| Show JOHN BUll REP1 ES Great Britain Refuses to Agree to German Proposal CONCLUSION IS A SURPRISE Answer is Almost Identical Terms With that of tho United S 1tc British Premiers Decision Communicated Commu-nicated Verbally to tho German Embassador Officials of the British Brit-ish Foreign Office Decline to Talk of tho Matter Except to Say it Will Not Break Off Negotiations London Sept 26 350 1 mOnly through the Associated Press ndvlcoa from New York published In this mornings papers docs the British public pub-lic learn thai the United States and Groat Britain are once again rang d together In opposition to the continental continen-tal powers Apparently such a grouping group-Ing was entirely unexpected in both Ue lln and London and until an ofll clal statement Is made comment will be withheld The Dally Chronicle however devotes de-votes a brief editorial paragraph to tho announcement expressing a hope that it is erroneous and declaring thai the I only way In which England can reap the fruit of her oxcrllons In China Is by standing shoulder to shoulder with I Germany and Japan as the only effective effec-tive counterpoise to RussoFrench machinations and the weakkneed policy pol-icy of America SALISBURYS ANSWER Lord Salisbury has replied to the Identical with German note fn terms Identcal those of the United States The British Brit-ish Premiers decision to refuse to agree to tho terms of tho Gecman note was communicated verbally to the German Embaswdor here Count von Ifatz feldtWIIdenberg during the course of u long interview this afternoon His Lord hIpH decision Is not known here < and thc exclusive Information of the Associated Press probably will not be AsCclated Pres officially given out In England u U the reply IH put on paper and mans milled to Berlin which may be tomorrow I tomor-row nr In tor REPLY IDENTICAL WITH U SOnly few oillcluls are cognizant of Only n olJculs ar cglzlnt what Lord Salisbury said to Count von HatafeldtWlldenbcrg in regard to the Chinese latest development In tho ouesUon IL Ofilrlal circles here Were Inclined In-clined to believe that his Lordship blcvo But In with Germany would agree Gernny lut n17ee wih t exactly stead of doing no he used ulrnMt dolnJ actly the menuS In which the W8liLl1si II fhli act refusal tcnra was couched and this Mid reuJal a high official lo a reprewmtntlvu o hl Associated Press Is all the more ir prlHlng AI considering that the Wwrtilnij ton officials had not th slightest Ink ling be of what Englands attitude would OFFICIALS REFUSE TO TALK What will be the result of this difference dif-ference of view between the United States and Great Britain on the one hand and Germany Austria France and Italy on tho other no official was found by the representative of the Associated As-sociated Press who was willing to risk an opinion but all agreed In believing that It did not entail a breaking off the negotiations PRINCE ClINGS CREDENTIALS The representative of the Associated Press ban ascertained that Lord Salisbury Sal-isbury this afternoon refused to pass on Prince Chlngs request for credentials creden-tials as plenipotentiary referring the whole matter to the British Minister at PcklngvSlr Claude MacDonald This decision has been communicated to the Chinese Minister here Sir Chili Chen Lo Fang Lull who will cable It to China Tho Minister spent a long time at the Foreign office this afternoon but he did not see Lord Salisbury nor did he learn the nature of Great lInt alas reply to Germany CiriNKSE MINISTERS VIEW The Minister said to a representative representa-tive of the Associated Press that no could scarcely believe thai Lord Sal isburys views differentiated much from those of the United StalcM for1 Ihn Chinese Minister added Lord Salisbury Salis-bury made this promise to mo recently recent-ly 1 dont rant to make any change in tIle constitution of China GRATEFUL TO AMERICANS Continuing Sir Chlh Chen Txi Fang Luh remarked America Is l Ihe only In the world strong enough to country have taken such an initiative axi Bho did the German she Blood out against proposals when I feel deeply Rra tefu I that the Americans did so Thelra In the logIcal point of view The ne nnlv an ti carried on must be gotiations cannot agnes at all WO illOhc or not thing first and the one to negotiate afterwarti and we coUld not others of the Em submit to ho deposition convinced Loril I ani this in Bitt with nsa for the SalisburY agreeS Conntl of our jiezx Is certainly part tutlpn thought iU1l When nkcd what Minister he raid It the Chinese the happen I beIOVC tell bUt iti egOtiati0n5 irniosslblo tO viii reach a 8UCCC51 nllmax1 |
