Show HUGHES HUGHES ES LETTER H HELD D OFFENSIVE Message to China Society I Dinner Censored By Toastmaster I NEW YORK YORI Feb eb Notables Notables both Chinese and American heard only part of a message written sec Secretary of Stales States Hughes and Intended for tor delivery ery at the tenth annual dinner din ner ot or the tho China Society of America Wednesday night The toastmaster Professor Robert RobertI McElroy McElroy of P Princeton censored Mr I I Hughes message because he said aid he I Idid did not want ant to offend any of th the guests many of whom were ere official Ill I'll of the Chinese gov gov- government In this country I take pleasure In extending my cordial greetings to the members of ohe the China Society pt pf f America and In expressing my hope for the once ence of the traditional friendship be be- be between tween the United States and China the toastmaster ter read He omitted the followIng passage ot or Mr Hughes mes- mes message sage I I regret that these relations are arc at atthe atthe the present moment disturbed by the tho killing of ot an American citizen and the tho firing upon an American consul b bI Chinese soldiers and by the tho failure of othe the Chinese government to make male any adequate response to the lions which this gO government has lIas found it necessary to make with a view to t the settlement of this very ery grave gra 0 In cadent I I can only hope that the Chinese gO government will ere long become con con- conscious conscious of Its responsibilities In this matter and will make such response as will remo remove e this shadow upon the tin mutual feelings of the two t 0 peoples KILLING OF AMERICAN The grave Incident referred to In Inthe inthe li the telegram was understood to be the th killing of Charles Colton Collon an Ameri- Ameri American American can merchant at Kalgan 1 just beyond the Chinese wall by Chinese soldiers on December 11 last He was in an automobile with Ith Sam Sam- Samuel uel the American consul at Kalgan and a friend carrying a sum sun of ot silver er to Ursa to buy furs when hen stopped by Chinese sentries v who ho fired when hen the party attempted to proceed Minister Schurman made representations to the Peking government de demanding de- de demanding manding reparations but at least II a i temporary deadlock het between een the two gO governments ov has ensued partly part due It i has ins been claimed In Peking to the tin Inability Of ot the central government to ti compel the local authorities ed edIn In n the matter to take any action HEARS ALL MESSAGE Among the several hundred persons at the banquet table were ere Z L Chang consul general of ot the republic lie lic of o China Bainbridge Colby Colb secre- secre secretary secretary tary o of state under President Wilson Wil- Wil Wilson son Henry Fairfield Osborne Henry W Taft brother Of ot Chief Justice Tart Taft and Wel WelLen Len professor of history at Peking university Consul General Chang was a speak speak- speaker er When he concluded he went to tp an at adjoining room where reporters read to him all of the tho Hughes message Prefacing his remarks with lh the re- re reminder re minder that he be was as not a diplomatic but a commercial representative of 01 hIs ils country to the United States and therefore not very veT familiar with the tb matter to which Mr Hughes alluded ed ed Mr lr Chang emphatically declared that China al always ala's as a's pa pays s in full and ant rights all matters In which It is concerned concerned con- con concerned YANKS DRAW GUNS All foreigners Including Americans the greatest respect In China and are always safeguarded he said He expressed a belief that hero thelo was sonic provocation for the action of the Chinese soldiers asserting he was wat of the o opinion the Americans were at- at attempting at attempting tempting to smuggle to-smuggle smuggle silver er to Man Manchuria Manchuria churla churia In the direct violation of or exist- exist existIng existing ing laws His Interpretation of the facts alread already al- al already read ready disclosed was that the AmerIcans Americans AmerI- AmerI cans when the solders stopped and questioned them drew pistols and andI tried to force through to the border I The delay In the receipt I of a diplo diplo- diplomatic diplomatic I matic answer to Mr Ir Hughes representations might be due he thought to the fact that China has had three new administrations since December and is only now beginning to sur surmount mount the many decisions normally appear In the path of ot apolitical a apolitical political change Of To which Professor McElroy added China Is something like the Unit Unit- ed Id States was during the first 25 years when foreigners did not know whether they were dealing with one government or 13 |