Show DOTH BOTH LOOK TO AM AMERICA ERICA washington nov 10 As a 1 of negotiations now pending it IK ig confidently believed the united states stales will very soon be ba asked to mediate between japan and china with a view to permanent peace on a basis satisfactory to both coun bics it can bl be stated that the united states lias has declined to join with european powers in any ally arbitrary intervention to force a settlement but while unwilling to act in abi arbitrary rbi manner cither r individually or jointly with european nations the representatives of the war have been given to 10 understand that the good offices of this government would bo be gladly exercised to secure peace in ce case such is the expressed wish Natural naturally lv 1 japan insists that china shafi take the initiative in any negotiations looking to a restoration to of peace but that she is entirely willing to accede to any reasonable proposition is not doubted from the beg beginning ginning tf of hostilities the chinese have been anxious to have tho the united states arbitrate the difference dih arence between themselves and the japanese which led to the war hut but of course there could bo be no arbitration except upon the request bf both parties and that was lacking n but after the battles of kiu kill lien chang on october 23 th that at when the chinese suffered their severe defeat at the hands of the japanese troops who had crossed the yalu balu river and were obliged 0 to retreat towards den th they ey became came thoroughly alarmed and convinced that something must be done to terminate the war they dewild not however so burn humble ble their pride as to sue for peace directly to japan but casting about for some means to opening peace negotiations hit upon the treaty with the united states slates of 1848 th the e first article of this treaty pledges the uni united ted states in case case china is oppressively or unjustly treated by another power to use its good offices to ar arrange rane 0 the difficulty it is similar in our treaty with corea which led secretary gresham Gre shain at the beginning 3 of the trouble to write a note to the united states stale minister at tokio relative to the J japanese occupation of corea which has excited so eo much comment encouraged by the attitude of the united states at that time the chi chinese nese government appealed to united states Nl minister inister denby at pekin to cause his government to intervene and yr mr denby transmitted the application to washington where it was laid before the president who has had bad it under consideration for a week or more As our representatives in the case of occupation of corea had little effect there was no reason to suppose that a different result would follow a attempt to use our good offices in china As already indicated our government was indisposed to co operate directly with the european nations in in any effort to coerce either party to tle the war and for this very reason we were an adent intermediary in bringing M b about peace both china and japan were assured that we nye were free from any of the suspicions of desire to secure accessions or of territory in asia which hung over the great european powers and their confidence in in our firmness and impartiality was strikingly manifested by the selection of the united states by both nations to care for their subjects jn in the he others territories the united states is at the present placed in a position which would naturally be looked to by bv both china and japan jadan to gerve as an arbitrator in caie case of a difficulty in arranging terms of peace and it is therefore very improbable that we will forfeit this position by yielding now to chinas cainas request to intervene arbitrate we may but inte intervene r we cannot is the manner in in which the situation is summarized in official circles here if the chinese government desires the united states to present peace proposals to japan this may be done through minister linister denby but it is felt here that the better way would be for china to submit her peace proposals directly to t japan when it would be entirely within the hounds bounds of propriety for the united states to express the gratification it would feel as ai a nation friendly to both combatants to see peace restored in honorable terms A department official presented the japanese views views of the present negotiations as follows japan chinese craft and she is not likely to be misled by any empty empt y offers of peace on terms which seem to mean much and in truth mean nothing the sovereignty of corea is one of those empty propositions and china has been driven drive a out ot of corea and has nothing to concede as to that con country n neither does japan want any chinese territory not even the island of formousa For mossa which is ig in reality an extension of the japanese group what she lie will undoubtedly expect is a cash indemnity sulli k chent to recoup her for her war eapen expenditure deture that and the prestige ti ig ge of japanese arms amis and tho the hamblin or of china will give the fai full 1 fruits of victory |