Show Vl JARNE UNCLE SAM Chinese Government Advised Against Entering Enter-ing Into Any Agreement Without Full Knowledge of the Powers Note Sent to Chinese Minister by Secretary Hay Febmrary 19th and Later Forwarded to Representatives of the United States at theY the-Y arious CapitalsSecret TreatyMaking Disap roved E ery thing Done to Prevent Consummation Manchurian Agreement i I Washington March 2GTho State department today made public a note sent tQ the Chinese 1Inltor February Febru-ary 10th warning the Chinese Government Govern-ment against entering Into any private pri-vate territorial 01 financial arrangements arrange-ments without the fut knowledge of all the powers S S CABINET CONSIDERS CRISJS The crisis in the Chinese question brought through the expiration of the period allowed for the signature by China of the Manchurian agreement was t principal topic before the Cabinet today The conviction obtained ob-tained that the United States had done all that It could properly do to pre vent the consummation of this arrangement ar-rangement and to make clear to thp public the c mpetc disapproval which Is entertained by the United States Government for this sort of secret treatymaking It was deemed proper to give out for publication the following follow-ing memorandum of telegraphic Instructions In-structions to the representatives of the United States at Berlin Vienna Paris London Home Tokio and Sl Petersburg I U S OFFICIALS INSTRUCTED Department oStntl Washington Jurchl 1501The following memorandum memoran-dum which won handed to the Chinese Minister on February 19thIs transmitted S to you for your Information and communication commu-nication lo the Government to which you are accredited The preservation of the territorial Integrity In-tegrity of China having been rccoRnlzed by all the powers now engaged In joint negotiation concerning time Injuries recently re-cently Inflicted uY > on their Ministers and nationals by certain officials and subjects of the Chinese empire It Is ldently advantageous ad-vantageous to China to continue the present pres-ent International understanding upon this subject I would be therefore imwlro and dangerous In time extreme for China to make any arrangement or to consider proposition of a private nature In vojvlnp the surrender of territory or voYlnJilhe financial l j dbUtvurons by convention with any particular power and the Government Govern-ment ot tf Unllgd States aiming folly pt the < preicrvntlon of China from the danger indicated anO thfe conservation of th largest and moat behclUlal relations JWtirtf n lso m Pi1a 1ti < uWiliDirj sIn s-In accordanci wlth the principles set torih In Its circular note of July 310 and In It purely I friendly spirit toward the Chinese Chi-nese empire and all the powers now inS In-S rested ID tim negotiations desires to express Us sense or the Impropriety inexpediency In-expediency and even extreme danger to tho Interests of China of considering any IJrlvalo territorial or financial arrange full Knowledge ment at least without thoru edge and approval of all the powers now Jpro1 engaged In negotiation HAY OUR STATUS UNCHANGED Assuming that the arrangement is S to be carried out It Isstill the contention con-tention of the State department that nothing has occurred to change the status of the United Slates toward the open door as applied to any part of China Including Manchuria As far as written pledges can Commit a power Russia stands pledged to accord ac-cord to the United States the open door If she takes control of Manchuria either directly by annexation or Indirectly l Indi-rectly but quite as effectually by the meanB proposed in this RUESoChinesc agreement That is the view of the State department and that view Is indorsed in-dorsed by the entire Cabinet AGREEMENT VIOLATED The Administration believes that the secret agreement between Russia and China Is In violation o the spirit if not the letter of the genera understanding under-standing to which all the poyer subscribed sub-scribed last summer and the United States Government is prepared to uso all Its moral suasion and Influence to prevent Its consummation Further than that however this Government Is not prepared to go ENTITLED TO SOME GUARANTEE 1 The President anJ members oC the Cabinet believe It Is conceivable that Russia Is entitled perhaps to some separate guarantee from China for the protection of Its railroad concession In Manchuria but not to the extent which it Is understood the tars Gov crninent Is to obtain by the secret treaty This Government has Information Infor-mation regarding this treaty and while there Is no Indication oi the exact ex-act nature or source of thlo Information Infor-mation It Is considered accurate and definite WILL JAPAN DECLARE WAR 1 President and Cabinet Itl Is understood un-derstood have no direct Information concerning the Imminent rupture between be-tween Russia and Japan or Its extent hut the developments arc being watched with eager Interest General Gener-al It Is not believed here that there will be a collision between the two powers us there Is a strong Impression Impres-sion that Janan would not undertake a war with Russia singlehanded and there is no Indication that she would be Joined by any of the other powers MINISTER WU IN DARK The Chinese Minister left this mornIng morn-Ing for New York where he takes part today In the ceremonies connected connect-ed with the Baron Hirsch memorial Up to the time of his departure Mr Wu had received no word from Peking Pe-king as to the final course to be taken on the Manchurlan agreement As this Is the Inst day within which the agreement agree-ment can be signed or rejected the outcome Is expected lo bo made known very soon WHERE SIGNING WILL OCCUR Tt has developed however that the signing is likely to occur at St Petersburg Pe-tersburg Instead of Peking oa the Chinese Minister at the Russian capital capi-tal Mr Yang Yu formerly the Minister Min-ister here has been furnished a copy I of the twelvearticle agreement which I Russia expects to have executed At the same lime a supplementary agreement I agree-ment may be executed at Peking although al-though tho 9ne pending before Yang I Yu Is just now attracting chief attention atten-tion Since Mr Wus return from Chicago he has held several conferences with Secretary Hay each thrie In reference to the Manchurlan agreement the last one of yesterday being In Inc with those before In seeking devOlop the purposeof this and other poVf > rs There Is reason to believe that come i of the cabled dispatches stating that the Chinese Ministers a various cap itals have made n final appeal of protest pro-test rather misapprehend the real purposi of the Chinese representations representa-tions which have not been so much by wayof protest IHI they have been oL Inquiry as to whether the great powers pow-ers unitedly and firmly would support China In case she took the serious responsibility re-sponsibility of refusing to sign tho agreement with Russia The general I result of these inquiries has been to show that while the powers did not approve of the agreement they were not ready to commit themselves to I backing up China In aflnn rejection I of the Russian proposal and the consequent I con-sequent breach between Russia and i China I |