Eureka Reporter | 1905-01-20 | Page 2 | China Will Enter Denial

CHINA WILL ENTER DENIAL celestials will claim to have ob served neutrality the note of secretary hay relative to the russian charge of violation by china of the aw jf nei braly traly which is to be presented to the peking author aties by mr cooledge the secretary of the american legation at peking will it is expected be rather welcomed by the chinese government as afford ng it a proper opportunity to make formal reply to the russian charges it la certain that there Is nothing in secretary hay s note in any degree benac ing or calculated in any way to touch the pride of the chinese it la burthen believed that the chinese government in anticipation of such action by the secretary of state has practically pre pared its defense this will amount to a sweeping denial of the accuracy of the russian charges upon many points and a declaration that where the russian statements are founded on facts they do not constitute viola alons of the law of neutrality as aa cepter by the powers