Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-08
Official Communication to
German Ambassador of
Great Diplomatic Import
anoe Is Made Public.
CONFLICTING SIDES
PROTECTING THEM
Concerted Action Is Agreed
Upon to Keep Ancient Ma
tiOn Together in the Event
of a Crisis.

i (By Evening Herald a. 2. Leaned wireD
Washington, Feb. s.-SeCretary
/ knOx's note 90 Count Won BernstOrH
| the German ambassador Just made
public. is taken TO be the preliminary
/ OF an expected exchange OF notes be-
tween the United states Germany.
Great Britain, France Japan ana
/ Russia, which would be OF immense
| importance Ia placing all those DOW
/ Crs on record for concerted action aud
common understanding Ia tho protec-
ton of tho integrity OF China While
the note Is addressed 10 the German
/ Ambassador, copies have been sent
To all the other powers named
! There happily has thus far been
no reason for interference on the part
/ OF the foreign powers. inasmuch as
both imperiallsts and republicans have
guaranteed the lives and property OF
/ foreign nations and last reports tend
10 strengthen the belief that it Is inn
I probable that future developments
Will necessltate such Interference"
SAYS Secretary Knox
The note continues
"ln reply 10 your note OF the 3ist
ultmo requesting Information as TO
the attitude OF the government Of tho
i United States as regards conditions
IN China 1 Nave the honor "a state
that since the beginning OF tho pres
ent disturbances this government has
! from time 10 time as occasion arose.
exchanged views with the other inter-
ested powers-particularl France.
Great Britain, italy Japan and Rus
sta, as we'll as the imperial German
gOvernment-as 10 what course was
as FaH mt
common interests
From these exchanges n has been
quite clear that all the powers con-
cerncd were as one as To- the wisdom
OF maintaining the policy of con .orted
action IN the circumstances.
This unanimlty of view found CON
crete expression in the Identical motto
presented by the representatives OF
| France Great Britain, Germany, Jap
an, Russia and the United States sim
IultaneOusly TO the peace commission
/ ers al Shanghai on December 90. as
well as in the cooperative measures
taken for the protection OF their com
mon interests throughout China
"rhe advices received By this gov
eminent moreover show that the oth-
er governments concerned have like
wise had similar exchanges OF view
and that official statements Of policy
20 the same effect have appeared la
the public press OF various countries.
~ Is therefore evident 10 this gov.
ernment that all the powers have up
I TO the present, by common consent,
not only refrained from independent
action and from Intervening IN China's
| internal affairs but have acted la tull
accord with their mutual assurances
/ that they would respect its Integrity
and sovereignty
! III however, contrary TO all oXpec-
tati0ns, any further steps should prove
/ necessary this government is hrm in
the conviction that the policy Of con.
/ certed action after full consultation
/ by the powers should and would be-
maintained In order 90 exclude from
the beginning all possible misunder-
standings
Moreover this government has felt
! II TO be a corOllary OF the policy OF
strict neutrality hitherto pursued hy
] common accord with respect 20 loans
/ 10 China 20 look with distavOr on
loans by lis nationals unless assured
that such loans would be OF neatral
effect as between the cOntonding fac
tions as 10 has also felt that the pres-
ont was an occasion where thero
might be- invoked with peculiar ap-
/ proprIateness the principle OF the
| lending governments deterring their
nationals from making loans not APP
proved as 20 their broad policy by
their own governments In consultation
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