Show AGREEMENT STORY DENIED no arrangement with great britain as to interfering at close of war washington feb 8 state department officials deny that any agreement haa been made to ano effect that united states and great britain will interfere after russia has crushed japan and insist that manchuria remain part of china ever rus war it haa been customary tor the great neutral boyers foyers to hold some sort of conference at the conclusion of the war to assure the vanquished nation in the struggle against undue exactions and punishments this was naturally the comiso in the turkish hesslan war and attention la called to the fact that although japan was the victor in her last war with china the neutral powers especially russia and england brought pressure to bear upon japan to prevent her from pressing her advantage bamond reasonable limits incidentally it was also pointed out that the two nations named profited themselves by the acquisition of most of the are the object of japans therefore it Is eald to be within the probabilities that some sort ot a conference will follow a russo war the united states has always held aloof from combinations in such cases but as in the case of the negotiations tiati ons which terminated the boxer troubles the policy has been to worl on parallel lines when such a cause Is for the common good |