The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-19
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sssnfssftg ASKED Arsss.s1or
C-rsrd % ns preparcr o tase
ever 1spaness Interests n Ger
nsny
letter Frenn Enp.rer
The president received from I'm
perof william long letter trans
miffed through AmDassador Gerard.
the conisnfs q which ver. guarded
closely bar uhlch. ~ "a learned. st-
pressed the grateful appreciation ~
Germany Tor the tender % good o.
ices made b. the United states.
The German emperor. in atdiu0a.
took occaaion 20 point cut a. some
length the causes az tle present var
and arElel. if DEL understood. that 81
the very time be- aas trying 90 mstiI-
af~ between Austria and Ssryia. the
Russian mobilization beEar. His
statement ID said to follow the lines
~ previous Official utterances trom
Berlin N wss this message which
Emperor william wrote while sitting
with Ambassador Gerard 10 the pie
tlresque palace garden iu the mid q
% his war maDs White House Of
ncials denied that the message con
tained auy protest coucerninE the at-
titude % the American press toward
Germany. n was confined entirely 20
q statement % the German emperors
position. Officials admitted that
there vas nothing In II which could
b. construed AZ an indication %
whether or not the emperor would a.
any future time accept the tender Of
good offices
Uitimstur, cisirns Attention.
The japanese ultimatum demanding
that Germany evacuats Kiao Chow
and withdraw her feet from the
Orient. was upperrnost IN the atten-
ton of Official Washington. notwith-
standing, the multitude OF activities
which the European situation has
brought on all government depart
ments
Discussion ~ 90 how the interests
of the United States miEht ultimately
re affected and while there was a
careful reucence on all sides. 20 was
obvious that feeling o. relief fol-
lowed the assurances given az London
that should Japan take action against
Germany such activity would be con
nned 20 the China seas and German
territory IN eastern Asia and not
against German insular possessions In
the middle Pacific. whore also the
United States has islands OF strategic
importance
Haron Chlnda the japanese ambas-
fador had conference with Score
tary Bryan but declined % talk about
a. Colville Barclay. charge d'affairs
Of the British embassy. called imme-
diately afterward and left with the
secretary copy OF a note from the
British government announcing that
any action taken by Japan would be
confined 20 German territory In east
crn Asia" The note was similar 20
that announced by the Fritish infor-
nation bureau last night
May Maintain Censorthlp.
The British charge sought lnfor-
nation about the possible cable cen
sorship and vas informed that the
subject was still under consideration
Although the international lawyers
and officials OF the department OF jus
tlce Who are eudeavoring 10 find an
impartial and legal adjustment OF the
situation gave no intimBtion o. the
trend ~ their findings. predictions IN
some Official quarters were 20 the ef-
feet that the censorship on wireless
would be- maintained. while the cables
probably viii b. left ga their apparent
present status
Mr. BARCLAY said after his visit with
Mr. Bryan that every assurance had
been given for the preservation Of
China and the safeguarding Of Amer
team interests In the far east Tie eK-
pressed the opinion that the declara-
tion that aggressive action would be
limited Co the China sea and the pro-
lection OF Japanese shipping was 90
DO literally interpreted The German
charge daTaIres Mr. Won Halmhsu-
son. who alec saw SIT Bryan. said
that Do was greatly 20 be regretted
that Japan had raised an issue in the
Tar east. as Germany had been abso-
lItcly willing 10 ueutrahro that entire
section and keep 10 out ~ the field
81 military operations BE expressed
tho view that this would have been
the most humane course and would
have restricted the area OF conflict 20
tho real theatre OF operations IN Eu.
rope But whatever the outcome
might be- a. 10 Klao Chow. he felt that
90 would be a detached incident which
could have no effect on the general
iazue OF the war ia Europe
VIII Not Accept
There g. no information thus Ear az
tO what Gerwanvs course will b. on
the Japanese ulumatum HIt tho
prevailing view boz the best posted Of
fcIal and diplomatic quarters DEL that
Germany cannot and viii not acccde
90 the demand Tn that event 50 81
believed the garrison VIII make a de-
frrmiued resistance. with the pros