The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-03
CHINESE AFFAIRS.

The following article from the New York Evening Post
will just now be found interesting
THE ENGLISH TREATIES WITH CHINA.-RUssIA
AND CHINA.
According the latest from Europe the Eng
sh cabinet about to eend envoy extraordinary with
full powers 10 China to eec, settlement Of the difficult
between the English and the Chinese What will be s
basis Will the English cabinetrestrct itself to requiring
the pure and simple execution Of the treaty of ls42 which
opened the five ports of China foreign commerce. and
which, is well known has been ulflsd2 Or will
it, in ls42 claim full TO the of Pekin
the purpose of establishing embassy similar to that
which Russia ALREADY has there Or will perhaps come
to tie determination to force the Emperor OF China
treaty ofcommerce, which will open ports in
the north Of The country, and establish definite system in
regard to foreign expectation These questions sug-
gesed by the present OF affairs and are of the ~.
most Importance TO all civilized nations Before any con-
clusion be drawn il Is necessary know the purpo
of the former treaties between England and China OF
which there two tn FIRST concluded q, Nann in Au-
gust ls42 the other at Wampca in 1914 after the 'ermi
nation of the socalled opium war
The treaty Of the 29h Of August ls42 which opened
the five ports of Chin, foreigners admitted this pso
pie into the family of nations considered in
Europe Of the graud events Of century Ii
immense step made towards the freedom of this enormous
emprebe solution OF the grand problem "Chinn open r
But this assumption had been made without taking into
account tne passive ana inert oeT OF the government
the steady ssnce OF the nation in popular fansticism
During the first years which followed The treaty Of 1912
the official relations between China and the Europeans
were unmarked by any unusual incidents. The
brance of the English abarbnrians' very vivid and
whenever fresh troubles broke out the ndsrns sought
to suppress them by protesarons and promises But since
the year ls4 the relations between the Chinese and the
Europeans have assumed different character
Since the accession OF the sovereign Yching sew
eral attempts of this have already been made and
supposed that The young king asprss to chase the Euro
peau barbsrans from his dominous Hisrat independent
on attaining the supreme power dismiss Ky-Iug
the negoisor of the treaties of 1872 and 1874 However
these treaties have put the foreign nations the posses
sion of privileges which they will readily resign
The ports open eregn trading vessels are Canton
Shanghai, Annoy, Nng-pc, and For-Chou-Fou The most
important Canton Shanghai, and Annoy Nins-po the
considerable port of the province OF
population Of which amounts 2s0o0o00 souls excbang
ing scarcely million of money year with the Euro
pesns At Fou- Chou Fou the commerce ia still less i'm
portant The annually exchanged between China
and foreign nations may be estimated at about Seoooo
0oo England for about wo-tbirds Of the bust
ness which employs much capital and so many ships
while the commerce France with China amounts scarce
ly to two millions of francs year.
Canton in spite of the opening Of the other ports
remained the principal Of commerce. the exchange
amounting every year S2s0oooo0 besides the illegal
traffic in opium.
Next to Canton Shanghai the considerable port
free foregners and It's geographical situation
the extraordinary development OF its commerce since 1912
Il communicates with Nankin by the Yang Tee Kiaug and
with Sourchou OF the richest towns China by the
Woosung. II is 10 SorTcbou that the merchants who