation, but refused to say a word
about It.
"wm YOU resume your Journey to
Gilman Mr.. Crane was asked.
Il am under salary he replied, and
subject to orders"
Mr.. Crane told his interviews that upon
his arrival In Washington he had received
a note from John w. Foster, formerly
secretary OF state, and minister to China,
and now special adviser to the Chinese
government, and its American legation.
He declined to divulge the nature OF the
communication or of the conference,
which, he said, he had had with Mr..
Foster.
Mr.. Crane said It was his desire to con-
clude his business SO as to catch the
steamer Corea, sailing from San Fran
cisco on the Goth, upon which he has
engaged passage.
At Secretary Knox's house all informa-
ton regarding the conference with Mr..
Crane was refused, but Mr.. Hoyt admitted
that there had been a conference.
One similar Case.
A case similar in some Of its aspects
to that of Minister Crane occurred about
twenty years ago, when China objected
to the appointment Of the then United
States Senator Henry w. Blair of New
Hampshire as minister to that country.
Mr.. Blair, like Mr.. Crane, had reached
the Pacific coast on his way to the orient
when his further progress was stopped
by a dispatch from the secretary Of state,
ordering him back to Washington.
The episode at that time attracted a great
deal Of attention in the press and in
diplomatic circles. AS a senator from New
Hampshire, Mr.. Blair had taken a promi-
nent part in the debates leading up to
the enactment of the Chinese exclusion
law and in the course OF these debates had
expressed himself in terms OF opposition
to Chinese immigration. His speeches had
finally gotten over to China and that gov
eminent declared that any man who en-
tertAined such sentiments toward its sub
Jects was unweloome al a representative at
the Chinese court. There was q dispo-
sition for a time not to send another min
lister there. but finally it wal decided to
overlook Chlna's action and to recognize
the right of any nation to object to an
envoy on such grounds, In due course
another minister was sent and the affair
passed into history.
what Caused the Trouble.
CHICAGo~Oct 1O,-The Chicago Record
Herald OF September %, contained q dis
patch from its correspondent in Wash
inEton stating in effect that the United
States government is preparing to take i'm
portant action looking to the security Of
the open door" In China. 1t was stated
in this article that the action Of this gov
eminent will take the form OF a protest
based upon the controversy between China
and Japan, relative to the Antung-Mukden
railroads.
1t was claimed In the Record Herald
story that reports had been received to
the effect that Japan has obtained con-
troll, for an lndeterminate period, Of mining
concessions in southern Manchuria. This,
It was stated Is regarded at Washington
as a distinct menace to the "open door,
according to the exposition of that policy
as given by the late Secretary of State
John Hay.
The article went on to. declare that dur
Ing the latter part Of the Roosevelt adj
ministration notes had been exchanged
between Secretary of state Root and Baron
Takahira, Japanese ambassador, wherein
1t was agreed that Japan would take no
action, which on it's face menaced the
open door without consulting the Ameri-
can State department. There was, accord
ing to the Record-Herald story, no written
binding agreement between the two gov
puN DAAAApAg eN AlI tduulL
1t was declared In the story that officials
Of the government of the state were sur
prised that the United States had not been
consulted relative to steps which might
menace the open door agreement.
In nc part Of this story, however, was
the name Of Mr.. Crane mentioned, nor did
there appear In any part of It anything
that might be construed as intimating that
the story was connected with him In any
manner.
Before leaving Chicago for Ban Francisco,
Mr. Crane was quoted in the Chicago pa
pers as sayingi
1T will be a pleasure to work In China
for President Taft. No other man in the
world has as wide Influence in the Pacific
ocean and It's countries. The people Of the
orient have confidence in him, because
Of his career in the Philippines, and his
former missions to China and Japan.
Il will go unhampered by any restrictions
The president is interested in the political
questions Of China and It Is his desire that
attention be given to them. The finances
and the system of raising revenues are
In a dsmoraliEed condition and need re.
constructing. TIL systems Of banking ar,
antquated and need to be revolutionined
The government IL trying to suppress tn,
use and sale of opium and there is q bis
field in the development OF the sduoationa
systems that will give me plenty Of work
Secretary Knox is interested In the es
tablishmsnt of amioable commercial rela
lions beween the United States and Chine
and the development of the industries ant
resurces Of China. so my work will b.
two-fOld in its nature