Show UNITED STATES recognized italy seeks influence of this country in securing chinese territory chicaro maran 8 A special to the times herald from washington says the italian request touching china was spoken of today in a new light the action of king humbert indicates that italy la the first government to recognize officially the new of the united states among the powers it also developed that secretary hay in his reply pointed out to the italian government that the united states bad never supported or interfered with the efforts of other governments to secure territory or spheres of influence lr china and would certainly not do so in case of italy italis efforts to secure the support or at least the passive consent of the united states did not end with the presentation of the note and transcript of secretary Se creary hays message the italian minister in approached pro ached minister conger several days ago and ached him to use his influence in getting from china her consent to the italian demand minister conger diplomatically evaded answering the italians proposal and at once cabled to washington the instructions sent him were along the lines of the reply made here to the italian note while the information in the possession of the authorities shows that great britain Is diplomatically opposed to the italian demands it is apparent that great britain must within a very few days either distinctly reiterate her intention to maintain the integrity ot china and support her open door policy or announce a reversal of the policy it was stated today that no communication relative to the chinese demands had passed between secretary hay and sir julian tote the british ambassador but it would be surprising it there had not been discussion in london between the american embassy and the british foreign office the authorities are anxiously awaiting the announcement of great britaina Brit ains policy and it Is appreciated that it Is of great importance to the united states in view of the commercial aspect ot the chinese question |