New-York tribune., 1868-08-25

ever" but, If we may determine lts Iu'u'o
by its past, while it does spin it VIII be
down the ringing grooves aforesaid
! An ANGLO CHINESE EMPIRE-S IT FOS-
SIBLB9
Great Britain has commercial treaties WIN
China, securing to British merchants certain
valuable privileges of trade with the Chihese'
The Island of Hong Kong is British possess
sion, obtained by treaty, and the Clty Oh
| Victoria, on that island, is now great en-
porlum. The trade between England ana emma
has increased enormously within the last
twenty-five years. amounting at present to at
least S1OOOOO,OOO per annum, and there are
prospects of its indefinite expansion under the
existing treaties But commercial cupldlty,
| growing by the alment so abundantly supplied
| it in the Fowery Land, is asking for more
| The British merchants of Shanghai are urging
a revision of the treaty of Tentsin, concluded
| by England. ten years ago, with the Emperor
| of China they insist that Europeans shall
| have the right to travel, to reside, and to pur-
! sue whatever industry they may think proper,
! i'm China, without regard to the policy OF the
! Chinese Government or the old laws OF the
| Empire-that, i'm fact, the military power OF
| England shall be employed. if necessary to
! force open the gates of the Chinese Empire III
! the interests of British commerce. This pre-
posterous demand is backed up by The London
Times, which, in recent significant article de
! Tending the high handed policy so much IN
| favor with the Shanghai traders, states, as II
on authority, that, whatever the character ol
! the present relations between England ana
! China. " it has been decided by the British
! Government to demand further concessions"
! The Times would hardly employ such positive
! language had it not received information from
authentic sources that the Government was
seriously contemplating the adoption OF coeroye
| measures toward the Chinese.
But can this be possiblc2 Is England pre-
pairing to play the same part in China that
she has so successfully played in lndiai-to
adopt. with regard to the former the good
old rule, the simple plan" by means OF
which She has built up a mammoth empire IN
the East upon the ruins Of the native dynaS-
ties which once divided Hindosan among
them? Possibly she is. Nay judging from
the unambiguous character Of The ItmeSs
language in this instance, it is probable that
a course of aggression has been determined
upon. and that an attempt will be made to
ncutraizc the reasonable, fair, and pacific
policy of which the Burlmgame Mission Is
the representative by an appeal to the sword.
But such attempt. if made, would be certain
| TO fail. China o.ln never become what India
is-a dependency Of England Neither Hong
Kong nor Shanghai is destined to play the
same part in history as those small trading
factories on the banks of the rivers of India,
| from which has grown up what - now known
as the Anglo-Ind Empire. The days are
past i'm the East for such feats of arms rs
have made the name of Give immorta-tOr
such a policy Tof heartless but successful
q, aggression as makes one shudder over the
pages on which have been transmitted to us
the eloquence of Edmund Burke. When
England more than a century ago, began to
extend her power in India by force OF arms,
she had but one formidable European rival
TO contend with there. But England's
naval supremacy gave her an adj
vantage that France could not possibly
counterbalancc, and the French were
driven ont of India, since which event
the English have had only the native powers
TO contend with in their career of conquest.
In the case of an attempt to repeat the aggres-
siyc policy in China it would be very different.
There is Russia, already prepared to dispute
British supremacy in India, who would not
stand quietly by and see her important com
mercial interests in China jeopardzcd. There
is France, who if it be too late for her to
achieve any important cOnquests in the East
is evidently bent upon gaining in that part oil
the world an Independent influence, worthy OF
her position and fame, and conducive TO hCl
commercial interests. But above all, there are
the United States, foremost now IN the regards
of the Chinese Government, whose proyidential
mission to China is, clearly rs the shining OF
the MONDAY sun, a mission Of peace, of good
will, of Justice The Shanghai traders are toe
| late. They should have anticipated Burlingamc
and the treaty we have just concluded with
China They should have prevented the build
ing of San Francisco, and the construction OF
the great interoceanc railroad across this con
tinent, and the establishment of the Pacific
line of steamers between California and China
Very significantly does an English journal
opposed to all schemes of national aggrandizc-
ment by the assertion of might over right
remark, with reference to the subject of this
article: "The mission of Mr.. BuIlingame may
"mean that the United States are unwilling
" to see English conquest advance further in
" an Eastern direction; and if this be SO, We
4" ought to take care lest the threats by which
eve think to COW Pekin should embrOl us at
Washington
Gov. Seymour says of the Congress of the
United States " 1t did not, therefore, adjourn
but took recess, to meet again if its parti-
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