The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-04

cut Tue tnlrd, Iourth NTH, sixth and seventh arti-
ees are really meaningless They are mere paddiD'
stuffed in between the second and eighth artcp a |
partly to smother and partly to support the asf.
Artlcle three only repeats provision OF the nre
yiously subsisting treaty; article four repeay ano
Their and article five is useless, for the rgD Of the
chinese TO emigrate was formally declare n NV the |
Emperor, In convention signed with LORI E,oin i'm
1860. The mode and supervision Of Chin csc e,nirra
tlon were subjects which demanded q tenton and |
might well have been embodied In ,raatv 3mt
although the Californian journals hay ,over and over
again been filled with complaints, be III on behalf and
10 the dscredt OF Chinese residey 10 ths assantiai
question Is deemed unworthy of Mace in the treaty.
ply repetition of the .fsv ltecedent. n Is sun,
which was TO be found in the subsistinS treaty be
certain school OF America reiteraton may te
provision ex aoundanttd comlg% ATtIc, @pp feven
ston cSnaiSeS u Is, imply repeating the stpu
United States treaty. se'en'eeu'" ~1'''No VI 'ne
,b e aS~ a SSn Seon 70 eighth article And this Is
a alone ae5 minute examination we are convn oed
cause win give tr made and consideration of this
curious lnfeIic ator. to exhibit that
scious attemp' ty Of language which betrays CON
American o. spicous disclaimer on the parf of the
thar Of On Jvernment of any desire to inter Gre with
mugs any telegraphs Such disclaimer rads very
kind *; Ike parliamentary disavowas Of the same
wort nperai Majesty shall determine =, construct
to $ Of that character and shall max application
- .te and authorize suitable engine era to he eIf-
1ioyed BY the Chinese governn emf. and viii
with such application There ,yer neripns ie
sne whole history OF diplomacy, We penned or read
redOen s Of two sSe great Dss
vlncai attorney and the huckstf ring Of the provin-
acsiRs sc gor Chinese In sS Ma don't wish
railways and teiegraphs- sninly not: we know
nd manners TOO well 10 shat but teeuraphs
and enlightened age and " aIr enlightened IMPERIAL
Majesty would =, d not IKE to &c the Celestial Empire
esy decide on their cons 1nctnn svIH
to have the work done TO, you in the tiiest manner
ropean natonswno pon Tt send to those .,a E1
people invented railwa rs ana teegrapSs and all the
sese things 81 tor von civilization and they will x
Is the the sss or :se a a4ise m
mem IN Gbna ma sm ge footing for his country
some time held the AS the trade Which the United
ssSH carry SS On China the trade Of Eng
nineteen, it is o,arabiy clear that considerable
IF eli rse before the ordinary progress
an equality 1sthe race is not always to the swift
nr,ses ont ~ to the strong. The influence which
attoine ~ S, commercial wealth may not easily be
srom conr p1 another influence that which arises
mon cn Avor, may be rapidly acquired rail-
crnstrmnt Ry with star OF engineers and telegraph
reGe mght inspire emperors and mandarns
sion OF ra cnce, and perhaps with ave. The conces-
OF landa nd monopoles Of traffic. hallway directors
Se,v Wv srs OF telegrapts might In the course Of
J hto ys rsextort more than foreign merchants had
up ,n a in century An imperi,l,n IN iqapeYtO
hn S be.deveoped, and the policy of Pekin might
e.a ected from washington Should other nations
roo nstrate the second clause OF this very treaty
res eerecited as the received explanation OF other
ties, and the justification Of nvidious privileges
M, fthe treaty between the two countries, 1t is
RS blished, is not for this country to complain
n Iere is IN it little save the last clause which has
OF been sanctioned in previous treaties. America
nd China have a right to make any compact with
each other. We do not know. however, II
(which has recently been concluded between the EN-.
pne and the republic; and If there be- it possibly
I become cause Of future trouble. But there is one
1 subject to which may and must attend. The
author Of this treaty comes here in the character Of
Chinese Minister, accredited for the express pur-
pose of recommending changes In our existing treaty
y with China. Of the proposed changes we have for
merly spoken They are on their face needless, in
sidious and damaging to interests. They would
destroy all the fruits of our wars and our negOtia-
the purpose OF its author; and II own relations
with the empire are to be modified In spirit of UNI
, AFFORD another sad and numiating instance Of the
weakness which allows bold diplomacy to nlcn
outlay Of men, money and labor. Win Lord Stanley
venture TO discard cosmopolitan liberality, and
English interests even ut O barbarian courtY
From the London Spectator August 1871
10 not din1cut, now that Mr.. Burlingame's treaty
, upon which the Court OF Pekin Is entering and
which, If the European Powers, and more especially
period to Fourth or I'm chinese ,car. The EN-
press Mother, the Premier Wan Sung-a really able
) three persons among whom the sovereignty is at
present in commission who direct all Chinese policy
, | -
po.er complete that OF the Gar evidently
] penetrated with the traditional ideas OF the Chinese
like the trade and the wealth ana the movement the
foreigners BRING they desire, first OF all to expel
sesbcard ey feei ns nc and no doubt
justly, that foreigners are Disturbing element
Tradition the paus tSe despossm Of the o
Gals, bringing In ideas ana ways and forces
DANGEROUS 70 dyney arranged order They hey regard
ers, not 80 much AS noxious individuals, as instnc
tive ncurabe foes OF the system she desires to main
tain. Aided by some European advice consequently,
they have drawn up treaty which reads very plaus
iblek have induced Mr. Seward TO sign IL. without
| thinking too much OF California, where one OF Its
clauses will create some little sensation: aud have
submitted 1t to the d,frerents courts Of Europe
| by the first clause the Chinese government undocs
the whole work OF thirty years, abOlshes what
known in Turkey as the Capitulatons, and in China
the Consular Jurisdictions, and places all foreign
| ers once again under the mandarins. Whatever may
be the in Turkey. IL IS quite certain that China
is yet lit for this change; that from the day II is
erected the Foreign Offices Of Europe will be inun-
dated with just complaints of local tyranny, which
will ultimately produce either total cessation Of
trade-thereby exposing India TO bankruptcy and
the British exchequer to the loss OF the tea
supported by force. The mandarin class hates
Europeans too heartily to be trusted with
itself that this hatred should be neutrazed by treaty
arrangements tnan that every private quarrel should
not strong enough they can be strenafhened or ex
ceptona powers placed in the hands ofthe embassies;
the mandarins to edge the Europeans slowly out Of
China 1t may be said that the Americans will
| ing TO allow this, but the Americans are OF all
| foreigners, least dreaded by the Chinese First be-
cause they have never fought Pekin, and secondly
because their intercourse with the empire has been
very slight To say nothing OF other countries, the
trade OF China with Great Britain and her colonies
| was IN 1906
Imports. .e22 723,l2s Exports. -. sI47e 2a5
|
|
| while her trade with the United states was:-
Imports $50 Exports. .e2,ooo,1 III
| ro,, 20 ooI 90,
| Iolh. .iz,Vsi,csi
In fact, the Union buys some tea In the ports and
| there the connection between the two countries
begins and ends Any treaty not itself discredita-
BILE Is, therefore, Indifferent TO Americans, or. N