| Show AS RIGHTS IN MANCHURIA Baron Rosen Rosell and Secy Root Have Had dad Them Then Under Consideration UNITED STATES POSITION I i 1 h y open of ot 1 hl s An ii Important Putt Wellington April 3 Baron Rosen the Russia ambassador wai In fl con conference conter ference ter with Secy Hoot at nt tho today and nd nUl II s Influence authority and Interest In III of t f Manchuria lire aro understood to have hare Hen leen cn thO subject ot or consideration It has developed that the tie position taken United States Consul Con Fisher at nt iv liy Harbin under tinder from tho the Washington government to iodIne decline to tho Iho authority of ot tho di director director II rector of the Iho Chinese Eastern railway In n the ih municipal government there thero Is the first Indication the tho American gov government IfO ov nt has hns gi en of ot the course courso likely to be 10 followed by b It In maintenance ut the open door doctrine announced M Cs ft n principle by the late latec c Hay I AMERICAN ATTITUDE That Thit Th t the American government will wilt hare lace little difficulty In III maintaining the portion po lIlon It has taken Is made evi oi evident dent dIal from a review of It tho the basis ba ls of ot Russian of ot Jurisdiction over 1 the Chinese Cl I tern railway rail a ono This basis H Is a contract entered Into Inlo lr Ir the Ih government and anil the bank banI n 11 i 1896 1890 Many of the prominent features of ot this contract been becil mudo the tho subject ct of a protest since by b China Ch Inn For In tane tho the director of ot tho the road was to be te e appointed by b China and lel l lo loIn In Peking PeUng This provision has never neel l n complied compiled with The rh fh director of ot the road Is a 0 and resides at atAl Harbin As Al further establishing true position In Manchuria the tho treaty trent treat of ot uth which ended the tho war be between bet tween t RussIa and Japan Tupan Is most ex ox explicit in terms lerms In this treaty tho the two powers agree to t completely and evacuate Manchuria with the exception of ot the tho leased por portion lion tion of ot the peninsula to on n JJ and completely restore to tho the administration of China Chinn all allarId parts arId rt of Manchuria now no occupied l hy by y 9 n and fin troops or which are nr under their control e with the tho ex cx exception exceptiOn of the above mentioned tern And In the tho same sanie treaty trent The Imperial government nl of ot declares that It has no territorial nd nul n l or or exclusive he concessions In Manchuria of ot such sueh a t nature ns us to 10 Impair tho tile of China ChInn or which are arc Incompatible I the thu principle of ot equal ill A Notwithstanding these stipulations the he dIrector of the tho Chinese Eastern In February last iut 1 4 1 tWo Wo edicts one of at which assumes t to tho the detail tho the dol of ot all business within the Iho tall rall cne and tile the other provides se so severe vere vre penalties against criticism of tho the railroad administration either In tho th press or by b agitators or ai o In public gatherings r The rho commercial regula regulation tion make It necessary for tor all 1111 persona to In business of ot any un character to procure a n license of at tho the director of tho thio road for which a I fee Cee Is charged Penalties l are aro provided for violation of ot tho the edict t tIt It is la readily understood under that refusal or 01 ut tho American consul to recognize this railroad administration should be tho the subject of ot In Inquiry However It Is believed the tho po the tILO American government has assumed will be maintained until the tho basis of lit authority shall valiant war val warrant rant recognition of ot her hor Jurisdiction IS ii ANXIOUS St Petersburg April 3 Russia and other powers aro are awaiting with extreme Interest the announcement of ot the tho attitude of tho the state department at nt Washington regarding re the Fisher Inci mci Incident dent us aS this Issue affects not only tho administration of Harbin and und by b nu sla but tho the entire question of ot tho the sovereignty of ot north China and south Routh Manchuria Fred D 1 Fisher Fishel American consul at nt Harbin has Ims con coil consistently refused to recognize or admit that ho he should have hao anything lIn to do with tho administration of ot the tho th ter ten territory on the ground that he ho was ac accredited accredited accredited credited solely to China furthermore ho he has hM supported the tho protests of ot China the establishment by b Russia Itu sla of municipalities In the tho railroad zone zono at nt Harbin JJ and anti It dependent of the government and his attitude In lit this thui matter prompted Russia to seek nn nil explanation or ot his course at Wash Vashi Washington ington I U It was learned here today that the tho German consul COli sui at Harbin had hall sided sIdell with Mr Ir Fishier Fisher I against t the tho demands demunds of ot tho the Russian authorities which In Involved voh etl the tho signing by b foreign and Chi Chinese neso nese of ot a I paper agreeing to ti obey the ordinances of the Harbin municipal council to pay taxes Tho council Is composed of or six members member three nominated and three elected to chico rue Tho president of the tho council Is named by br i tho the railroad and In this man nina manner manner ner nor Russian control Is assured Tho The consul at nl Harbin acquiesced In Inthe Inthe inthe the Russian nu demands WHY wily CHINA PROTESTED It Is believed here that tho the real r rca rea reasons sons soils behind tho tile protest of ot China und and the support given this protest by tho tile American and AmId German consuls Is to be bo beless less In objections to a 0 change chane In tile the form COlln of or the Russian administration of ot Harbin than In the apprehension arous aroused ed od by br the aggressive and policy of Cf Japan In southern Manchuria This fear ear resulted In a n determination to change the anomalous anese position In a province nominally Chinese o at al every eer opportunity The Rus Russian Russian sian measures are arc regarded as relative relatively ly Iy of at local Importance whereas the tho pretensions of 01 Japan to tho right to uso use sue iho Chinese railroads for mall mail carrying purposes without reference to the tho hose postal system as ns put lint lilt forward in iii Inthe the tho postal convention that was propos proposed ed cd to China early In iii January Januar Involve a n direct Infringement of Chinese s sov sovereignty 50 ele nt BOMB mat ITS AlIA ED EDAt At one tinie Russia 1111 sill I secured 1 similar postal abandoned I rights but hut she sho I IIII In III October OttohN when sho she u It conven convention tion with China to regulate e the BIter o of ot malls mails II III II II This rums agreement car carried ned ried tho iho proviso that It should lapse lapso at nt tho the end of or a IL your year unless aimless China In inthe the tho concluded a I like conven convention con than tion with Japan Russia also III so signed a It telegraph con von Volition with Kith China Chinn surrendering the tho lines lilies excepting time the rail railroad road telegraph to Chinese authorities while Japan TIllIn installed her hel own on lines throughout the tho south and even at nl attempted tempted to asset I her control over time tho deep soa sot cables cubIc laid lold by IJ private com coin companies PathOS Il it Is asserted here hele that thol China Chilia is re responsible for Cor tho the uniting ot of tie tIc policies or ot Russia and Japan lapan In III Manchuria When holl Russia litter after tho time close of ot the tho war with Japan attempted to resume nor nOI normal mal inal relations with China Chinn sho she encountered encountered on an attitude of ot hostility and amId Ills trust tru t anti and finally decided that her hel Men Man Interests would be hi best pro protected tecte by hy n It walking agreement with Japan No further news miens has been heen received l hero regarding the tIme petition ol or the tile Mon lIon Mongolian golian princes to the lekin government for tor tho time construction of at a it railroad be bo between tween Kalgan l ii miles northwest ot rind and tho the settle settlement ment of tit which would give gc the tho railroad ni direct connection tion with The rime latest advices aro are areto to tho the effect that China favored C a n pro project project project to continuo continue time the railroad now being belm completed between and Kalgan by an mutt automobile service from this lat hat latter latter hatten ter ten point 1 to tn Urge Tho Timo construction of ot this line hue which was wua nt at one ado advocated by Russia is now discouraged In St Petersburg as It II open a II Hue of ot attack against Siberia Tho weakness of ot nU Russia lIht In this re ro respect reSpect was waR made clear during the tho Russo Japanese war |
