Show W T f fW W f r Wf He Suggested Propriety of Umi tag rug Hostilities Within Small An All Area as Possible GERMANY FIRST TO RESPOND Great Britain Expressed Adherence to 1 The lie Principle but Lut Did Not ot for formally mally mall Accept ll It Feb eb ni Japan the thu Washington Bov BU the propriety of ot limiting ho hOl Willes within tut lIa small an nn a aln ion n of the neuta ty t and entity of ot Chin that China may 1111 bo tree free from and Intel est there them fro from menace Tills This the j Is ll to gho ns the substance of or the no nolo addressed by b Secy Sec Hay on 10 tl the HI Petersburg BO 10 On Feb Ich S In a note to ON c many Great ln France M Hay Invited those powers concurrent to and Japan with willi the I and on Feu leu 11 this H In extended to the Netherlands Spain and Germany was ln the to with a prompt of or the Inv and the promise Unit she would the t I o U comba ants lints was heard from nex next adherence I to the laid Joun In the note noto hut formal acceptance pending an to HII Inquiry whether the tIe live entity of China Involved Japan was tWill with the answer that she he would in readily on the of the States If IC n 1 promise could be he ml I b Italy the eth sympathy with tl Mca and promised nn er utter alter cor cun imitation with other powers There III reason ll to believe bellec that Spain lie lIel glum also will accept the Russia thus has been th attitude of ur I Is one on of or This Is the tho Mom time It Is teamed that Is ml nl the combatants with n a nut In the as us that of o See Hay HI H the altitude of Orent aln It II has been a matter of oC some rest to the tho here her that OH all tho Is III one for Cor which the h K has hns stood In the past fio fc tor It to withhold formal acceptance of the Invitation until It hUH has teamed tin ther details On the It 1111 be stated that there thero no de details tails to the note as liS It woul bo manifestly Impossible to hope hopt fn for action by hy HO po many power upon any Jut but the tho moil mORI general lineA That the of ot the lon government could hud In mInd th tho neutrality of oC Manchuria Is declared o othe oa the face lice of It to bo ho absurd Is by tills government with lt Korea to be he the tho nf of th war Ind for this till I Ithe Iii the tho KU that thai hostilities b tod A high of ot the tho lion has glen ghen these details of at the steps which led to tu the tho of ot Kecy Hays note nole On Feb I ob 6 von on th ambassador under from called at nt the Hous und laid the president this That tho powers uree 1111 upon and Japan tho expediency of Ing In the peace of mind of the court and of ot respecting the neutrality ami entity of the administration o or China Tho ho German government In ltee the tho United States as ns tho powe possessing the least political In n eastern K to Issue the Invitation In tho event how over that this was not practicable Ser hr many expressed her willingness to Inke the Initiative Tho German ambassador callei 1 Iraln the day da following III Sunday foi Cor foia Corn a n further conference with the president to whom the tho Iden at 11 once appealed a IR exceedingly practicable worthy worth o It execution Secy Bel Hay arrived In Ington that ami had a n with tho president Immediately after aCtor hi 1 I The next morning the German am nm called nt nl the resl for a IL conference U It was thell decided that probably the could bo he Issued moio u ly II by this and the notes noto to tin peace combatant powers tint Ia day framed those thole to lO Germany Franc Great helm cabled that III ht ninilo this ti tithe to the United States without tho other U It Is said tha Hus l had no knowledge In III Ihl Df of Intention to lo take this step It should bo II remembered that nt tin Iho limA the tho noto Issued I there thoro van all in 1111 Ill Information thin hostilities hn begun This R fact 1 n i slight changing In the wording of tin the Invitation to tn the tho other In diplomatic circles the tact fact thai norman and the United States the lead concurrently In this moo is 18 regarded ns Hrent rent pl alln Hoth Bolh In III circles heretofore the tho belief ins been general that Germany l lm n a secret with Rus la n In III Inho tho ho far e Ht but It milt tonight this nt Is I now convinced COli of ot the of or Insistence nil III that her hel In till the far cast ero commercial and that who the of or tho Integrity or if China Chinn NO ANSWER FROM RUSSIA St Ht Petersburg Feb I b 12 11 Is not prepared nt this lime to tn tovo 1110 vo answer to tho United States to Hee lecy Hays note nn the subject of of China As ly In III theio hoA hostilities Hiving begun tha military bo 1 consulted the czar doubt will 10 C I the matter to AI rr If It he ho has hn not lIot already done dono an so Hu ln It can he be mid Is IH certainly at It as us the tho United States that tho fil cause no risings s or disorders In indeed tho attitude of China Chilli Is la causing some here hen heres 18 s she sho has not lIot declared her he neutrality It Is 18 thought hero that the tho action of or ortho tho ho Japanese In Hooding with asters relating their victories IA s ot f u II well ell laid campaign projected from tho lio to 10 break down o In for till the purpose of or ul effecting a n union of tho Iho two tRee which would make tho yellow a 0 reality ren lit Russia has 1116 already learned learnell of ot tho po Rillon taken by II several powers regard rO IK Secy SIC note Germany and Great Britain It Is tin both express sympathy with Ih is purpose hilt but with mi 1111 re rr fI which Ie i now no tha tho theater of ot war Germanys lows In III thin respect hut lit Great to give 11 ecy Hay unqualified support hUll has od here |