Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-21
WILSON CLASHES
WITH CHINESE LOAN POLICY


Huntington Wilson, assistant ana
acting secretary of state, has resigned
/ that office and insisted on immediate
acecptancy OF the resignation because
| of his radical differences OF opinion
with the administration regarding los
! Chinese policies. President Wilson
Immediately accepted the resignation.
Mr.. Wilson. like all assistant secrc-
taries of the various departments
rendered his resignation as matter
of form 10 President Wilson directly
on the lattcr's assumption of office.
Mr.. Wilson was requested 10 continue
his place until il should be convenient
, for the president To- name his success
sOr. and consented to do SO 60 ace
commodate Secretary Bryan In his de-
sire 10 make his visit TO Lincoln. Ncb.
so this involved the abandonment Of
reservation which he had mndc on "A
steamship sailing for Europe last
Tuesday.
In "a l.uOU-word letter to President
Wilson the former acting secretary
of state set forth that when he cun-
scnted 10 continue for time With the
new administration he did not UNDER
sand there were 20 be any radical
changes of policy for which he would
ne tNii'N iN lH h'i aN NN'h'HllNi' J Hi
letter continued in part.
ut today becomes the duty of the
acting secretary of state. in Dispatch
ing instructions TO the representatives
of this government abroad and as the
channel uf communication with the
representatives, of foreign govern
ments at Washington to be spokesman
of the president In regard TO a new
far eastern policy which is apparent-
ly dcducille from your statement is-
sued tn the press last night. lnas-
much as ! find myself entirely uut of
harmony with this radical change of
policy as ! understand II. ] trust that
YOU will sympathize with the view
that ID was not appropriate that /
should longer retain the responsible
ties Of the office which have now
relinquished.
II had no reason 10 suppose that
the officials ON duty i'm the depart
mcnt Of state would learn first from
the newspapers Of declaration OF
policy which / think shows ON iis face.
the inadequacy of the consideration
given 60 the facts and theories in
Volyed and the failure clearly TO ape
prchcnd the motives leading TO and
the purposes Of the policy superseded.
] llu no reason lu suppose liAt lnt
fate of negotiations which bad SO
long had the studious attention Of the
foreign offices OF six great powers
would be abruptly determined with
such quite unnecessary haste and IN
so unusual a manner. These meth.
odr. against which ! respectfully pro.
test are the very extraordinary
circumstances which I feel vitiate my
understanding with Mr. Hryan and
completely relieve me Of any further
obligation in the premises
The repeated utterances of the
last administration must have made
II perfectly clear that the motive aud
purpose of the policy now abandoned
We're first and primarily the protcc
tiun Of Chnas integrity and sovcr-
eignty the uplft Of the Chinese peo-
pie. morally, materially and govern
mentally. the DEVELOPMENT Of CHI
mas resources and the maintenance
Of our traditional policy of the open
door" oil equality Of opportunity for
American enterprises. Precisely be-
cause of the ultimate possibility Of
measure of foreign control Of China'a
finances which may be inferred from
a study Of other countries which have
found themselves in a similar situa-
uon, il was deemed imperative that
there should be American participa-
tion i'm the rehabilitation Of China's
finances