Show IT IS 18 SIMPLY A MODUS Russia So Regards thu the rian ria nan Convention CASSINI MAKES TILLS THIS PLAIN lien 1 ConditIons Condition lu In China 1110 In III VIII Lur III Washington March 23 It Is stated stilted on excellent Hussian authority that the Manchurian convention has hus been sun dim dimply ply regarded na no a 11 modus It was W S this phase of ot the tho subject which Count brought to the th attention I of ot Secy Hec May Hay yesterday ye anti and It appears to have hao been Impressed upon uon the tho minds of at tIre the British us liS lord announced to the tho house houst of or lords that the convention viewed an aH a a I modus might not present the objection heretofore held against It The authorities at fit Washing Washington ton have Itaro nil all along construed the con cour convention ns as a modus although Count Coastal Ca has hns now made thin this rather miller plainer to Secy Hay Ira It Is explained that the term modus an as apply applying ing hag to tho tire present convention means that abnormal conditions have h e arl In Manchuria and that normal conditIons condition corn cnn best est be he restored by ly means of at n a modus Tire The Th thief chief t purpose of lie tire the mo Ino ilus lus it Is S explaIned would be lIo to lo provide for tor the evacuation of Manchuria by tile the loops as their presence Is part it ot the abnormal conditions brought rought about by hy the tire disturbances disturbance Jut hut with these forces withdrawn Hussla experts expects I that hunt assurance will be given ven that quiet will be maintained aunt and that thai Ih t the tire former normal condition will wilt be tie In tart fart re restored restored stored When tire the old alII state elate of ot things Is blue hua restored It Is tire the In VieW that the tiro modus will cease to operate ns as Its purpose will have been heen secured s of correcting the abnormal conditions brought about by b lie Hie Chi Cht Chinese nese neso OI IO outbreak and the dispatch of ot a It large Russian force torce to different points In iii the province It I Is said Raid that the In Integrity of ot China will wilt be he completely pre pro preserved served road that nothing In the nature of ot ofa ota a Hussian protectorate or suzerainty will exist exl t Neither the Russian ambassador nor northe northe northe the Chinese e minister has received any word onI as ns to the tire final action on the c con cia ii The Chinese minister was at It atthe atthe the state elate department today having re cc returned turned from rom a three days visit to tn New NewYork NewYork York YOlk lie IB ii without advices however since tire the last dispatch from the tile south southern southern ern era viceroys expressing the hope that the United Dalton States would Induce Russia not to press the convention lIo l In some diplomatic out that the modus Implies that Russia has linn certain distinct territorial In Manchuria and that It In no noway nom noway way m mitigates the character of ot the con convention conven veil ven tion MAY m Dl SIGNED MONDAY Y St Bt Petersburg March 29 U IH III it not probable that the Man treaty will not be he signed before Monday or Tuesday at nt the tire earliest The delay dilny Is III due hUe to the tire of ot the Chinese government or to tire the natural of ot communication between the tire Chinese court and St Peters Petersburg Petersburg burg Lurg burgIt It Is IB not believed belleve that the Indisposition lion tion of ot Trait Yu Vu the tho Chinese minister at St Petersburg will prevent him fro tro ingoing to the tire foreign office when Invited to do O so IO |