Show CRANE REPLIES TO S Co KNOX Washington Oct fl Crane cf Chicago er to China ChInn ChInnI ChinaI I I was depo depose a I 1 by a from fromI f rein Secretary Knox for hIs resignation I n a new chapter In AmerIcan was as written A citizen chosen with special regard for hIs qualifications for the tho post was wa recall recalled ed cd before he had om embarked barked fromm San Francisco and dIscharged from his high office because o of alleged India In dIsclosures through the tho press l tills thIs minIster breaking through nil all tho old traditions InsIst InsIsted ed cd on defendIng himself from the as cast upon him b by time the secre tar Of state b by tIle the Issuance of a statement commented upon hero here as ascertaIn as ascertain certaIn to be embarrassIng to the ad ada a The hIstory of this extraordInary affaIr which h began about n a week eel ago time tIle announcement that Minister Crane had been stopped at It San Fran Francisco cisco at the tho moment of embarkation b by a demand from Secretary Knox for or hIs return to reached ut at least Its first crIsIs torIa today when the secretary in n a formal statement an aim announced that Mr Ir Cranes resIgnation r hail har been boan Invited and the minister designate III all aim equally for statement that lila his already luau hall been heen to the officIals charging that treated Moreover Mi I r Crane In his state mont reflected the state department officials that not oril bath har the they refrained from gt bl blIng Ing him Is issued sued suar to II a or ambassador about to leave for his post but uL that lie he hud been denied access to Lo oven after he hail had made repeated 3 ap them Ill enters caters a sweeping denial of time te that ho gave no out a news nos story whIch Is said to be the cause causo of hIs deposition nail squarely upon the shoulders of dent Taft time the responsibility for the tho various ho he has made reo re I conditions In tile Far Fal I have aroused time the Ire of I tary tarr Knox and brought final action up upon on his resignation I Mr Ir Cranes statement follows The Tho U by the ile of is slightly ate In ill sayIng that tho secretary hns Informed me that m my resignation will I Ibe be accepted Tile The letter J I received from Crom Nr Knox at noon toda today says AnS ho he hohas has recommended to the tho president that the president accept my I Before this letter hail hac been re received i b by me inc I had already sent to I the president through hIs secretary Mn Ir the tho followIng telo do gram grain j I D C Oct 1 12 l O I President William H Taft The Tho 1 state department objects to certaIn timings thIngs I have done dono In the LLe effort to I carr carry out my understanding of your I wIshes expressed as b by you OU to me meI I II I have hac carefully considered the tho entire I matter mattar In m my judgment no mIstake has hns been made except nl as the tho depart department meat ment has mad It a 3 mIstake How i evol eer I 1 did not and can not guarantee I to make no mistakes and especially unless I ha have e the tho cordIal support and I of the government 4 The manner In whIch the depart I ment has proceeded and Is proceedIng Is inconsistent wIth my own and ray my conception Of o the dig I or of time tho posItIon and wIth the un upon whIch I accepted J I appreciate the personal consIderation I have havo receIved from you ou antI and under the cIrcumstances have hao decIded to awaIt arm ao to your wishes before taking action You will under understand understand stand Of course that m my resignation Is In your Jour hands hand SIgned Charles R Crane The Tho statement of the depa department is Ii further inaccurate in 11 I gave out a newspaper story about the tho preparation of a protest in regard to tIme the agreement between ChIna and Japan It would hove have been more mo ac emirate If IC the tho statement had sold was rl In Its own closing para paragraph graph that a brief of mine with mu a newspaper e contributed to the by hIm of a of this a agreement and andI I the possible protest dt ly Iy thIs govern J I mont ment and the tho department thIs is S The I 1 lIon did not mention my name nomo nor In m my would It have havo been beon a if the dep department ment or of state hall had not chosen to vouch for Its accuracy and give glo to It an official sig significance hy by its les own conduct It Il certainly contaIned ot of substance that was not matter mattor of oC corn com cornI comI I mon knowledge en r deducIble b by an any competent J reporter from facts commonly known The substance of time tho h d been published fIld its effect had been eon discuss discus discussed ed cd A an of thIs the N New NewYork w York Herald hind had ept ur 9 tIme tho following j I Toldo Tokio j I press regrets that the tho jingo Am American rIcan press pross Is the usual against Japan ll II mew I I It states that tile the railways are ame ad administered ministered In uce e wll wil Amer AmerIcas ner teas motto mott of the rho opel policy It nil II z the convention Is now an ai accomplish accomplished ed fact and America can not it however much It mar ala dislike It I |