Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-20


radical difference Of opinion with the ad-
ministration regarding its Chinese pol
icies.
the resignation.
In his letter to the President. dated
yesterday, Assistant Secretary Wilson
said:
In view of all the circumstances. 1 feel
that the resignation which i had the
honor to submit to you on March must
be effective today. i have accordingly
handed over the charge of the Depart
ment Of State to Mr.. Adee, the able
and experienced second assistant secretary
of state If had felt that my continuing
in Office or not would affect in any way
the interests of the country which I
have had the honor to serve, 1 should
not have today reached the decision
which beg leave now to communicate to
you; but it seems now demonstrated that
my remaining can serve no useful pur-
pose.
Unfriendly to Policy.
TT today becomes the duty of the act
ing Secretary of State. in dispatching in
structions to the representatives of this
government abroad. and the channel
Of communication with the representa-
tives of foreign governments at Washing
ton, to be the spokesman of the President
in regard to a new far eastern policy
which is apparently deducible from your
statement issued to the press last night.
Inasmuch as 1 find myself entirely out OF
harmony with this radical change or
policy as understand ii. i trust that you
will sympathize with the view that it was
riof fhof O..
tain the responsibilities of the office which
/ have now relinQuished.
when 1 consented, at the request OF
Mr. Bryan and in Difference to what L
understood to be your wishes, to continue
in the office of assistant secretary OF
state for these few weeks longer. be-
lieve l was justified In assuming fnac
there would be no radical departure from
the practice OF this and other countries
whereby the knowledge and experiences
of the various officials of the foreign OF.
flee is made use of in the study Of great
questions Of foreign policy. l had no
reason to suppose that the officials on
duty In the Department OF State would
learn first from the newspapers of a dec
laration of policy which l think shows on
its face the inadequacy OF the constdera-
ton given to the facts and theories IN
yOlyed and the failure clearly to appre-
bend the motives leading to and the purs
poses of the policy superseded.
Calls haste Ouu0C0oDdIys u
"I had no reason to suppose that the
fate of negotiations which had So long
had the studious attention Of the foreign
offices of six great powers would be aD-
ruptly determined with such quite un-
necessary haste and in SO unusual a man
ner. These methods. against which L re-
spectfuily protest. are the very eXtraordl-
nary. circumstances which L feel Vltiate
nd
completely relieve me OF any further OBJ
legation in the premises
saThe repeated utterances OF the last
administration must have made 1t per-
fectly clear that the motive and purpose
of the policy now abandoned We're first
and primarily the protection of Chinas
integrity and sovereignty. the upllft or
the Chinese people, morally. materially
and governmentally. the development or
China's resources and the maintenance
of our traditional policy of the open
door or equality OF opportunity for
American enterprise. Preciseiy because
of the ultimate possibility of a measure
OF foreign control Of China's finances.
which may be inferred from a study OF
other countries which have found them
selves in q similar situation. 1T was
deemed imperative that there should Dc
American participation In the rehabilitA-
tion of China's finances, In order to make
sure of the presence of the potent
friendly and disinterested influence OF
the United States. The only practlca Die
method of such participation was py the
use of reliable American bankers.
Far Eastern Policy.
..Tn the consideration Of the far eastern
r.olicv. I have felt that SO much should
hA premised and that the problem Of the
using American bankers,
while still scrupulousiy avoiding any ma
terial monopolistic feature, might now. az
before. be found one Of the most difficult
/ have always thought
that in the work Of financing the national
interests and promoting the welfare OF
other nations the financial force of the
United States could be maEshaie6 u