Deseret Evening News | 1904-02-18 | Page 1 | Hay's Note Not Yet Accepted by Russia

HAYS NOTE NOT YET ACCEPTED BY RUSSIA Her Will Probably bo Announced Within a It Fob Feb 18 Following another conference between Foreign Minister and Ambassador Porter Portel U It la Is understood formal ad to the note will be an all announced within n 0 week It now ap appears pears that res Hu officials made known that with tho excepting of or Manchuria from the operations of the note Hussla has no objection to the I This was considered suf sufficient to permit Prance France to accept with witha a II reservation excepting but formal awaits for lor the tho approval of or the czar and owing to the of at tho war oper operations allons Its submission has hus been b en deterred deferred aith U It Is dally The foreign ollice hero lias been ad lid advised of acceptance den Oell Por Porter ter hns been highly hl praised ea for tor the tactful and able manner In which he conducted the negotiations with the government resulting In Franco t being tho first Euro European oan country to to tho In Inthe Inthe the American note Tim prompt action nf Franca unquestionably exerted con considerable Influence In Inducing other powers lOwers to give adhesion to the tho note